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ORDINANCE NO. 73 -369
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
AMENDING SECTION 3118 OF THE TEMPLE CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE SALE OF
FIREWORKS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3118 of the Temple City Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3118. All retail sales of safe and sane
fireworks shall be permitted only from within a temporary
fireworks stand and the sale from any other building or
structure is hereby prohibited. Such temporary stands shall
be subject to the following provisions.
(a) Fireworks stands need not comply with the
provisions of the Building Code of the City provided,
however, that all stands shall be erected under the
supervision of the Inspector who shall require that
stands be constructed in a manner which will reasonably
insure the safety of attendants and patrons, and any
stands constructed shall obtain an electrical permit
from the City of Temple City.
(b) If, in the judgment of the Fire Department or
the Building Inspector of the City of Temple City, the
construction of the stands or the conduct of the operators
therein do not conform to the provisions of this
Ordinance, such officers, or either of them, may order
the stands immediately to close.
(c) No person shall be allowed in the interior
of the stand except those directly employed in the
sale of fireworks.
(d) There shall be at least one supervisor,
twenty -one (21) years of age or older, on duty at all
times. No person under eighteen (18) years of age
shall be allowed inside the booth at any time.
(e) No fireworks shall remain unattended at any
time regardless of whether the fireworks stand is
open for business or not. The Fire Prevention Bureau
further stipulates that no person shall sleep in the stand.
(f) No stand shall be placed closer than twenty-
five (25) feet to any other building.
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(g) "NO SMOKING" signs shall be prominently
displayed both inside and outside the stand. No
smoking shall be permitted within the stand, or within
fifteen (15) feet of the stand.
(h) All weeds and combustible material shall be
cleared from the location of the stand. No rubbish
shall be allowed to accumulate in or around any
fireworks stand, nor shall a fire nuisance be permitted
to exist.
(i) No stand shall be erected before June 15th of
any year. The premises on which the stand is erected
shall be cleared of all structures and debris within
seventy-two (72) hours after midnight of the 4th of
July.
(j) All stands must be equipped with at least one
fire extinguisher, Type 2A, for each exit in the stand,
which fire extinguishers must be approved as to
efficiency and safety by the Fire Department.
(k) Each stand in excess of twenty (20) feet in
length must have at least two exits, and each stand in
excess of forty feet in length must have at least three
exits spaced approximately equidistant apart, provided
however, that in no case shall the distance between
exits exceed twenty feet.
(1) No stand shall be constructed with a depth of
more than twelve (12) feet.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause
the same to be published in the Temple City Times, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the
City of Temple City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this
1973.
17th day of
April
Aro
Ma'wo t e City o
Temple ty, California
Ordinance No. 73 -369
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss:
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 73 -369 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Temple City, held on the 3rd day of April , 1973,
and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City,Clerk at a regular
meeting of the said City Council on the 17th day of April , 1973,
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Councilmen - Briggs, Dennis, Gilbertson, Merritt, Tyrell
Councilmen -None
Councilmen -None
Ch, of Deputy 1 y. Clerk