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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1325 Amending City Code Chapter 605 Related to Fireworks BILL NO: 2014-057 ORDINANCE NO: /10 S AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 605 RELATED TO FIREWORKS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, as follows: SECTION 1 —ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT. Section 605.320.M of the City Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby amended to read as follows: M. Open Flames Prohibited. It shall be unlawful to permit the presence of lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes, or any other open flame within fifty (50) feet of where fireworks are manufactured, stored, kept, or offered for sale. SECTION 2 — ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT. Section 605.320.R of the City Code of the City of Riverside, Missouri is hereby added to read as follows: R. Revocation of License—When—Manner. 1. The Director of Community Development (to also include his designee), may issue a Notice of Intent to Revoke a license issued under this Section of any person for cause. Such Notice of Intent shall specify the reasons for the intended revocation, and provide for a hearing (stating the hearing's date, time, and place) for the licensee to be heard. Such hearing will be scheduled as reasonably prompt as circumstances allow, taking into account the brevity of the Fireworks Season. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the Director of Community Development may issue a Revocation Order if he determines that there is cause, or he may rescind the Notice of Intent to Revoke if he determines that there is not cause. If a Revocation Order is issued, it shall become effective upon service to the licensee or his or her agents or employees working at licensee's Stand. Alternatively, a Revocation Order may provide for a delayed effective date or time and may provide the conditions under which reinstatement of the license may be obtained or upon which the Revocation Order may be rescinded. 2. At the hearing, testimony of witnesses and other evidence pertinent to the inquiry may be taken, and all proceedings in such hearings shall be recorded, provided that all witnesses shall be swom. 3. The Director of Community Development shall issue a final written decision, which may be appealed to the Platte County Circuit Court according to law. 4. Within twenty-four hours 24 hours of the Director of Community Development's Revocation Order, the license holder shall remove all Fireworks product from the Stand. Within seventy-two hours of the Director of Community Development's Revocation Order, the license holder shall remove the Stand. 5. A license may be revoked for any of the following reasons: a. Violating any of the provisions of either this Chapter, the Revised Statutes of Missouri, or any other ordinance of the City; b. The license held by such person was obtained through materially false statements in the application for such license, or renewal thereof; SECTION 3 — EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. BE IT REMBERED that the above was read two times by heading only, PASSED AND APPROVED by a majority of the Bard of Aldermen and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Riverside this ft{ day of 2014. Mayor Kathleen L. Rose ATTEST: Robin Littrell i .Clerk 9 + 2