097.2005
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT WEST
MOUNTAIN SKI CENTER ON FEBRUARY 18, 2005
RESOLUTION NO.: 97, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, Alonzo Fireworks Display, Inc., on behalf of West Enterprises, has requested
permission to conduct a fireworks display as follows:
SPONSOR: West Enterprises
PLACE: West Mountain Ski Center
DATE: Friday, February 18, 2005
TIME: 10:00 P.M. (approx.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk,
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in accordance with New York State Penal Law 405, to issue a fireworks permit to Alonzo Fireworks
Display, Inc., on behalf of West Enterprises, subject to the following conditions:
1.An application for permit be filed which sets forth:
A. The name of the body sponsoring the display and the names of the persons actually
to be in charge of the firing of the display.
B. The date and time of day at which the display is to be held.
C. The exact location planned for the display.
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D. The age, experience and physical characteristics of the persons who are to do the
actual discharging of the fireworks.
E. The number and kind of fireworks to be discharged.
F. The manner and place of storage of such fireworks prior to the display.
G. A diagram of the grounds on which the display is to be held showing the point at
which the fireworks are to be discharged, the location of all buildings, highways,
and other lines of communication, the lines behind which the audience will be
restrained and the location of all nearby trees, telegraph or telephone lines or other
overhead obstructions.
2. Proof of insurance be received which demonstrates insurance coverage through an
insurance company licensed in the State of New York, and that the Town of Queensbury is
named as an additional insured and that the insurance coverage contain a hold harmless
clause which shall protect the Town of Queensbury;
3. Inspections and approval must be made by the Queensbury Fire Marshal and the Chief of
the West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.,
4. Clean-up of the area must be completed by 10:00 a.m., the following day, and all debris
must be cleaned up including all unexploded shells, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the permit or letter of authorization by the Town Clerk shall, in accordance
with New York State Penal Law §405, provide:
the actual point at which the fireworks are to be fired shall be at least two hundred feet
from the nearest permanent building, public highway or railroad or other means of
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travel and at least fifty feet from the nearest above ground telephone or telegraph line,
tree or other overhead obstruction, that the audience at such display shall be restrained
behind lines at least one hundred and fifty feet from the point at which the fireworks are
discharged and only persons in active charge of the display shall be allowed inside these
lines, that all fireworks that fire a projectile shall be so set up that the projectile will go
into the air as nearby (nearly) as possible in a vertical direction, unless such fireworks
are to be fired from the shore of a lake or other large body of water, when they may be
directed in such manner that the falling residue from the deflagration will fall into such
lake or body of water, that any fireworks that remain unfired after the display is
concluded shall be immediately disposed of in a way safe for the particular type of
fireworks remaining, that no fireworks display shall be held during any wind storm in
which the wind reaches a velocity of more than thirty miles per hour, that all the
persons in actual charge of firing the fireworks shall be over the age of eighteen years,
competent and physically fit for the task, that there shall be at least two such operators
constantly on duty during the discharge and that at least two soda-acid or other
approved type fire extinguisher of at least two and one-half gallons capacity each shall
be kept at as widely separated points as possible within the actual area of the display.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of February, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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