HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd-2019-006 FireworksBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 2019- 006";
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING KITTITAS COUNTY CODE TITLE 9 REGARDING IGNITION
OR DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS IN KITTITAS COUNTY
WHEREAS, Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 70.77.250 allows counties to adopt
fireworks ordinances that are more restrictive than state law provided the
ordinance shall not have an effective date sooner than one year after adoption;
and
WHEREAS, Kittitas County Code (KCC) 9.30.030 prohibits ignition or discharge of fireworks
at any time other than July 4t" and December 31St until 1:00 a.m. on January 1st;
and
WHEREAS, Ignition or discharge of fireworks may be allowed other times of the year when
fire danger is low, subject to Fire Marshal approval and adequate notice to
surrounding property owners; and
WHEREAS, KCC 9.30.035 currently authorizes the Fire Marshal to prohibit the ignition or
discharge of fireworks only when certain fire danger components and indices
have been reached, but does not allow the Fire Marshal to ban fireworks when
these thresholds have not been reached; and
WHEREAS, The Fire Marshal should have the authority to ban fireworks in conjunction with
an established burn ban, even when the fire danger components and indices
have not been reached; and
WHEREAS, Kittitas County staff prepared proposed amendments to KCC 9.30.030 and
9.30.035 for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at a public
hearing; and
WHEREAS, Public notice for a public hearing to consider the amendments was provided in
the Daily Record on April 18, 2019 and April 25, 2019; and
WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners conducted a public hearing to consider the
proposed amendments on May 7, 2019; and
WHEREAS, At the May 7, 2019 public hearing, the proposed amendments were considered
and approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the Board of County Commissioners, after due
deliberation, does hereby adopt the amendments to Title 9 of Kittitas County Code as shown in
the attached Exhibit A, effective May 21, 2020.
ADOPTED this 21st day of May 2019
CLERK OF THE BOARD
-Clerk of the Board- Julie Kjorsvik
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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❑ Deputy Clerk of the Board- Mandy Buchholz
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Commissioner
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Neil Caulkins,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Exhibit A
9.30.030 Prohibition against discharge.
Thee-r-�ty-aKittitas 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 31 st to 1:00 a.m. of the following day (January 1 st) of each
year. (Ord. 99-09, 1999; Ord. 956, 1995). The Kittitas Coun Fire Marshal ma authorize ignition or
ischarge of fireworks on other days and times dependent on fire danger air!ub�ect to fireworks
erm aj2proval. As a condition of fireworks pefmit approval the awl icant shall be required to
provide written notice to the landowners of all properties located within five hundred (500) Feet Qf
the site of the Firework ignition or discharge. The notice shall include date and time of the Rroposed
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 theollQv iV -fire danger components and
indices have been reached or exceeded #1�dsedescif3ed{r�tdard �erirlveed+� F�1–i�as
neer-exist' tations
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1. The Burning Index is at least 18; and
2 The Fuel MQistur onten# of the 10 hour f els is bg1Qw 8: and
3. The Energy Release Component is in the 90"' percentile (42 for user county and 44 for
lower county); and
4. Fire weather predictions; and
S. Resource, depietiQ-n
In the event that a burn ban has been established in accordance with _KCC_2g.08 the_Firg Marshal is
authorized to prohibit the ignition or discharge of fireworks even if the above fire danger
coni orients and indicies have not been reached or exceeded: