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AGENDA
ITEM ?.E.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
MEMORANDUM
April19, 2016
The Honorable City Council
Bryan Cook, City Manager
Via: Michael D. Forbes , Community Development Director~
By : Jennifer Venters , Planning Secretary
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF PERMITS TO SELL FIREWORKS FOR THE 2016
SEASON
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is requested to approve nine applications for fireworks permits for the
2016 season .
BACKGROUND:
1. On March 27, 1961 , the City Council adopted Ordinance No . 61-37 amending the
Temple City Municipa l Code to allow the sales and use of safe and sane fireworks
within the City of Temple City and to require a permit to sell fireworks , subject to
approval by the City Council (Attachment "A ").
2 . On March 15, 2011 , the City Council adopted Ordinance No . 11 -943 amending the
fireworks permit procedure to address the order in which fireworks permits are
issued and giving priority to organizations seeking a repeat permit (Attachment
"B ").
3. On March 30 , 2016 , staff received nine permit applications by this season 's
deadline from organizations that met the permit requirements . Of the applications
received , eight perm it applicants are repeats from the previous year, and one
appli cant is from a new organization .
ANALYSIS:
For the 2016 fireworks season , staff received nine applications , including eight
applications from organizations that were approved during the 2015 season , and one
from a new organization (First Methodist Church of the San Gabriel Valley). As set
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forth in Municipal Code Section 3-1-13 no more than 12 fireworks stand permits are
issued per season to non-profit associations or corporations organized primarily for
veteran , patriotic , welfare , civic betterment or cha ritable purpose . The code also
regulates permit application procedures , qualifications of perm ittees , and operation of
stands .
Listed below are the organizations that have submitted applications and the location of
each organiza tion 's proposed stand:
Organ izat io n Organization Address Stand Location Stand Address
Temple City Aquatics
Foundation 5901 Lemon Ave. Super A Parking Lot 5585 Rosemead Blvd .
Temple City Immanuel
Church 9953 La s Tunas Dr. Church Parking Lot 99 45 La s T unas Dr.
Knights Of Columbus 5605 Cloverly Ave. K-Mart Parking Lot 5665 Rosemead Blvd.
First Meth od ist Church
of San Gabriel Valley 5957 Golden West Ralph 's Par king Lot 9470 Las Tunas Dr.
Temple City H igh NEC Las T u nas Dr. And
Sc hool Band 9501 Lemon Ave. Oak Ave. 9441 Las Tunas Dr.
Temple City Grad Nite 9501 Lemon Ave . Auto Zone Pa rking Lot 6328 Rosemead Blvd .
Temple City
Ramrodders 950 1 Lemon Ave. Student Parking Lot 9501 Lemon Ave.
Temple Station Sheriff
Explorers Post #250 8838 Las Tunas Dr. 7 -Eveven Par king Lot 4800 Temple C ity Blvd .
SGV Family Dentist
Temple City AYSO 10144 Bogue St. Parking Lot 6503 Rosemead Blvd .
City Council approva l of th is request will allow the non -profit organ izations/groups to
raise funds to support th eir respective activities .
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item will not have an impa ct on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015-16 City Bu dget.
CITY STRATEGIC GOALS :
Approval of permits to sell fireworks for the 2016 season wi ll furthe r the City 's Strategic
Goal of Economic Development.
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April19 , 2016
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ATTACHMENTS:
A. Ord inance No . 61-37
B. Ordinance No . 11-943
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ATTACHMENT A
ORD I NANCE NO , 6 1-3 7
AN ORD I NANCE OF THE CI TY COUNCIL OF TH E CI TY
OF TEM PLE CITY AMEN DI NG THE TEMPLE CITY MUN I-
CIPA L CO DE RE LATI VE TO THE SA LE AND US E OF
FIRE WO RKS WITHI N THE CI TY OF TEMPLE CITY , AND
RE PEALI NG ALL OTHER ORDI NANCES OR PA RTS OF
ORDI NANCES IN CON FL IC T THERE WI TH
THE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CI TY OF TEMP LE CIT Y DOES ORDA I N
AS FO LL OWS:
SECTI ON 1 . The Municipal Cod e o f th e Ci t y of Temp l e
Ci t y is her e by amen de d by add i ng Sec t ion 31 10 t hrough an d i ncl ud-
in g Sec t ion 31 20, said s e cti o ns t o r e ad as f o l l ows:
11 311 0 . No t wi t h s tand i ng t he pr o v isions o f secti on s 12.0 1
t o 12 ,06 or-the Fir e Prevent i on Co de , be i ng Ord i na nce No •. 2547 o f
the Co un t y o f l o s Ang e l es, ad o pt e d by refe r e nc e as t he Temp l e
Cit y Fire Preve nti o n Co de by Se cti o n 3 100 of t he Temp l e City Mun -
ici pa l Co d e , s afe and ·s a ne firewo r ks as de fin e d by Se ct i o n 12504·
o f the Hea lth an d Sa f e t y Co de o f th e S tate o f Ca l tfo r n i a , ma y be
so l d and dischar ge d wi thin th e City of Temp l e City d u r ing t he
pe ri od beginning a t 12:0 0 o 'cl o c k noo n o n the 30th da y of June
and endi ng at 12:00 noo n on the 5th of Ju l y o f eac h yea r
pu rsuant t o the p r o v i si o ns of th i s ord i nanc e and not othe r wi s e .
