HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd 536 Amend Chap 6 Art 4 of City Code Fireworks (First published in The Ark Valley News on January 23,2014.)
ORDINANCE NO: 536
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER
6, ARTICLE 4, OF THE CITY CODE OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS, IN
CONNECTION WITH MODIFICATIONS TO THE PERMITTING
PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH FIREWORKS, ALL WITHIN THE
CITY OF BEL AIRE, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL
AIRE, KANSAS:
SECTION 1: Amending Section 6.4.5 of the Bel Aire Municipal Code.
Section 6.4.5 of the Municipal Code of Bel Aire, Kansas is amended to read as follows:
Location and Number of Permitted Establishments. Up to a maximum of four (4)
retail fireworks establishments or premises may be located within the City of Bel
Aire, Kansas, in any given year. The location of such establishments are
restricted to where retail sales are permitted pursuant to applicable zoning
regulations, and any applicable provisions of the City's building codes and fire
code. The determination of the actual number of permitted establishments or
premises during any year, or in any area of the City, may be based upon
applicable factors including, but not limited to: review by the Sedgwick County
Fire Marshal, and/or any determination by the City Manager, or City Manager's
designee, that health, safety and/or welfare issues exist, including interference
with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
SECTION 2: Amending Section 6.4.10 of the Bel Aire Municipal Code.
Section 6.4.10 of the Municipal Code of Bel Aire, Kansas is amended to read as follows:
Permit Application. Applications for permits to sell consumer fireworks shall not
be accepted before the first business day of January of the year for which the
permit is to be issued. Preference between applications will be extended to
applications received by the City Clerk of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas before the
first business day of March of the year for which the permit is to be issued, and
which meet one of the following criteria:
1. Certifies that the proceeds from the sale of consumer fireworks from
such retail fireworks establishment located within the City will be
used to support a not-for-profit organization within the City of Bel
Aire, Kansas, or not-for-profit projects occurring within the City of
Bel Aire, Kansas,
2. Certifies that the proceeds from such retail fireworks establishment
located within the City will support an activity sponsored by the City
of Bel Aire, Kansas, or
3. Any permit for an application for renewal of a permit from the
immediately preceding year, such application originally and
continuing to be issued in connection with a permanent retail structure
attached to a foundation located within the City of Bel Aire, Kansas.
No preference based upon the above provisions will be available after the first
business day in March. All applications received after the first business day in
March will be processed in priority of date and time of receipt, based upon the
factors set forth within this Article.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Bel Aire Breeze, an official city newspaper.
Passed by the City Council this 21 st day of January,2014.
Approved by the Mayor this 21 st day of January, 2014.
MAYOR, David Aust i
ATTEST:
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CI CLERK,Jamie Ha e
SEAL