O-05-15 Revising Chapter 6.32 of the Colton Municipal Code relating to Fireworks in its entirety

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 an additional insured thereunder, and a copy of the requisite license from the State Fire Marshal; E. Make written application to the City's Fire Department, Fire Safety Division at least ten days prior to booth opening for a permit as required by Section 12643 of the Health and Safety Code, Regulations from the California Administrative Code, Title 19, Public Safety. 6.32.050 - Sale—License—Prerequisites to Issuance—Restrictions. The Following qualifications must be met by each applicant for a license issued under this chapter: A. No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation except state - certified churches, civic and youth organizations. B. Each such organization must have its principal and permanent meeting place in the corporate limits of the city; must maintain a bona fide membership of at least twenty members; and must have been organized and established in the city's corporate limits for a minimum of two years continuously preceding the filing of the application for the license. C. An organization applying for a license shall represent the undivided entirety or base group and shall not be permitted to separate into an aggregation of subgroups or clubs affiliated with the parent organization. The entire individual group, club or organization associated with an Institution or organization shall be considered as one single applicant. The intent and purpose for treating all organizations as a single entity is to insure that the selection process is equitable and that no one organization with multiple subgroups will have an unfair advantage over other single purpose organizations. D. Where such organization's principal purpose is the advancement of youth's interests such as sports organizations, only bona fide, currently registered youth members of such organization shall be counted as "members" for the purposes of subsection B of this section. E. No less than ninety percent of the proceeds derived from the sale of fireworks in the city by the organization shall be utilized for the direct advancement of charitable, religious, youth or civic purposes of such organization. F. No organization may receive more than one license for fireworks sale during any one calendar year. G. One license may be. issued to two or more qualifying applicants as a joint venture. H. Bylaws of organizations and verification of current 501(c) (3) Tax Exempt status must be provided with any application submitted under this chapter. 6.32.060 - Allocation of licenses by category of organization. Each calendar year, a maximum total of fifteen licenses may be issued by the city. Those licenses shall be distributed to qualified church, youth or civic organizations as determined by resolution of the City Council: -3-