WAC 212-17-21503   Retailers of fireworks -- Definitions.  (1) "Consumer fireworks" means those fireworks defined as consumer fireworks in RCW 70.77.136.

     (2) "Following year" means the year immediately following the year in which a license or permit is issued.

     (3) "License" means a license as defined in RCW 70.77.170.

     (4) "Magazine" means a structure as defined in Section 3302.1 of the International Fire Code.

     (5) "Membrane material" means a thin, flexible, impervious material capable of being supported by an air pressure of 1.5 inches of water column (373 Pa).

     (6) "Permanent retail or wholesale structure" means an enclosure or shelter erected for a period of thirty days or more used for the sales, at retail or wholesale, of legal fireworks of any kind.

     (7) "Permanent storage structure" means a building or other structure used to store any fireworks not authorized within the scope of a retail fireworks stand permit.

     (8) "Permit" means a permit as defined in RCW 70.77.180.

     (9) "Private way" means any privately owned driveway, lane, access way or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky which serves as access from private property to a public road.

     (10) "Public road" means any street or alley essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.

     (11) "Recognized testing laboratory" means a nationally recognized testing laboratory approved by the state fire marshal.

     (12) "Temperature overheat protection" means a device which immediately interrupts the power to the heating element of a portable heating unit when the portable heating unit exceeds its designed operating temperature.

     (13) "Temporary power drop" means an electrical service connection to a temporary retail fireworks stand.

     (14) "Retail fireworks stand" means a structure used for the retail sales of consumer fireworks.

     (15) "Temporary storage structure" means a building or other structure used for storage of consumer fireworks directly related to a retail fireworks stand and authorized within the scope of a retail fireworks stand permit.

     (16) "Temporary structure" means an enclosure or shelter erected for a period of less than thirty days and not otherwise defined in the International Fire Code as a tent or canopy.

     (17) "Tip-over protection" means a device which immediately interrupts the power to the heating element of a portable heating unit when the portable heating unit is tipped or tilted more than forty-five degrees from its designed operating position.

     (18) "International Building Code" means the edition currently adopted by the state of Washington.

     (19) "International Fire Code" means the edition currently adopted by the state of Washington.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.43 and 70.77 RCW. 05-12-033, § 212-17-21503, filed 5/24/05, effective 6/24/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.77.250 and chapters 70.77 and 43.43 RCW. 98-04-007, § 212-17-21503, filed 1/23/98, effective 2/23/98.]