"3 111 . No f i rew o r k s shall be s o l d o r offe r e d fo r s al e
o r dischargea-w i thin t he Cit y which ar e c l ass i fi ed as dange r ous
fi r ewo r ks, as that t e rm is de f i ne d by t he He al th a nd Saf e t y Code
of the St ate o f Ca l ifo r ni a . Safe and sane fir ewo r k s s hall i n -
c l ud e o n l y t ho se fi r ew or k s th a t hav e be e n cl ass i fi e d and r egi s -
t ered as saf e and s an e ' by th e State Fir e MarG h al .
"311 2. No pe rson shall sell f irewo r ks with in t he City
without first'na vi ng a ppl i e d f o r a nd r ece i ved a permi t t he r e f or
In compliance with t he t e r ms of t h i s o r din an ce.
"3113 . Upo n r e ceip t o f writte n a pp li c ati on f o r a pe r mit
pur s uan t t o-rh!s o rd i nance, t he Ci t y Manag e r shal l ma ke an in -
vest i ga t ion and ·subm i t t o t he Cit y Co un ci l a r epor t o f hi s find -
ings a nd hi s r e c omme ndat i ons f o r o r a gainst th e is s ua nce of a
pe rm i t , t oge t he r wit h h i s r e ason s the r e f o r. Aft e r re c eipt of
such r ec ommen dati ons and r e po rt , t he City Co uncil s ha l l ha ve t he
powe r, i n its discreti on , t o g r ant o r de ny t he a pp l i ca t i on . Any
perm it g r ant e d b y the Cit y Co unc i 1 ma y be sub j ec t t o such r e a son -
a b l e c o nd i t ions a nd re st r icti o ns as may be Imposed by the C i t ~·
Co unc i l a nd s uc h cond itions an d r es tricti ons s ha ll be comp l ied
with by the permi ttee . Th e Co un c il sh al l r e quire a c ash deposit
wi t h t he Ci t y Cl e r k i n th e sum o f $100 .00 fo r e ac h 24 feet in
l e ngth o r po r t ion the r eof , o f th e f irewo r ks stand t o be used by
t he a pp l icant, as a c ondi ti o n o f grantin g a permit . Such de po sit
sha ll be refunded t o th e permi ttee up on comp l i a nce with Sub-
Sec ti on 311 8 (l) he r eof, but su c h depos i t shal l be fo r fei t ed a nd
re ta i ne d by the Ci ty In the e ve nt of no n-compliance wi t h such
s ubs e cti on.
"3 11 4 . No pe r mi t sha ll be I s s ued t o any pe rso n exc ept
non-p r o f it associ at i ons o r c o r po rati ons o r gan i ze d primar i l y f o r
ve t e r an, patr io t ic , we l f a r e , c i vic be t t erme n t o r cha r i tabl e pu r -
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po ses. Each such o r ga n izati o n mu s t h a v e its principal and pe rma-
nent meeting place In the City o f Temple City and must have b een
o r ganized and establishe d in the are a that is wit hi n t he Cit y o f
Tem ple Cit y f o r a mini mum o f t wo ye a rs continuousl y p recedi ng
the fi I ing o f the a pp lication f o r the permit and must have a
bo na fide membership of at least twenty (20} members.
"1l!.i· Applicati o ns f o r such a permit:
(a) Shall b e made in writing.
(b) Shall be filed with the City Mana ge r o n o r p r io r
t o May 1 o f each year .
(c) Shall set forth the pr o po sed l ocati o n o f any and
all firewo rks stands a p plied for, and the len g th
there o f.
(d) Shall be accomplished b y an assurance that if t he
permit is issued t o ap p licant, appl i cant shall , at
the ti me o f receipt o f such permit, delive r t o the
City a $25/$50,000 public liability a nd a $5 ,000.00
pr opert y damage insurance po licy , with a r i de r at•
tached t o the policy , designating the City as an
additi o nal assured there under.
(e) Shall be accompanied by a fee o f Twe nt y-Five Do llars.
