File #: 5212    Version: 0 Name: Repealing section 5628 Fireworks
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/18/2019 In control: Rules Committee
On agenda: 3/18/2019 Final action: 4/1/2019
Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5628., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to fireworks, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.
Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
Indexes: FIREWORKS
Attachments: 1. 5212adopt.c.pdf

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 5628., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to fireworks, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.


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ORDINANCE NO. 5212, March 18, 2019

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, III, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, a revision to provisions of chapter 56 of the County Code regarding the distribution, sale, and use of fireworks in unincorporated Jackson County is necessary to harmonize certain time requirements with the chapter; and,

WHEREAS, such revision is in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Jackson County; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 5628., Jackson County, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 5628., to read as follows:

5628. Exception, Licensed Wholesale Distributor, Storage and Sale of Fireworks.
There will be a total of four (4) wholesale fireworks sales distributorship licenses issued from year-to-year for wholesale fireworks distributors for the purpose of storage and Sale of consumer fireworks.

5628.1. Must be Licensed by State of Missouri.
Any wholesale fireworks distributor must be licensed by the State of Missouri to engage in the wholesale distribution and sale of fireworks and in good standing with the State of Missouri and the County regarding taxes and insurance.

5628.2. Located within County.
Any such wholesale fireworks distributor must make application to the Clerk of the Legislature on a form provided by the Clerk. Such distributor must have a permanent business location in Jackson County and its proposed sites for temporary operations must be physically located within the unincorporated area of the County and owned or leased by the applicant for at least one (1) year prior to filing of the application.

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