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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 0-07-99 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA <br />CONCERNING THE SALE OF FIREWORKS FOR THE MILLENNIUM <br />CELEBRATION <br />WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code, Section 12599.5 provides that a one-time retail. <br />license may be issued by the State Fire Marshall to authorize the sale of safe and sane fireworks from <br />19:00 a.m. on December 26, 1999, until midnight of January 1, 2000, provided that a city adopts an <br />ordinance or resolution authorizing such sales during that period within its boundaries; and <br />WHEREAS, California Health and Safety Code, Section 12599.5(c) provides that this section <br />shall become inoperative as of January 2, 2000; and <br />10 WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt an ordinance authorizing the sale of safe and sane <br />11 fireworks from 9:00 a.m. on December 26, 1999, until midnight of January 1, 2000, while also setting forth <br />12 limits on the sale of such fireworks in order to reduce the risk of fires and fire related injuries, provide the <br />13 City's service organizations with an additional fund raising opportunity and provide safe and sane <br />14 fireworks for use by citizens during the millennium celebrations; and <br />15 WHEREAS, the Colton Municipal Code sets forth various requirements pertaining to the sale of <br />16 safe and sane fireworks, as well as the construction, maintenance, and operation of temporary stands for <br />17 the retail sale of safe and sane fireworks with which organizations granted a permit must comply and it is <br />18 not the intent of this ordinance to repeal any of those existing requirements; <br />19 NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON DOES ORDAIN AS <br />20 FOLLOWS: <br />21 Section 1. Notwithstanding Sections 6.32.010 and 6.32.130 of the Cofton Municipal Code, <br />22 safe and sane fireworks, as defined in Section 12529 of the California Health and Safety Code may be <br />23 sold and discharged within the city during the period beginning at 9:00 a.m. on December 26, 1999 and <br />24 ending at 12:00 midnight on January 1, 2000 pursuant to the provisions of Article 32 of Chapter 6 of the <br />25 Colton Municipal Code. <br />26 uu ilii <br />27 iiu uii <br />28 <br />Item # 3 <br />