($25 .00)
Applicants f o r any such pe r mits shall be no tified b y the
Cit y Manager of the granting o r r e jec tion o f their a p plicat i on
f o r permit o~ or befo re the first day o f June o f each cal e ndar
year.
"311 6 . Each such applicati o n shall show t he f o ll ow i ng :
(a) Name and address o f a pp licant.
(b) Th e a pp llcant 1 s statu s as a n on-pro f i t o r gani z at ion .
(c) Th e name and addre sse s o f th e o ff i c e rs , if a ny , o f
the app l icant.
(d) The l ocati on whe r e the a pp lican t wi ll se ll f i rewo r k s.
(e) When the applicant was o r g ani zed and es ta b lished .
(f) Th e l ocation o f the a pp licant 1 s princi pa l a nd
pe r mane nt me e tin g place .
(g) Th e appllcant 1 s State Board of Equalizati on Sales
Ta x Permit Numb e r.
"311 7. Th e fo ll owing regulati o ns s hall be c omp li e d with
,In the operat1on o f fireworks stands.
(a} No pe r son othe r than t he lice nsee organ i zati on shall
o pe rat e the stand f o r which the li ce ns e i s is sued,
o r share o r o therw i se participa t e in the p r o fi t s o f
such s tand.
(b) No pe r s o n o th e r than the indi v iduals who are mem bers
o f t he l i cens ee o rg an i z ati o n, o r t he spo us e s o r
adult chi l dren o f suc h me mbers, shal 1 se ll o r o th e r-
wi se participate in th e sale o f fi r ew o rks at suc h
s tand .
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(c) No oe r son shall be Qaid consideration fo r se ll ing
o r otherwise pa rt ic i oating i n the sale of fi re works
at such s tand .
(d) Ea ch oe r son , grouo o r o r gan i zat i on shal 1 be 1 imited
to one pe r mit oe r year and each oermit shall be
1 imi ted to one stand .
"ll.l..§.. All r etai 1 sales of 'safe and sane' fi reworks
shal l be pe r mit ted only from within a temporary f irewo r ks stand,
and the sale from any othe r bui !ding or st r ucture is hereby pro -
hibited. Such temporary stands shall be subject to the fo ll ow -
i ng prov i sions.
(a) Fireworks stands need not comply with the provisions
of the Building Code of the Ci ty p r ovided, howeve r ,
that all stan ds shall be e r ected unde r the supe r-
v i sion of the in spec tor wh o shal 1 require that
stands be con st r ucted in a manner which wi 11
r easonably i nsure the safety of attendants and
pat r ons, a n d any stands constructed shall o b tain
an electrica l permit f r om the City of Temple City.
(b) If, in t he j udgment of the F i r e Department o r the
building inspecto r of the Ci ty of Temple City,
the const r uction of the stands or the cond u ct of
the ope r ato rs the r ein do not conform to the
p r ovisions of this ordinance, such office r s, or
e ither of them, may order the stands immediately
closed.
(c) No person sha ll be allowed in the inter io r of the
stands except those directly employed in the sale
of fireworks.
(d) There shal 1 be at least one supervisor, twenty-one
(2 1) yea r s of age or olde r, on duty at all t im es .
No pe r son under eighteen (18) yea r s of age sha ll
be a llowed in side the booth at any time.
(e) No fi rewo r ks shall remain unattended at any t i me
r egardless of whethe r the f ireworks stand is open
for bus i ness o r no t .
(f) No stand shal l be placed close r than twenty (20)
feet to any othe r building .
(g ) •·NO SMOKING" s i gns shall be p r om inent l y disp l ayed
both inside and outside the stand. No smoking
shall be pe r mitted within the stand, or within
five (5) feet of the stand.
(h) Al 1 weeks and combust i ble materia l sha l l be clea r ed
from the location of the stand. No rubbish shal 1
be allowed to accumulate in or a r ound any fi r e -
works sta nd , n o r shal 1 a fl r e nu i sance be pe r mitted
to exist .
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No stand sha l 1 be erected befo r e June 15th of any
year. The premises on wh i ch the stand i s erected
sha l 1 be cleared of al 1 st r uctu r es and debris not
later than noon of the 12th of J uly fo l lowi n g.
Al 1 stan ds mu st be equipped with at l east on e fire
extinguishe r fo r each exit in the stand, which fire
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extinguishers must be approved as to efficiency
and safety by the Fire Depa r tment.
(k) Each stand i n excess o f twent y -four feet in l ength
must have at least t wo exi ts, and each stand in ex ·
cess of for ty feet in length must ha ve at l east three
ex its space d approx i mate l y equidistant apart, pro -
vided, however, that in no case sha ll the di stance
between exits exceed t wenty feet.
