1957-04-16MINUTES OF MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DAIRY CITY
April 16, 1957
An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Dairy City was called to order in the Council Chambers of
the City Council at 9352 Wacker Street, in the City of Dairy
City, at the hour of 10 00 o'clock A M , on the 16th day of
April, 1957, with Mayor Van Dyke presiding.
Councilmen present* Arrowood, Arnold, Baroldi, and Van Dyke
Councilman absent Van Leeuwen
City officials present* Deputy City Attorney Harmon and City
Manager -Deputy City Clerk Wesenberg
It was duly agreed to dispense with the reading of the minutes
of the last previous meeting
FIREWORKS STANDS REGULATIONS
The Deputy City Attorney presented and read an amendment to the
Fireworks Ordinance, which required that all stands would have
at least 90 feet distance between them, and limited the number
of stands to three to be erected in an area of 1,500 feet along
any street or streets Councilman Arnold moved that this amend-
ment to the Fireworks Ordinance be approved Motion was seconded
by Councilman Arrowood.
There were present six visitors, five of whom had requested
permits to operate fireworks stands in the City These five
were. Mr John Holloway, Mrs Beth Lancaster, i•irs. Lottie
McFann, Mr Vernon Snell, and Mr Keith Matthews The sixth
visitor was Mr Peter Van kuiten, owner of the land involved
in these requests The Mayor called on each of the visitors in
turn for an expression of his opinion in this matter. Mr. Snell
and i°ir Matthews were in agreement that four stands could operate
safely and profitably on Mr Van Ruiten's property along Lincoln
Avenue just east of Bloomfield Avenue. Mrs Lancaster and Mr
Holloway disagreed They felt that there should be no more than
three stands in this area because there would not be enough
business for four and that so many stands would create a traffic
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problem Mrs McFann did not speak. Mr Snell stated that
traffic could be handled in such a way as to cause no difficulty,
and presented a diagram showing how four stands could be placed
in such a way as to preserve the 90 -foot distance between them and
comply with all other requirements of the City Fir Van 'luiten
stated that he felt that this was a better location and would
cause less traffic congestion than was caused by the locations
occupied last year. He stated that he felt that, since there
is water and ample space to handle the parking problem, and since
it seemed feasible to put in four stands, he could see no reason
why four stands could not go in He further stated that he felt
that Mrs Lancaster was trying to keep out competition and that
he was not in favor of that, because it was unfair
After much discussion, the motion and second were withdrawn.
Councilman Arnold then moved, seconded by Councilman Arrowood,
and unanimously carried, that the ordinance would be amended with
the following provisions'
1 All fireworks stands will be at least 90 feet apart;
2. There will be no more than four stands within any
750 -foot area,
3 There will be no smoking within 50 feet of any stand,
4. No fireworks will be discharged within a distance
of 100 feet of any stand,
5 No smoking signs with red letters six inches high
will be placed six feet above the ground every ten
feet along the stand,
6 Applicant's written application will state just
exactly where the stand will be placed, plus or minus
one foot, and/or give the address,
7 Applicant's written application will bear the sig-
nature of the recorded owner of the land where the
stand is to be located,
8 Each applicant will deposit, along with his applica-
tion, with the City Manager a certificate showing
that he has public liability insurance of '100,000/
300,000 and property damage insurance of 45,000/
25,000;
9 Applications for licenses may not be made before
April 1 nor later than June 15,
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10 Stands will not be over 50 feet in length,
11 Fireworks may be sold from June 28 through July
4th, or July 5th in years when the Fourth falls on
Sunday
The City Manager stated that these requirements would be enforced
by means of revoking the license of any offender
GAS TAX MONEY
The City Manager explained a plan, proposed by the Orange County
League of Cities to the County Board of Supervisors, whereby the
County would share with the cities within the County a portion of
the gas tax monies received by the County from the State After
discussion, it was moved by Councilman Arnold, seconded by Coun-
cilman Arrowood, and unanimously carried, that the City Manager
be authorized to send a letter to the County Board of Supervisors,
endorsing the plan proposed by the League of Cities
ADJ0URNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was duly adjourned
until the next regular meeting.
Jagob Van Dyke, Mayor,
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