The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-06-19
ORDINANCE NO. ATS

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the sale, offering or exposing
Tor sale thereof. Regulating
the manner of using Fireworks:
providing for licensing, bond
ing, and defining offenses and
prescribing penalties. -
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF KENNEWICK DOES
|ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section /. For the purpose of
this Ordinance the term ssfire-
works" shall mean and include
any combustible or explosive
composition or any substance or
combination of substances or ar
tlcles prepared, designed or in
tended for the purpose of enter
tainment, amusement or pyrotech-
mic display which is manufacture
ed to produce a visible or au-
.dlble effect by combustion, ex-
plosion, deflagration or detona-
ton, and shall include blank cart
ridges, toy pistols, toy caflnons
or toy guns in which explosives
are used, the type of balloons
which require fire underneath to
propel the same, fire-crackers,
torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman
candles, Daygo bombs, toy canes,
or other fireworks of like con-
struction and any fireworks con-
tanning any explosive or flam-
mable compound, or any tablets
or other devices containing any
explosive substance: Provided,
however, This shall not include
toy pistols where the caps used
therein do not contain more than
.35 grams of explosive mixture
in each cap, sparklers of water
proof soda straw type and spark
lers made by dipping wire into
wet sparkler composition, punk
sticks of straws with saltpeter
punk composition, Silver Falls
paper from Silver Sparkler COM
position between two flat pieces
of thin paper.
Section 2. It shall be unlaw-
full for any person, firm, CO.
partnership or corporation or
municipality to offer for sale,
expose for sale, sell at retail, or
use or explode any fireworks ex-
cept as hereinafter. provided.
Section 3. The Chief of Police
of the City of Kennewick is here
by authorized to issue permits
for supervised display of fire
works by any person, firm, CO.
partnership, corporation or NUM-
cipality in accordance with the
provisions of this act. Applica-
ton for permits shall be made
in writing at least 48 hours in
advance of the date of display.
After such permit shall have
been granted, sales, possession,
use and distribution of fireworks
for such display shall be lawful
for that purpose only. No per-
NIT granted hereunder shall be
transferable. Every such dis
play shall be handled by a COM
petent operator to be approved
by the Chief of Police, and shall
be of such character and so
located, discharged and fired as
in the opinion of the Chief of
Police, after proper inspection,
shall not be hazardous to pro-,
perry or endanger any person or
persons.
Section 4. The Chief of Police
before issuing any license, shall
require surety bond deemed
adequate and subject to the APP
prevail of the officer issuing the
permit from the llicenSee, con-.
ditioned for the payment of all
damages which may be caused
either to person or persons or to-
property by reason of the licens-
ed display and arising from any
acts of the licensee, his agents,
employees or SubcOntractOrS. Said
bond shall run to the City of
Kennewick for the use and bene-
fit of any person, firm, copartn-
ership, corporation or municipal
ity having a cause OF action
against the obligor of said bond
under the provisions of this or
dinance.
Section S. Nothing in this act
shall be construed to prohibit any
resident, wholesaler, dealer or
jobber to sell at wholesale or re-
tail such fireworks as are not
herein expressly prohibited; or
sale of any kind of fireworks
provided the same are to be
shipped directly out of the state;
or the use of fireworks by rail-
roads, other transportation agen-
cies or other utilities for signal
purposes or illumination; or the
sale or use, of blank cartridges
for a show or theatre; or for
signal or ceremonial purposes in
athletics or sports; or for use by
military organizations or police
agencies.
Section 6. The Chief of Police
shall seize, take, remove or cause
to be removed, at the expense of
the owner all stocks OF fire.
works or combustibles offered or
exposed for sale, stored or held
in violation of this act.
Section 2. Any person violat-
ing any provision of this Ordin-
ance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdeameanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding One
Hundred Dollars ($100.0O or by
Imprisonment in the City Jail of
the City of Kennewick for a per-
iod not exceeding thirty (30 days,
or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment. The word person as
used above shall be deemed to
mean any person, firm, co-part-