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Burton vendor asks Harvey County for conditional-use permit to operate fireworks stand
Summary
Residents asked the board to allow a fireworks stand on county land near Burton and urged a conditional-use process; county planning staff said applicants must apply by April 4 to meet the May 6 hearing and that existing county resolution (Feb. 2015) currently prohibits fireworks stands unless changed.
Michelle Green, a Hutchinson resident speaking on behalf of a Burton property owner, asked the Harvey County Board of Commissioners on April 1 to allow a temporary fireworks stand on county-zoned property just outside Burton.
Green said the business would use a locked shipping-container unit on a gravel lot at Arrow H Welding and that the seller has run retail fireworks for 27 years. “We make sure everything's perfect before we do it. We've never, knock on wood, had any issues or incidents,” Green said. She asked for a permit window from June 29 through July 5 so the stand could conduct an after-sale and reduce unsold inventory.
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