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TOWN OF GOLDEN
BYLAW NUMBER 799
Being a Bylaw of the Town of Golden to regulate
the sale, use and possession of fireworks.
WHEREAS, it is provided by Section 932(e) of the Municipal Act, R.S.B.C.
1979, that the Council may by bylaw regulate or prohibit the sale or
disposal to any person of firecrackers and other fireworks of every nature
or kind:
AND WHEREAS, it is provided by Section 933 of the said Municipal Act that
the Council may, inter alia, authorize the issuance of a permit to any
person or organization for the use of firecrackers or other fireworks of
any nature or kind and may specify the terms and conditions thereof:
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Town of Golden, in open meeting
assembled,
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. In this bylaw, "Person" shall include any corporation, organization,
partnership, association, society, or any party.
2. No person shall, at any time, sell, give, possess, or set off, low-
hazard fireworks as defined in Class 7.2.1 of the Canadian Explosives
Act, such as firework showers, fountains, golden rain, lawn lights,
pin wheels, Roman candles, volcanoes, but excluding sparklers, Christ-
mas crackers and caps for toy guns, except under the following condi-
tions:
a) fireworks may be sold, given, possessed, or set off between the
24th day of October and the 1st day of November, inclusive, in any
year.
b) persons 18 years of age and over only, may sell, give, possess, or
set off fireworks.
c) fireworks shall be set off only on private property with consent of
the owner being first obtained where necessary, or on public proper-
ty with the written permission of the Local Assistant to the Fire
Commissioner.
d) notwithstanding Section 2(a), fireworks may be sold, given,
possessed or set off at any time by any person conducting a public
display if such public display is held with the written permission
of the Local Assistant to the Fire Commissioner.
3. No person shall at any time sell, give, possess or set off high-hazard
fireworks as defined in Class 7.2.2 of the Canadian Explosives Act,
such as rockets, serpents, shells, bombshells, tourbillions, maroons,
large wheels, bougquets, barrages, bombardos, waterfalls, mines except
under the following conditions:
a) permission must first be obtained from the Local Assistant to the
Fire Commissioner, having jurisdiction in the Town of Golden, such
permission being in the form of a Special Permit, as shown in
Schedule 'A' to this Bylaw.
b) each individual applying for a Special Permit, in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3(a), must be the individual supervising
the setting off of the fireworks and shall possess a valid Fireworks
Supervisor Card issued by the Explosives Branch of Energy, Mines and
Resources, Canada.
c) sale of fireworks shall be only to a person presenting a Special
Permit.
4. The storage and display for sale of any fireworks, as governed by this
bylaw, shall be in accordance with the Federal Explosives Regulations.
5. Any person found to be in possession of any fireworks as classified in
Section 2 and 3 of this bylaw, and in violation of this bylaw, shall
forthwith surrender the fireworks to the Local Assistant to the Fire
Commissioner, or the local police, and said Local Assistant to the Fire
Commissioner or police shall be authorized to seize and confiscate said
fireworks without any compensation to the person found to be in posses-
sion.
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6. Every person contravening or committing any breach of, or committing
any offense or infraction against any of the provisions of this bylaw,
shall be liable, on summary conviction before any Court having juris-
diction, to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00.)
7. "Fireworks Regulation Bylaw Number 4, 1958" is hereby rescinded.
8. This bylaw may be cited as "Fireworks Regulation Bylaw Number 799,
1990."
READ A FIRST TIME, this 22nd day of
READ A SECOND TIME, this 22nd day of
READ A THIRD TIME, this 22nd day of
RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED, this
4th
day of
, 1990.
, 1990.
, 1990.
, 1990.
May
May
May
June
Certified to be a true and correct copy of
Bylaw 799 cited as "Fireworks Regulation
Bylaw Number 799, 1990."
Dated this
day of
, 19
CLERK