Watsonville Municipal Code § 3302.6 Operation of stand

Safe and sane fireworks stands shall be operated in compliance with all laws, including but not limited to the following:

(a) No entity other than the permittee organization shall operate the stand for which the permit is issued.

(b) Only adults aged sixteen (16) years and over approved by the permittee organization shall sell or otherwise participate in the sale of fireworks at such stand. Persons less than sixteen (16) years old shall not handle or sell fireworks, nor shall they be allowed into the sales booth. Notwithstanding the prohibitions in the last sentence, persons less than sixteen (16) years old may handle fireworks solely for the purpose of loading and unloading fireworks from the stand at the beginning and end of the day, as long as they are supervised by a responsible adult.

(c) No person shall be paid any consideration for selling or otherwise participating in the sale of fireworks at such stand.

Retailers shall not sell fireworks to anyone less than eighteen (18) years of age.

The seller shall provide detached signage no less than two (2) feet x four (4) feet in size with lettering not to be less than four (4) inches high. Language used on the sign shall be approved by the Fire Code Official. The signage shall be in a form acceptable to the Fire Code Official notifying the public that safe and sane fireworks are not allowed in any other city nor in Santa Cruz County in unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County.

Only boxed safe and sane fireworks assortments, pre-wrapped and packed by a wholesaler or manufacturer shall be sold by the retailer shall be sold in the original package. Items such as several boxes of sparklers of different colors are not considered a boxed assortment. In no case shall ground blooming flowers or similar items that, when ignited, actively move along the ground in random directions, be included in a boxed assortment.

A safety pamphlet on the use of “safe and sane” fireworks furnished by the manufacturer shall be given by the seller to each purchaser at the time of sale.