Ordinance Number 291ORDINANCE NO. 291
SALE OF FIREWORKS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS RELATING
TO THE SALE OF FIREWORKS AND AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 259 (URGENCY)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Uniform Fire Code. Article
12 of the Uniform Fire Code of the County of Orange, heretofore
adopted by reference by Ordinance No. 259 of the City of San
Juan Capistrano, be and is hereby amended as follows:
A. Section 12.102 (b), Paragraph 1: No fireworks
shall be sold before 9 A.M. on the first day of July, or after
10:00 P.M. on the fourth day of July. Hours of operation
shall be from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.
B. Section 12.102 (b), Paragraph 15: At least one
(1) person eighteen (18) years of age or older shall be in
attendance at all times. No person under sixteen (16) years
of age shall be permitted inside the stand.
C. Section 12.102 (b), Paragraph 17: All persons
buying fireworks shall be sixteen (16) years of age or older
and it shall be illegal to sell fireworks to persons under the
age of sixteen (16) years.
SECTION 2. Urgency. This is an urgency ordinance
adopted pursuant to Section 36937 (b) of the Government Code
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health
and safety. The facts constituting the urgency are: The sale
of fireworks for the annual celebration of Independence Day
will commence prior to the normal effective date of ordinance
adopted in accordance with customary procedures. Amendments
to the Uniform Fire Code which relate to the dates of permitted
sales of such fireworks must be in full force and effect before
July 1, 1975.
SECTION 3. Publication. The City Clerk shall
certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same
to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of San Juan Capistrano within fifteen (15) days after its
passage.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June ,
1975, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Byrnes, Heckscher, Nash, Sweeney,
Mayor Weathers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
AMES K. EATHER , MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CL
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, MARY ANN HANOVER, City Clerk of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 291, adopted by the City
Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of June, 1975.
(SEAL) MARY ANN 11ANOVER, City Clerk
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