The following qualifications must be met by each applicant for a license issued under this Chapter:
A. No license shall be issued to any applicant except a nonprofit organization, group, association, etc., organized and operating within the City limits of San Bernardino in conformity with Section 8.60.030 (D), (E) & (F).
B. Each such applicant must have its principal and permanent meeting place in the corporate limits of the City and must have been organized and established in the City's corporate limits for a minimum of one year continuously preceding the filing of the application for the license, and must have a bona fide membership of at least twenty members.
C. No applicant may receive more than one license or participate in more than one fireworks stand during any one calendar year. The maximum number of licenses that may be issued during any one calendar year shall be 35. All applicants shall be reviewed for compliance with this Chapter. All qualified applicants who held a license during 2002 whether as an individual or as part of a joint venture, shall have priority for the available licenses in 2003. Priority will also be given in 2003 to any joint venture which has at least one qualified applicant who held a license during 2002. Any remaining licenses in 2003, after deducting priority applicants, shall be determined by lottery and shall be granted by a drawing supervised by the City Clerk.
D. One license may be issued to two or more qualified applicants as a joint venture provided that the application for the joint venture is submitted prior to the application deadline. Each qualified applicant in a joint venture which is granted a license is deemed to be a co-licensee and shall have the same benefits, duties and liabilities under the license.
E. All qualified applicants who held a license the immediate previous year, whether as an individual or as part of a joint venture, shall have priority for the available licenses for the immediate next year. However, if the total number of qualified applicants who were licensees or co-licensees from said previous year exceeds 35 licenses because the membership(s) of joint venture(s) has changed or the joint venture ceases to exist, then those qualified applicants which were part of such joint venture(s) shall lose their priority and shall be placed in a lottery drawing for any remaining available licenses after all other qualified applicants from the immediate previous year are granted licenses. If the total number of qualified applicants who were licensees or co-licensees from the immediate previous year does not exceed 35 licenses, then any remaining licenses shall be determined by lottery and shall be granted by a drawing supervised by the Director of Finance and Management Services. Any prior licensee, the license of which has been suspended under the provisions of Section 8.60.060, shall be eligible for a new license only upon satisfying the Fire Chief or the Police Chief that suitable arrangements have been made to preclude future violations.
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24; Ord. MC-1484, 4-18-18; Ord. MC-1138, 2-19-03; Ord. MC-219, 11-02-82; Ord. 3236, 2-25-72; Ord. 2884, 2-06-68)