(A) The City Fire Chief or other employee designated by the City Manager may act as inspecting officers, and may revoke, immediately and without notice or hearing, the permit of any permittee where a fire nuisance exists or where personal injury may occur. If the revocation occurs between June 22 and July 4 (inclusive), the inspecting officer shall inform the permittee that the permittee may seek review of the inspecting officer’s decision by the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, on the next business day. At the earliest opportunity on the next business day after the revocation, the inspecting officer shall provide the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, with written notice that a fireworks permit has been revoked, including the name of the permittee and a brief statement of the grounds for revocation. The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, shall meet with the permittee and the inspecting officer on that day, upon the permittee’s request, to review the inspecting officer’s decision. The decision of the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, shall be final. If the revocation occurs before June 22 or after July 4, the appeal procedures of subsection (B) of this section shall apply.
(B) The inspecting officer may revoke the permit of any permittee who violates any provision of this chapter. Such revocation shall take effect five days after the inspecting officer verbally notifies the permittee of its violation, during which time the permittee may seek review of the inspecting officer’s decision by submitting a written request for review to the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee. The inspecting officer shall provide the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, with written notice that a fireworks permit violation has occurred for which the permit shall be revoked within five days, including the name of the permittee and a brief statement of the grounds for revocation. Upon request of the permittee, the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee, shall meet with the permittee and the inspecting officer to review the inspecting officer’s decision. The decision of the City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, shall be final.
(Ord. 611, passed 3-4-2014; Ord. 617, passed 6-2-2014)