A. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall offer for sale or sell fireworks of any kind in the City, without having first applied for and received a license therefore.
B. All applications for licenses to sell fireworks shall:
1. Be made in writing, accompanied by an initial license fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00), which will be used to defray the cost of administration, inspection and supervision of fireworks licensees. The Temporary Business License application and Temporary Use Permit application shall be incorporated into the Fireworks application; fees for the Temporary Business License application and Temporary Use Permit are incorporated into the application fee.
2. Be submitted between the first and the last day of March each year, except when the last day falls on a day when City Hall is closed, then the following business day shall be the last day.
3. Set forth the proposed location of the fireworks stand applied for. Each stand must be on private property located in the "C" zoning district or heavier industrial or manufacturing zones of the City, or on public land at the sole discretion of the City. A notarized statement from the owner of record of the property must accompany the application.
4. Be accompanied by an agreement from the manufacturer and/or wholesaler of the fireworks to defend, indemnify and hold the City harmless from any claims, liability, litigation, damages or other injuries resulting from defective fireworks.
5. Include a statement that the applicant agrees to comply strictly with the terms of any license granted to it and furnish any additional information upon request of the City Manager, the City Council or their authorized employees and/or representatives.
C. At the time of issuance of the license, the applicant must deliver to the Business License Department evidence of public liability insurance in an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars/three hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00/$300,000.00) and not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) property damage insurance in the form and content required by the City, certificated, and a copy of the requisite permit from the State Fire Marshal.
D. At the time of application, each applicant shall submit a non-refundable clean-up fee of either 6% of the organization’s prior year’s net sales, or $600, whichever is greater, so that the City recuperates cost of cleaning up after 4th of July holiday. If this is an organization’s first year participating, the $600 rate shall apply.
[Ord. No. 494, 4/14/10; Ord. No. 516, Section 2, 4/24/13; Ord. No. 599, Section 3, 5/8/19.]
