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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 1050 ORDINANCE NO. 1050 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTIONS 8. 36.040, 8. 36.050, 8. 36.070 AND 8. 36.080 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO THE SALE OF FIREWORKS. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows : SECTION 1 . Section 8. 36.040 of the Azusa Municipal Code is amended to read: "8. 36.040. SALE PERMIT - ISSUANCE. Upon the receipt on or before April 1 of each year of a written application therefor the Fire Chief may issue a permit for the sale of safe and sane fire- works to any non-profit association or corporation organized for veteran, patriotic, youth serving, civic betterment or charitable purposes which: (a ) Has a bonafide sponsoring membership of at least 20 adults and supports youth programs solely for students of Azusa Unified School District; or (b ) Has : (1 ) Its principal and permanent meeting place in the City limits of the City of Azusa; (2) Been organized and established in the City for a minimum of three years continuously preceding the filing of the application for the permit; and ( 3) A bonaf ide sponsoring membership of at least twenty adults who meet regularly within the City. The Fire Chief shall either grant or deny the permit before May 1 . If the application for the permit is denied, the applicant may appeal to the City Council . After such investigation as it deems appropriate, the City Council may issue or refuse to issue the permit. If it issues the permit the City Council may attach such conditions to the permit as are required for the protection of the public peace or safety. The decision of the City Council upon the application shall be final . " SECTION 2. Section 8. 36.050 of said Code is amended to read : "8. 36.050. SALE PERMIT - APPLICATION - INSURANCE REQUIRED. Applications for a safe and sane fireworks sale permit shall be in writing and shall contain the following: 1) Name and address of applicant; 2 The applicant ' s status as a nonprofit organization; 3) The date upon which the applicant was organized and established, and the number of adults who are members of the applicant; (4) The name and addresses of the officers, if any, of the applicant; (5) The location where the applicant proposed to sell fireworks; (6) The location of the applicant ' s principal and perm- anent meeting place; (7) The applicant ' s State Board of Equalization Sales Tax Permit Number; (8) Assurance that if the permit is issued to applicant, applicant shall at the time of receipt of such permit, deliver to the City a copy of a twenty-five thousand dollar/fifty thousand dollar public liability and a five thousand dollar property damage insurance policy issued to the applicant with a rider attached to the policy designating the City as an additional assured thereunder. (9) Assurance that if the permit is issued to applicant, the applicant will use the net proceeds from the sale of fireworks for the promotion of youth activities, civic or charitable activities within the City of Azusa. " SECTION 3. Subparagraph 13 of Section 8.36.070 of said Code is amended to read : " (13) No stand shall be placed closer than twenty feet to any other building or one hundred feet to any gasoline pump or other fireworks stand. " SECTION 4. The second paragraph of Section 8.36.080 of said Code is amended to read : "If a permittee fails to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or with the orders of the Fire Chief or Building Inspector that fact shall constitute sufficient {;rounds for the denial in any subsequent year of any application by that organization for a permit to sell fireworks. " SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law . Passed and approved this 20th day of February , 1973. J s 7 Mayor -2- STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, DEAN KLARR, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1050was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meet- ing of the City Council on the 5th day of February , 1973. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of February , 1973, by the following vote, to wit : AYES : Councilmen: Rubio, Decker, Snyder, Clark, Solem NOES : Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None 2 City Clerk I do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 1st day of March , 1973, and that the same was published in accordance with law. Citl rk V� Publish Azusa Herald, March 1, 1973 -3-