Section 5609.1.2 is added to Chapter 56 of the California Fire Code to read as follows:

5609.1.2 Permittees. The sale of “safe and sane” fireworks within the city is allowed by non-profit agency, certified by the Secretary of the State of California or the Internal Revenue Service, that is based in the City of Marina and having a mailing address within the City of Marina and whose primary purpose is to benefit the youth and adults that live in the City of Marina. No permit for the sale of safe and sane fireworks shall be issued to any person, corporation, partnership, organization or group which has not been in business or in operation within the City for at least one (1) year continuously preceding the filing of the application. Being in business shall require the prior payment of a business license fee to the City. An organization or group shall be deemed to be in operation if it has a principal and permanent meeting place in the City, holds regular business meetings at that location and has a bona fide membership of at least twenty (20) members.