5.10.050 - Prerequisites to issuance of license.

The following qualifications must be met by each applicant for a license issued under this chapter: (1)

No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation except nonprofit associations or corporations organized primarily for civic betterment or youth activities.

(2)

Each such organization must have its principal and permanent meeting place in the corporate limits of said city, must maintain a bona fide membership of at least twenty adult members, and must have been organized and established in said city's corporate limits for a minimum of three years continuously preceding the filing of the application for the license.

(3)

No organization may receive more than one license for fireworks sale during any one calendar year. One license may be issued to two or more qualifying applicants as a joint venture. The maximum number of licenses which may be issued pursuant to this ordinance during any one calendar year shall not exceed one license for each two thousand residents of the city, or fraction thereof, based on the latest official roster, State of California census estimate.

(3.1)

Unless a written, signed agreement to the contrary is received by the city by the application deadline, all licensed groups sharing one booth shall act as joint venturers, and as such shall share equally in the expenses, losses and profits arising from the operation of said booth.

(4)

If the number of applications exceeds the number of licenses to be issued, the licensees during the preceding year shall have first priority for the available licenses, provided each licensee retains the same participating organizations which operated under the license during the preceding year. Each participating organization shall be deemed to be a colicensee and joint venturer with the licensee claiming first priority and shall have the same duties and liabilities under the license. If there are any additional licenses available, such additional licenses shall be granted by a drawing supervised by the city administrator.

(5)

At least one board member from the governing body of each participating civic organization must attend a fireworks safety program presented by the Los Angeles county fire department prior to the commencement of each year's fireworks booth program.

(Ord. 456 §1, 1992; Ord. 362 §2, 1984: Ord. 224 §1(part), 1976).