Ordinance No. 239ORDINANCE NO. 239
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 18, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE
SALE OF FIREWORKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 Section 7 of Ordinance No 18 of the City of Cypress is
hereby amended to read:
"Application for Permit. Applications for such permits shall be filed
with the City Clerk or his authorized agent between April 1st:and June 15th
of the year for which the permit is sought. Each Application shall contain a
detailed statement of each and every kind of fireworks proposed to be sold
under said permit and shall contain the street address or location where
said fireworks will be sold, in sufficient detail so that the propery may
be easily located and inspected Each application shall also contain a
description of the exact size and location of the stand or other structure
at or from which the sale of fireworks will be conducted with an accuracy
of plus or minus one foot.
Any permit issued shall be valid only for the exact location described
in the application, and no stand or other structure shall be constructed
or located except as described in the application, and no stand shall have
any side longer. than 50 feet; provided further, that the following setback
requirements shall be required for stands located on highways taht are not
imporved with curb, gutter, and sidewalk and shall be measured from the center
of the paved portion of the highway, for fireworks stands and signs in relation
thereto, shall be:
(a) Major divided highway shall have a 110 -foot setback;
(b) 'Major undivided highway shall have a 105 -foot setback;
(c) Primary highway shall have an 85 -foot setback,
(d) Secondary highway shall have a 75 -foot setback,
All stands which are located on arterial highways which are improved with
curb, gutter, and sidewalk shall be located a minimum of give (5) feet
from the sidewalk
Each application shall be accompanied with a certificate from an insurer
authorized to insure risks within the State of California to the effect that the
applicant has in effect for the period beginning on or before the date the
application is filed and ending July 31st of the year for which the application
is filed, public liability insurance in an amount of at least $100,000 00per
person and $300,000 00 per accident, and property damage insurance in an
amount of at least $5,000 00 per person and $25,000.00 per accident. Such
insurance is required of any applicant for a permit under this Ordinance
Should any of the insurance required by this Ordinance expire, terminate or
be cancelled on or before July 31st of the year for which the application
is filed and the permit issued, the applicant or permittee shall notify
the City Clerk of that fact, and, whether no not said notice;it given, no
permit shall be valid after any of said insurance has expired, terminated
or been cancelled
The City Clerk shall examine such application and shall issue such
permit to such applicant if all of the provisions of this Ordinance have been
complied with. Should said detailed statement contain any type of fireworks
prohibited herein, then such type shall be stricken from such statement prior
to the issuance of said permit No person obtaining such permit shall
display or sell any kind of fireworks not described in such detailed
statement or any type stricken therefrom.
No permit shall be issued unless the applicant posts with the City
Manager, prior to the 15th day of June of the year for which the permit
is issued, a bond or other satisfactory security in the amount of $50.00,
conditioned upon the clean-up of the site of the proposed location upon
which the fdreworks will be sold.
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No permit shall be issued by the Clerk or his authorized agent where
the permit to be issued will result in there being more than four locations
at or from which fireworks will be sold under permits previously issued,
within a distance of 750 feet measured along any street or streets.
For the purpose of the administration of this section by the City Clerk
or his authorized agent, applications which are otherwise regular and
proper shall be issued in the order filed "
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of February, 1965 by the following roll
call vote:
AYES• 5 COUNCILMEN: Gorzeman, Kanel, McCarney, Wright, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ATTEST:
C 464"
C OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
MAYOR OF THE CITY F CYPRESS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the said
City Council held on the 8th day of February, 1965, by the following vote
AYES. 5 COUNCILMEN Gorzeman, Kanel, McCarney Wright and Noe
NOES* 0 COUNCILMEN• None
ABSENT 0 COUNCILMEN None
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