Proposed KCC Amendments RE Fireworks

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Proposed KCC Amendments Regarding Fireworks April 4, 2019 9.30.030 Prohibition against discharge. The county of Kittitas County prohibits the ignition or discharge of fireworks within the unincorporated areas of Kittitas County except between the period from 9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on July 4th and from 9:00 a.m. December 31st to 1:00 a.m. of the following day (January 1st) of each year. (Ord. 99-09, 1999; Ord. 956, 1995). The Kittitas County Fire Marshal may authorize ignition or discharge of fireworks on other days and times dependent on fire danger and subject to fireworks permit approval. As a condition of fireworks permit approval, the applicant shall be required to provide written notice to the landowners of all properties located within five hundred (500) feet of the site of the firework ignition or discharge. The notice shall include date and time of the proposed firework ignition or discharge. 9.30.035 Fire Marshal's authority to prohibit discharge. The Kittitas County Fire Marshal is authorized to prohibit the ignition or discharge of fireworks within the unincorporated areas of Kittitas County whenever the following fire danger components and indices have been reached or exceeded those described in Standard Operating Procedure F01-10 as now existing or as hereafter amended.in at least one of three Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS): 1. The Burning Index is at least 18; and 2. The Fuel Moisture Content of the 10 hour fuels is below 8; and 3. The Energy Release Component is in the 90th percentile (42 for upper county and 44 for lower county); and 4. Fire weather predictions; and 5. Resource depletion In the event that a burn ban has been established in accordance with KCC 20.08, the Fire Marshal is authorized to prohibit the ignition or discharge of fireworks, even if the above fire danger components and indicies have not been reached or exceeded.