HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-06 Amending Title 9 Regarding Fireworks SalesORDINANCE NO. 10-6
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 9 OF THE
COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING FIREWORKS
SALES
WHEREAS, City Council has received numerous requests from the non-profit
organizations that sponsor fireworks stands to modify the closing time for fireworks
booths on July 4th to 9:00 p.m. in order to have the opportunity to increase their sales
and reduce the number of customers turned away at closing time; and
WHEREAS, two of the organizations additionally requested reversal of the ban
on hand held devices, which would also increase profitability; and
WHEREAS, at the meeting of April 20, 2010, City Council approved the above -
referenced requests.
THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Title 9, Chapter II, Article 8, Fireworks Sales, Section 9-190 of the
Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9-190. Prohibitions; state permit required.
(a) No person shall discharge, sell or offer for sale, any fireworks within
the city which are classified as dangerous fireworks as those terms
are defined by the California Health and Safety Code.
(d) No person shall sell or offer for sale fireworks within the city unless
such sale occurs between July 1st and 9:00 p.m. on July 4th,
inclusive.
Section 2. Inconsistencies. Any provision of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of May, 2010.
ATTEST:
Julie Folcik, City derk
Allan R. Mansoor, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kimberly Hafl Barlow, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, Julie Folcik, City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 10-6 was
introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 4th day of May, 2010, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day of May, 2010, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: MANSOOR, BEVER, MONAHAN
NOES: LEECE
ABSENT: FOLEY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 19th day of May, 2010.
City Qrerk and ex -off' io Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
(SEAL)
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 10-4 was
duly passed and adopted by the Costa Mesa City Council at the regular meeting held
May 18, 2010, and that Summaries of the Ordinance were published in the Newport
Beach -Costa Mesa Daily Pilot on May 12, 2010, and May 26, 2010.
JI��E FOLCIK, CITY CLERK
(SEAL)