HomeMy WebLinkAbout149 - Resolution - Sale of FireworksFILE NO. RESE)bMION NO.
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t1EREA.% owing to the menace to the healthy safdty and
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general welfare of Kitsap County resulting from the uncontrolled use
and sale of fireworks in Kitsap County, it is considered necessary
for the Hoard of County Commissioners to supplement existing State
Statutes for the more effective control for the sale and use of fire-
works in Kitsap County;
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BE IT USOLVLD by the Board of County Commissioners of Kitsap
County, that the use and sale of fireworks in Kitsap County, 'ashir ;ton,
shall be regulated and governed as follows:
Section 1. No dealer in fireworks shall sell or con-
tract to sell, or solicit orders for the sale of any
fireworks within Kitsap County without first having
obtained a dealer's license from the Auditor of Kitsap V
County, the fees for such licenses being assessed in
the following narner.
(a) '.Wholesaler's license -- fog sales to retailers fc-
purposes of resale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) ?etailer's license -- for sales over the counter
of those fireworks listed in(Ren. Rev. Stat.
5440-30) as being lawful - for each sales
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00
Section 2. 1 o fireworks of any bind, inclucl n:- t ,ose
described in zem. liev. Stat. 5440-30 as being- lawful,
sl--all be sold in Kitsap County before June 15th of each
year, or after July Sth; provi(l.ed, however, that t7- 1
section_ shall not apply to licensed wl-_olesalers selling;
.i a licensed retailers for purposes o.-t' resale, or to any
person, f party-ership, corport tion or :unicipclit,7
' a S ?iled iirelorl�s o1 in n
super
isy�l ::3 s as provided. in PPC Sec. 540r-5.
:.ection 3. i+o person. shall exploc'.e or use, cr '.<<1.s it
or h.:r non ession, ti _-ireworks :)ef oi'e June � 5t1' O
cacti car no_ after Jule St!,; ^T'01Ti,eC?, ..oiC'ever, that
section s;.-.all not an _lJ-T to licensed eal�,rs tr`_o a„
ac:`'lirc or retain a supply of fireworks f Ol" .sale only"
nc,r to ncrsons or or -,anization-s .:£:L*in- a ncr _it J ron
.Cr; c_ ,;) n�,ntz- for a s, pervised firo�,or1:s
3c,c-,.4on 4. O person ,_..2er c . e of sixteen (lo) gears
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..-all o� or operate a saY�,.� oyvo';s;er location en ec
retail sale of fireworks.
Section 5. It shall be illegal to sell, contract to sell,
solic=orders for the sale of, or use within the County
of Kitsap any, of the types of fireworks which are nade
unlawful in Rem. Rev. Stat. 5440-30, Chapter 161 of the
laws of 1943 of the State of Washington,
Section 6. Any violation of any of the provisions of this
resolution shall constitute a misdemeanor. The Ccun.ty
Auditor shall not issue wholesalers licenses hereunder
until the Applicant has first placed on file with she County
Auditor a sample label of the p :.rticulax fireworks to be
sold, and a signed report from a 6zuly recoEnized chsenist,
settinL, forth tl:e chemical analysis of t_:.e _particular brand.
of fireworks to be sold, by such wholesalers. Ito such
wholesaler's license shall be is..ued unless the label to be
affi,�ed to ally such fireworks to be sold shall contain a;
statement thereon t].:.at the particular brand of fireworks
is le~ tl under ',",ashington State Law. Also, no such whole-
saler is license shall be issued unless t:.e cher;ist t s
renort horeinbefore required shall state th at t':e narticul,._r
of fireworka, by ch.enical analysis is in conpliance
c :Crovisions of 1'`er,• 119v. St£3t• 5440-30, Chu-). 161
of ':.1.E laws of 1943 of t1re State of ; as{-,iz,`ton. In
adu.ii,ior_ to -.ese ,-)'Ccvisions the applicant for an,,,- such
trholn saler t s license shall file tP it'r_ the County E,udi Gor a
s--x ,ale -f e-_ch narticul«r item of fireworks propose' to �e
sold ;znd.er such wholesaler's license. In the event an
«-)olicant for a %71-_olesalerts license shall comply G:it'r. t..e
c': oz7o ';orns iT. sh,,-11 be t",.e dut,,- o .' *;r E noun'•.., "f`.u'ii' )r t0
SsuG c. liconsC __.'"; 'E}? 7.,'.C'' to su,:h ap-)licmnt.
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