HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-15 - Sale and Use of FireworksORDINANCE N0. 91-I5'
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 9-190 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE SALE AND
USE OF FIREWORKS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9-190 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(a) No fireworks shall be used, sold or offered for sale
within the City which are classified as dangerous fireworks and
wood core or metal core sparklers, as those terms are defined by
the California Health and Safety Code, nor shall any person be
allowed to sell or offer to sell fireworks within the City
without first having obtained a permit from the State of
California as required under the laws of the State.
(b) No fireworks shall be sold or offered for sale within
the City to a person under the age of 18 years. No fireworks
shall be sold or offered for sale within the City unless such
sale occurs between July 1 and July 4, inclusive. No fireworks
of any kind may be discharged within the City unless in the
presence of an adult and on July 4th between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00
p.m. of such day. No person shall throw, toss, project or
position an ignited firework of any kind in such a manner as to
cause the firework or contents thereof to cone in contact with
another person's body, private property or real property."
Section 2. Urgency Clause.
The City Council finds and declares that this ordinance is
required for immediate protection of the public peace, health and
safety because the ordinance will assure that fireworks will only
be sold to persons over 18 years of age and discharged in a safe
manner and in the presence of an adult on July 4, 1991, between
4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.. Therefore, this ordinance shall be
effective upon adoption.
Section 3. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
immediately from and after the passage thereof and, prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage, shall be
published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of
general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council
voting for and against same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, 1991.
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Mayor gr the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Clerk of the City of osta Mesa City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Urgency Ordinance No. 91-1S was introduced
and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the I/Id day of 1991, and
thereafter passed and adopted as a who at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the ,.,j�d day f 1991,
by the following roll call vote/:: [,
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:hMIXL�
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set y hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this / e day of
1991.
City Clerk and ex -officio erk of
the City Council of the Cl of
Costa Mesa