HomeMy WebLinkAbout290 - Prohibiting the Sale and Regulating the Use of FireworksORDINANCE NO. 290
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA PROHIBITING THE SALE
AND REGULATING THE USE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY.
The people of the City of Costa Mesa do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The word "Fireworks" as used in this Ordinance shall mean and
include the definition thereof set forth in Section 12.01 of Article 12 of the Fire
Prevention Code recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, as amended
and as said Section of said Code shall hereafter be amended.
SECTION 2. Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person
to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks;
provided that the Chief of the Fire Department, with the approval of the City Council,
shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits
for supervised public .displays of fireworks by the municipality, fair associations,
amusement parks, and other organizations. Every such display shall be handled by a
competent operator approved by the Chiefs of the Fire and Police Departments, and
shall be of such a character, and so located, discharged or fired as in the opinion
of the Chief of the Fire Department, after proper inspection, shall not be hazardous
to property or endanger any person.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten (10) days
after the Canvassing Board of the City of Costa Mesa finds and determines that it was
adopted by a majority of the electors of the City of Costa Mesa, voting thereon at
the general municipal election held on the 12th day of April, 1960.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa on this 15th
day of February, 1960.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No. 290 was introduced and considered section by section at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa held on the 1st day of
February, 1960, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 15th day of February, 1960, by the following roll -call
vote:
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NOES : COUNCILMEN /� /d h c
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of t e
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
Chief Deputy
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE NO. 290
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA PROHIBITING THE
SALE AND REGULATING THE USE
OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY
The people of the City of Costa Mesa
do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The word "Fireworks"
as used in this Ordinance shall mean
and include the definition thereof set
forth in Section 12.01 of Article 12 of the
Fire Prevention Code recommended by
the National Board of Fire Underwrit-
ers, as amended and as said Section of
said Code shall hereinafter be amended.
SECTION 2. Except as hereinafter
provided it shall be unlawful for any
person to offer for sale, expose for
sale, sell at retail, or use or explode
any fireworks; provided that the Chief
of the Fire Department, with the ap-
proval of the City Council, shall have
power to adopt reasonable rules and
regulations for the granting of permits
for supervised public displays of fire-
works by the municipality, fair asso-
ciations, amusement parks, and other
organizations. Every such display shall
be handled by a competent operator
approved by the Chiefs of the Fire
and Police Departments, and shall be
of such a character, and so located, dis-
charged or fired as in the opinion of
the Chief of the Fire Department,
after proper inspection, shall not be
hazardous to property or endanger any
person.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect ten (10) days
after the Canvassing Board of the City
of Costa Mesa finds and determines
that it was adopted by a majority of the
electors of the City of Costa Mesa,
voting thereon at the general munici-
pal election held on the 12th day of
April, 1960.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa on
this 15th day of February, 1960.
John W. Smith
Mayor of the City of Costa
Mesa
ATTEST:
A. C. Swartz
City Clerk of the City
of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the
City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Ordinance No. 290
was introduced and considered section
by section at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
held on the 1st day of February, 1960,
and thereafter passed and adopted as
a whole at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the 15th day of
February, 1960, by the following roll -
call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Rea, B.
Smith, Meyers, Pinkley, J. Smith
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
A. C. Swartz
City Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council
Of the City of Costa Mesa
C. K. Priest, Chief Deputy
Published Globe -Herald and Pilot,
Costa Mesa, Calif., Feb. 26, 1960 133.60