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City of Brooklyn Center
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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION
ORDINANCE NO. 2002 -06
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 19-403 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER REGARDING
THE SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN
CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
PREAMBLE: The following ordinance is an ordinance nec-
essary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, morals, safety, or welfare because of the inherent
risk of injury to persons or damage to property resulting
from the sale and use of "consumer fireworks The City
Council recognizes that the Fourth ofJuly is a period ofhigh
demand for such products. There is insufficient time to com-
plete the ordinary procedure for introduction and adoption
of a city ordinance as required by City Charter Section 3.05
before July 4 in order to be prepared for the increased de-
mand and related increased risk associated with the sale
and use of consumer fireworks.
Section 1. Section 19-403 of the City Ordinances of the City
of Brooklyn Center is hereby amended to read:
Section 19 -403. SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS lzliQ-
IIIBITED
Subdivision 1, Minnesota Statutes Section 624.21 4 is
hereby adopted by reference and shall have the same force
and effect as though fully set forth herein.
Subdivision 2. Fireworks Defined. The term "fireworks"
means any substance or a combination of substances or ar-
ticle prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an
audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration. or det-
onation, and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and tov
esinw he.,lo iv--. of balloons that
fire rneath to ,r. -1 =ers to
does. skyrockets. Roman candles. davvo bombs, sparklers
r t those s ed in Su.. i.n 2 or other
works of like construction, and any other fireworks con
taining any explosive or inflammable compound, or any
tablets or other device containing any explosive substance
mm.nl -d w r e term eworks"
shall not include tov pistols toy guns, in which paper caps.
containing 25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are
used and to •istolca,: that cont lessth: 0 100 ains
of explosive ure. The to "firewor. lso oes no
clude those items defined as "consumer fireworks in Sub-
division 2.
Subdivision 3. Consumer Fireworks Defined. The term
"consumer fireworks" means wire or wood sparklers of not
more than 100 grams of mixture per item. other sparkling
items that are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75
grams of less of chemical mixture r tube or a total of 200
grams or less for multiple tunes, snakes and glow worms
smoke devices. or trick noisemakers. which include party
s stri s. sna rs and
of no
dredths grains of explosive mixture.
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Subdivision 4,Sale and Use of Consumer Fireworks.
ks o blic rro is •ro-
a. The use of
b. Consumer fireworks shall not be sold to persons younger
than 18 years of age. The age of a purchaser must be veri-
fied by photographic identification.
c. Co umer f rewor- ;h: be stored
areas or zones within the Citv where commercial or Indus
acti yes authori er the a.rli a .1- onin
laws of the City.
d. Consumer fireworks shall only be stored in and/or sold
from buildings with approved automatic sprik er syst ms
and smoke detectors
Section 2. This emergency ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and shall automatically
stand repealed as of the sixty -first (61st) day following the
date on which it was adopted.
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Adopted this 24th day of June 2002.
Mayor Myrna Kragness
A11'EST: City Clerk Sharon Knutson
Date of Publication: July 3, 2002
Effective Date: June 24, 2002
(Strikeout indicates matter to be deleted, underline indi-
cates new matter.)
(July 3, 2002)P1/ Ord 2002 -06