No person shall establish, maintain or operate a fireworks sales lot or a Christmas tree sales lot within the city unless a license for that use is obtained from the city. Every fireworks sales lot and Christmas tree sales lot, whether for hire or not, shall be deemed a fireworks sales lot or Christmas tree sales lot subject to the provisions of sections 7.150 to 7.156. Each licensee shall meet the standards as described in sections 7.000 to 7.006.
[Section 7.152 amended by Ordinance 6229, enacted October 6, 2008]
The following shall be required of all fireworks sales lots and Christmas tree sales lots:
(1) 
Written permission from the property owner;
(2) 
The name, address and phone number of the business or person conducting the sale;
(3) 
The name and phone number of the responsible person at the site;
(4) 
All sales shall occur entirely on private property;
(5) 
All display areas on the property shall be outside the required 25-foot vision clearance triangle;
(6) 
Required parking spaces and landscaped areas of the established business on the property are to remain clear;
(7) 
There shall be room to pull a vehicle off the roadway so that hazardous traffic conditions are not created. Once off the roadway, there must be adequate room and paved parking for all vehicles to park, in accordance with section 5.5-115(d) (site plan review) of the Springfield Development Code. Fireworks sales lots and Christmas tree sales lots shall not rely on parking required of the established business(es);
(8) 
Fireworks sales lots and Christmas tree sales lots may be allowed only on property that is zoned CC-Community Commercial or MRC-Major Retail Commercial;
(9) 
Signs, if used, must receive a valid sign permit(s). All signs must be located on private property where the sale is approved and shall be outside the required 25-foot vision clearance triangle.
The following shall be required of all fireworks sales lots only. The following is not required of Christmas tree sales lots.
(1) 
Receipt of a valid license for fireworks sales from the Fire Life and Safety Department.
[Section 7.154 amended by Ordinance 6229, enacted October 6, 2008]
Each licensee for both fireworks sales lots and Christmas tree sales lots shall be required to annually pay the applicable license fee as set by council resolution.
(1) 
The city may, at the reasonable discretion of its community services manager (or designee), deny any applicant a license if the applicant has substantially violated the SMC regarding its fireworks sales lots or Christmas tree sales lots in the previous year(s).
(2) 
An applicant who has had their license to operate denied pursuant to the section above, may appeal the city staff’s denial of license to the director of the city of Springfield’s development services department whose decision is final.
[Section 7.156 amended by Ordinance 6229, enacted October 6, 2008]