15.60.050 Permit issuance generally.
A. All permits issued will be issued by the building division and a record kept thereof. The permit shall not be issued until the fire chief has approved the application.
B. Any adult person or other group desiring to do any act mentioned in the preceding section shall first make written application for a permit to the chief of the fire department of the city. The form of the application and the criteria for issuance, denial, or issuance with conditions shall be the same as used by the state of Washington in processing applications for the corresponding state license. Applications for permits for public display of fireworks shall be made in writing at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed display.
C. Permit applications for fireworks stands and/or displays shall be reviewed and issued by the fire chief or his designee.
D. The fire chief or his designee shall grant an application for a permit under RCW 70.77.260 if the application meets the standards under Chapter 70.77 RCW and this chapter.
E. No permit shall be granted or issued under this chapter unless the person applying for the permit has first obtained a valid license from the Chief of the Washington State Patrol, through the Director of Fire Protection, as provided by the laws of this state, to do the particular act or acts described in the permit.
F. No retail sales of fireworks shall be permitted from any location other than a temporary stand complying with the requirements of Chapter 70.77 RCW, Chapter 212-17 WAC, and this chapter.
G. Permits issued under this chapter shall be valid for the period of time stated thereon only; provided, that no permit shall be valid beyond the calendar year in which the same is issued. Permits shall be renewed in the same manner as for the application for an original permit.
H. The chief of the fire department, upon reasonable opportunity to be heard and subject to review of such action by the city council, shall revoke any permit issued pursuant to this chapter, if the chief finds that:
1. The permittee has violated any provisions of this chapter or of state law for any rule or regulation made by the chief of the fire department or by the Chief of the Washington State Patrol, through the Director of Fire Protection;
2. The permittee has created or caused a fire nuisance;
3. Any permittee has had his state license revoked or canceled for any reason; or
4. Any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time of the original application for such permit, reasonably would have warranted the fire chief in refusing originally to issue such permit.
I. It is unlawful for any person to store fireworks of any class without first having made a written application for and received a permit for such storage to the chief of the fire department at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the proposed storage. It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department to make an investigation as to whether such storage, as proposed, will be of such a nature and character and will be so located as to constitute a hazard to property or to be dangerous to any person, and he shall, in the exercise of reasonable discretion, grant or deny the application, subject to such reasonable conditions, if any, as he may prescribe.
J. Following the revocation of any permit issued by the city, if the permittee remains in possession of a lawfully acquired stock of fireworks, such fireworks may be sold only under the supervision of the chief of the fire department and of the Chief of the Washington State Patrol, through the Director of Fire Protection, and only to such persons who are authorized to buy, possess, sell or otherwise use such fireworks.
K. No person shall operate or use an alarm system to evoke a police or fire response on any premises under that person’s control without first having obtained a permit from the police department. The police department need not respond to any alarm system for which a permit has not first been obtained. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be an operator or user of an alarm system if:
1. The person controls both the alarm system and the premises upon which it is installed;
2. The person controls the premises and is the subscriber, client or tenant of the system subscriber; or
3. The person is the system subscriber.
Each permit will include a control number which shall not be transferable. A permit may be denied if the subscriber has an outstanding alarm service charge pending within the city.
Any person who, on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, owns, operates or possesses an alarm system within the city which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter shall disconnect the alarm and render it inoperable or alter it in accordance with this chapter.
L. The police chief may revoke a permit of any permittee:
1. Whose alarm system has resulted in more than six (6) false alarm responses by the police department within a continuous ninety (90) day period; or
2. Who has failed to pay a penalty charge, as set forth in this chapter, within sixty (60) days of billing.
The police chief shall notify such permittee in writing by certified mail of the revocation of the alarm permit and the grounds thereof.
The notice shall specify the specific date of revocation which shall be no sooner than ten (10) days after the notice is deposited in the mail and that the department will discontinue responding to alarms that occur at the premise described in the revoked permit after the date of revocation.
The permittee may, within ten (10) days of receiving notice of permit revocation, appeal the decision to the city council. A decision by the city council on the appeal shall be final.
M. Reinstatement of an alarm permit may be made upon receipt of a letter from an alarm company licensed by the city pursuant to city code that the alarm system is operating properly and/or the permittee(s)’ agents are properly trained in the alarm system operation. There will be a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the permit reinstatement. Permits will not be reinstated if there are any outstanding fees or service charges due.