(1) No stand shal l be constructed wi th a depth o f more
than t we lve (1 2) feet.
11 3 11 9 . Section 3 100 o f the Tem ple Cit y Municipal Co de
a nd sections-T!.Ol and 12.06, inclus i v e, o f the Temp l e Cit y Fire
Prevention Co de are hereby amended i ns o far. as the same are incon -
si stent with Sections 3110 and 3120 he reo f.
11 3120 . An y pe rs o n vio l ating any of the prov isi o ns of
t h is o rd i n a nce shall be deeme d guilty of a misdemeanor, and up o n
c on viction th e r eof sha ll be punishable b y a fine of no t more than
five hund r ed do llars ($50 0.00 ) or b y imp riso nme nt in the Ci ty
Jail or Count y Jail of Los Angeles Co unt y for a period o f no t
m r e than six (6 ) months or b y bo th such fin e and i mprisonment.••
PASSED AND ADOPTED b y t he City Cou nci 1 of the City of
Temple City at a re gular mee tin g the r eof held th is 27th day of
March 19 6 1 , by the following c all ed vote:
ATTE ST:
AYES :
NOES:
Counc ilmen-Buchan, Dickason, Merritt, &
F i tzj ohn
Counc i !men · Tyre l I
ABSENT : Councilmen-
STATE OF CA LIF ORNIA
COUN TY OF LOS ANGELES s s
CI TY OF TEMPLE CITY
I , Marjorie A. Woodruff, do hereby certify t hat I have been du ly
appointed Deputy City Clerk of the Ci ty of Temple City, Cal i fo r nia,
and that the fo r egoing Ordi na nce No. 61-37 was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Cit y Councl 1 he l d on Fe bruary 27, 1961, and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on March 27,
1961 , by the fol l owing r o ll call vote :
AYES: Councilmen -Buchan, Dic kason, Merritt, Fltzjohn
NOES: Cou ncll man -T yrel 1
ABSENT: Councilmen-None
Dated : Ma r ch 27, 1961
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ATTACHMENT B
ORDINANCE NO . 11 -943
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY, CALIF ORNIA, AMENDIN G SE CTION 3114{C) OF T H E TEM P LE
CITY MUN ICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS PERMITS
WHEREAS , Section 3114(C) of the Temple City Municipal Code limits the number of fireworks
pe r mits that may be grant ed an nually to twelve perm its ; and ,
WHEREAS, orga nizations tha t have rece ived an annu al f ire works permi t a re entitled to obtai n a
fireworks perm it for the subsequent year, provided that the organization meets all of the qualifications and
requirements ofTemple City Munici pal Code Sections 3106 through 3118 ; and ,
WHEREAS, in th e event that less tha n twe lv e previously pe rm itted organizations seek an annual
fireworks permit in any given year,
the Code provides th at applications from new organizations will be considered on a first come, first serve
basis ; and ,
W HEREAS , the City Council desires to change the process of granting a fi reworks perm it in the
event of a vacancy to a lottery system .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HE REBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1: Section 3114(C) of the Temple City Mun icipal Code is hereby amended to read in its
ent irety as follows :
"C . No more t han twelve ( 12) fireworks permits shall be issued in any year. Fireworks
permits shall be issued first to those qualified persons who held a fireworks permit during
the previous year. If there are any remaining available fireworks perm its after those
seeking a repeat perm it have been considered , the r emain ing permits shall be distributed
by lottery."
SECTION 2 : The C ity Counc il hereby declares that, should any provis ion , section, subsection ,
paragraph, sentence , clause , phrase , or word of th is Ordinance or any part thereof, be rendered or declared
invalid or unconstitutional by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any
preempt ive le gislation , such decision or action shall not affect the validity of the remaining section or portions
of the Ord inance or part th ereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have independently adopted
the remain ing provi sions, sections, subsections , paragraphs, sentences , clauses, phrases, or words of th is
Ordinance irrespective o f the fact that any one or more provisio ns, sections, su bsections , parag ra phs ,
sen tences, clauses , phrases , or words may be dec lared inva lid or unconstitutio nal.
SECTION 3 : The City C lerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of th is Ord inance and to its
approval by the Mayor a nd shall cause the same to be publ ished according to law.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of March, 2011 .
AITEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM :
~e:U~ City Attorney
I, Mary Flandrick, City C lerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 11-
943 was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the C ity of Temple City held on the 151 day
March 2011 , and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at the regular meeting held on the
15th day of March 2011 by the following vote :
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT.
ABSTAIN :
Councilmember-Bium , Sternquist, Yu , Chavez
Councilmember -None
Cou ncilmember-Vizcarra
Councilmember-None
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