178.99
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMIT FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY
RD
AT WEST MOUNTAIN SKI CENTER ON JULY 3, 1999
RESOLUTION NO.: 178, 99
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, Bay Fireworks, Inc., on behalf of Entertronics, Inc. - WCKM Radio Station, has
requested permission to conduct a fireworks display as follows:
SPONSOR: WCKM FM/AM Radio Station
PLACE: West Mountain Ski Center
DATE: July 3, 1999
TIME: 10:00 P.M. (approx.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and directs
the Queensbury Town Clerk, in accordance with §405 of the New York State Penal Law, to issue a
fireworks permit subject to the following conditions:
A. The applicant must file a permit application which sets forth:
1.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.
2.The date and time of day at which the display is to be held.
3.The exact location planned for the display.
4.The age, experience and physical characteristics of the persons who are to do the
actual discharging of the fireworks.
5.The number and kind of fireworks to be discharged.
6.The manner and place of storage of such fireworks prior to the display.
7.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.
B. The applicant must submit proof of insurance which demonstrates insurance coverage
through an insurance company licensed in the State of New York, lists the Town of Queensbury as an
additional insured and contains a hold harmless clause to protect the Town of Queensbury;
C. The Queensbury Fire Marshal and Chief of West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Co., Inc.,
must inspect and approve the area;
D. The applicant must complete clean-up of all debris, including all unexploded shells, in
the area by 10:00 a.m. the following day; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, in accordance with §405 of the New York State Penal Law, the Town Clerkâs
permit or letter of authorization must provide:
the actual point at which the fireworks are to be fired. This point shall be at least two
hundred feet from the nearest permanent building, public highway or railroad or other
means of 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, and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby directs the Town Clerk, when issuing the
permit to include a notation that the applicant shall not be involved in any closure of
municipal roads.
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Duly adopted this 17 day of May, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None