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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1~ - Y <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: PYROTECHNICS PERMIT; ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND <br />CENTRAL SERVICES <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Checklist <br />Letter of Request <br />License <br />Site Layout for pyrotechnics display <br />(includes inventory to be used) <br />Certificate of Insurance <br />Permit <br />Public Hearing: Yes: No: <br />Budget Amendment Reqd? Yes No_ <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, ext. 2650 <br />Nick Waters, ext. 3030 <br />Mike Tapp ext. 3030 <br />Telephone Number- <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a pyrotechnics permit for Orange County Speedway. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County Speedway has requested that the County Commissioners <br />approve a pyrotechnics permit for the fireworks display which is scheduled for July 3, 1998 <br />in conjunction with the regularly scheduled race. <br />GS 14-414, indicates that the Board shall consider a fireworks permit for "any and all kinds <br />of fireworks and explosives, which are used for exhibitions or amusement purposes." <br />GS 14-413 empowers the Commissioner to authorize and issue permits for the use of <br />pyrotechnics in connection with "...shows of all descriptions...but only after satisfactory <br />evidence is produced to the effect that said pyrotechnics will be used for the aforementioned <br />purposes and none other." <br />County policy further requires assurance from the sponsoring agency that adequate public <br />safety measures will be exercised; and that the County will be protected as an additional <br />insured on the insurance policy(ies) covering the event. <br />Documents attached satisfy the checklist criteria previously endorsed by the <br />Commissioners. It may be of interest to the Board that the Fire Code, as modified in 1996, <br />allows the local fire official to specify that a plan must be developed to ensure adequate <br />coverage for fire and emergency medical services if he/she believes that the specific public <br />gathering creates a significant impact on public or fire safety. Mike Tapp, the CountyFire <br />