HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-06 06-24 CCOCITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
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 necessary 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 of July is a period of high demand for such products.
There is insufficient time to complete 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 demand 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 PROHIBITED
Subdivision 1. Minnesota Statutes Section 624.21 4-976 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 article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an
audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank
cartridges, toy cannons, and toy canes in which explosives are used, the type of balloons that
require fire underneath to propel them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles,
daygo bombs, sparklers, other than those specified in Subdivision 2, or other fireworks of like
construction and an other fireworks containin an ex losive or inflammable com s ound or
any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as fireworks.
The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps containing
25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps that contain less than
20/100 grains of explosive mixture. The term "fireworks" also does not include those items
defined as "consumer fireworks" in Subdivision 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 per
tube or a total of 200 grams or less for multiple tunes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices,
ORDINANCE NO. 2002 -06
or trick noisemakers which include
dro
Adopted this 24th day of June
ATTEST:
art
fuy
streamers
2002.
art
Subdivision 4. Sale and Use of Consumer Fireworks.
City Clerk
Date of Publication July 3, 2002
Effective Date June 24, 2002
(Strikeout indicates matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter.)
.08 ers strin so ers sna
and
o s each consistin
of not more than twent -five hundredths rains of ex
ers
losive mixture.
a. The use of consumer fireworks on public property is prohibited.
b. Consumer fireworks shall not be sold to persons younger than 18 years of age.
The age of a purchaser must be verified by photographic identification.
c. Consumer fireworks shall only be stored and sold in those areas or zones within
the City where commercial or industrial activities are authorized under the
applicable zoning laws of the City.
d. Consumer fireworks shall only be stored in and /or sold from buildings with
approved automatic sprinkler systems 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 (61 day following the date on which it
was adopted.