HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 00-066-CCGRANT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
ORDINANCE NO. 00-66 -CC
RESOLUTION NO. 00-66-CC
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.32 OF THE GRANT
COUNTY CODE BY ADDING A NEW AREA FOR THE
REGULATION OF THE USE, POSSESSION AND SALE OF
FIREWORKS, AND OTHERMATTERS PROPERLY RELATING
THERETO.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, certain unincorporated areas within Grant County have undergone rapid
population growth and have acquired higher urban-type dansities than is normal in rural settings; and
WHEREAS, fireworks are explosives and inherently present an imminent threat of fire and
bodily injury, either directly from ignition, or from the ensuing fire; and
WHEREAS, property damage and bodily injury resulting from the popular possession and
discharge of fireworks, and the cost of response by emergency services personnel and equipment,
is a significant public fiscal burden; and
WHEREAS, when the fire hazard is most severe in the summer months, the need to respond
to fireworks-related fires and other emergencies, severely strains communities' resources to respond
to other emergencies, to the significant imperilment of the public safety; and
WHEREAS, the Uniform Fire Code is part of the law of all counties and cities in the State
of Washington by virtue of the State Building Code Act, and empowers the fire marshal to "malce
... such rules and regulations for the prevention and control of fire and fire hazards as may be
necessary from time to time ..."; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have received a petition signed by a director from
the following organizations situated in the Crescent Bar area: Crescent Bar Inc.; Crescent Bar
Homeowners; Crescent Bar Condo Association; and the Crescent View Condos; requesting that the
use and possession of fireworks be prohibited in the Crescent Bar area; and
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WHEREAS, the Fire Marshal concurs with the concerns of the aforementioned directors;
and
WHEREAS, all aspects of the fireworlcs industry, except use and possession of common
fireworks lawfully purchased at retail outlets, are subject to a statutory requirement of both a
Washington State license and a local permit; and
WHEREAS, nothing in the State Fireworks Act requires a local legislative body to grant any
such permit.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT COUNTY,
STATE OF WASHINGTON, DO HEREBY ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH, THAT CHAPTER
6.32 OF THE GRANT COUNTY CODE BE AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW
SUBSECTION TO SECTION .010(4).
Section 1: The Grant County Code Chapter 6.32.010(4), adopted by Ordinance/Resolution
No. 99-72 -CC on Mav 11 , 1999, is amended to include a new subsection, to read:
(4). "No Fireworks Area" means the following unincorporated areas within Grant County
in which the use or possession of any class of fireworks is prohibited:
(A). Marine View, more particularly described as follows:
The East 659.19 feet of the North 1500.00 feet of Farm Unit 48,
Irrigation Block 80, 2nd revision of the irrigation plat recorded
August 20, 1962, record of Grant County, Washington lying in the
West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 17
North, Range 28 East W.M.
(B). Marine View Heights, more particularly described as follows:
That part of Farm Unit No. 48, Blocic 80, 2nd revision of the
irrigation plat recorded August 2, 1962, Records of Grant County,
Washington, lying in the West Half of Section 17 and the East Half
of Section 18, Township 17 North, Range 28 East, W.M, descriUed
as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest Corner of said Section 17; thence
00°23'S6" West along the West line of said Section 17, 333.83 feet to
the centerline of O'Sullivan Dam Road as it exists February 1976;
thence South 71°08' East along said centerline 684.30 feet; thence
South 0°20' West 42.19 feet to the Southerly right of way line of said
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road and the Northwest Corner of Marine View as recorded in
Volume 10 of Plats, Page 5, Records of Grant County, Washington;
thence South 0°20' West 1,153.11 feet; to the true point of beginning;
thence continuing South 0°20' West 428.89 feet; thence South 71 °08'
East 630.47 feet to the Westerly right of way line of the W61 WW2
as shown on said irrigation plat; thence South 0°20' West along said
right of way 612.08 feet; thance South 63°25'22" West 113.25 feet;
thence North 89°39' West 32.83 feet; thence South 85°14' West
767.13 feet; thence North 4°46' West 10.00 feet; thence South 85° 14'
West 69.43 feet; thence South 76°47' West 84.73 feet; thence along
a curve to the left having a central angle of 38°26'00" and a radius of
174.60 feet, a distance of 117.12 feet; thence South 38°21' West
396.50 feet; thence on a curve to the right having a central angle of
60°46'00" and a radius of 54.60 feet, a distance of 57.91 feet; thence
South 9°07'00" West 15.00 feet; thence North 80°53'00" West 94.09
feet; thence South 70°57'00" West 239.13 feet; thence South
74°25'00" West 820.77 feet; thence South 78°26'00" West 63.35 feat
to the West line of said Fartn Unit No. 48; thence North 0°34'00" East
along said West line 1,793.82 feet; thence South 89°40'00" East
1,313.69 feet; thence North 0°20'00" East 296.00 feet; thence South
89°40'00" East 696.00 feet to the true point of beginning. Containing
81,50 acres.
(C.) Crescent Bar, more particularlv described as follows:
The following descr;bed �ro�,rfir� 1_ocated in
Townshin 20 N6rth,Ran�e 23 E.W.M.. Grant
County, Washington, further described as:
All that nortion of Section 18, Townshin 20 Northy
Ran�e 23 E.W.M., lvin� South and West of
Crescent Bar Road, ALSO, All of Section 19,
Township 20 North, Range 23 E.W.M., ALSO,
All of Section 30. Township 20 North. Ranee
23 E.W.M., Grant County, Washin�ton
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect the 1St day of July, 2001.
A public hearing was held on the above ordinance/resolution at �Q o'clock
a.m., on the 26th day of June, 2000.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED THAT THE GRANT
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS adopt this ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of June, 2000, �
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Deborah Kay Mo
C. �17ison;�lV�m`6er
Tim Snead, M
ATTEST:
Clerk of oard
PUBLISHED: 6/16&23/2000
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