WAC 212-17-21509   Retailers of fireworks -- Location.  (1) Activities or uses subject to this rule shall not be limited in location except where such activities or uses are prohibited or controlled by local development regulation, traffic safety or road construction standards.

     (2) Temporary retail fireworks stands shall not be located more than one hundred fifty feet from a private way, fire department access road, public road, street or highway as measured by an approved route around the exterior of the stand. The minimum requirements for a private way shall be determined by the local authority having jurisdiction, but shall not exceed the requirements of locally adopted street, road and access standards.

     (3) Any two retail fireworks stands shall be at least one hundred feet apart or shall be separated by a road, street or highway not less than thirty feet in width.

     (4) Retail fireworks stands shall be located as required by Table 212-17-21509 in this section. The minimum required area surrounding the stand shall be marked or flagged, except that flagging and marking shall not block a sidewalk or pedestrian pathway. Flagging need not exceed twenty feet in any direction.

Retail Fireworks Stands - Minimum Clearances
	Buildings	Combustibles	Property Line	Parking	Motor Vehicle Traffic PUBLIC ROAD*	Motor Vehicle Traffic PRIVATE WAY
BACK OF STAND	20 FT.	20 FT.	5 FT.	20 FT.	20 FT.	5 FT.
SIDE OF STAND	20 FT.	20 FT.	5 FT.	20 FT.	20 FT.	5 FT.
FRONT OF STAND	40 FT. 20 FT.**	40 FT. 20 FT.**	20 FT.	20 FT.	20 FT.	20 FT.

NOTE:	Clearance distances are not cumulative
*	Measured from the outer edge of the nearest traffic lane.
**	If stand is equipped with 135 fusible links which will automatically close all sales doors in case of fire, or is equipped with a wire-mesh screen with openings of not more than one inch which covers not less than 90% of all sales openings.

     (5) Retail fireworks stands shall not be located closer than one hundred feet from any motor vehicle dispensing station, retail propane dispensing station, flammable liquid storage, or combustible liquid storage. Retail fireworks stands shall not be located closer than three hundred feet from any bulk storage of flammable or combustible liquid or gas, including bulk plant dispensing areas.

EXCEPTION:	1. Fuel for generators as allowed by WAC 212-17-21513(4).
	2. Fuel within the tanks of motor vehicles.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.43 and 70.77 RCW. 05-12-033, § 212-17-21509, 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, § 212-17-21509, filed 1/23/98, effective 2/23/98.]