§ 7-19. Amendments to Chapter 33 of the 2013 California Fire Code, Explosives and Fireworks
Section 3309 is added as follows:
Sec. 3309. Requirements for fireworks stands.
All temporary stands for the display and sale of fireworks shall be located, maintained and operated subject to the following provisions:
3309.1. No fireworks display or stand shall be erected within one hundred (100) feet of any gasoline dispensing device or room in which vehicles containing gasoline are repaired or within thirty-five (35) feet of any other structure. Minimum setback from a public sidewalk shall be five (5) feet; setback from street curbing shall be not less than ten (10) feet where no sidewalk exists.
3309.2. There shall be maintained in each premises or stand within which fireworks are sold or offered for sale, a fire extinguisher with a minimum rating of 2A, 10BC located adjacent to each exit.
3309.3. No person shall light or cause or permit to be lighted any fireworks, match, lighter, or any other article or material within any such stand or within fifty (50) feet thereof.
3309.4. No smoking shall be allowed in any structure used for the sale and display of fireworks or within fifty (50) feet of said structure. "No smoking" signs shall be displayed prominently and in a number prescribed by the fire chief.
3309.5. All such temporary stands shall be constructed to existing city requirements and specifications.
3309.6. All such temporary stands for the display and sale of fireworks shall obtain an electrical permit from the City of Costa Mesa prior to performance of any electrical work.
3309.7. No arc or kileg light shall be located within seventy-five (75) feet of any temporary stand selling fireworks.
3309.8. Reserved.
3309.9. Reserved.
3309.10. The permittee shall strictly comply with all of the provisions of the State Fireworks Law, Sections 12500 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
3309.11. Fireworks shall be stored and kept only in the permittee's sale booth. It shall be unlawful to store any fireworks intended for sale in any building, residence, garage, home or automobile within the City of Costa Mesa.
3309.12. There shall be at least one (1) adult in attendance during any open or sale hours of the fireworks stand. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years, and no person who is physically or mentally unable to move himself shall be permitted within a fireworks stand.
3309.13. The permittee shall provide an adult night watchman to act and serve during the hours of storage. Under no circumstances shall any night watchman sleep within any fireworks stand.
3309.14. No alcoholic beverages shall be allowed on the premises.
3309.15. All fireworks fuses shall be taped.
3309.16. All permits must be posted in a conspicuous place.