HomeMy WebLinkAbout5427-12/11/2017 Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5427
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CITY OF WATERLOO
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW TITLE 5 POLICE
REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 2 GENERAL OFFENSES, SECTION 13,
FIREWORKS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA AS FOLLOWS:
That the 2007 City of Waterloo Code of Ordinances be amended by adding a new
Title 5, Police Regulations, Chapter 2, General Offenses, Section 13, Fireworks, as
follows:
5-2-13: FIREWORKS:
A. Definition: The sale and use of fireworks is subject to the definitions
enumerated in Iowa Code sections 100.19 and 727.2, as amended, which
definitions are incorporated herein by this reference.
B. Prohibitions: It shall be unlawful for any person to use or explode any
consumer fireworks or display fireworks within the corporate limits of the City of
Waterloo. This section shall not apply to novelty fireworks as defined by Iowa
Code section 727.2.
C. Exception: Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of
blank cartridges for a show or the theater, or for signal purposes in athletic sports
or by railroads or trucks, for signal purposes, or by a recognized military
organization, or for use in military funerals. Provided further, this section does
not apply to any substance or composition prepared and sold for medicinal or
fumigation purposes.
D. Permit: Subsection B of this section shall not apply to anyone who has applied
in writing and has received approval from this council for the use of consumer
fireworks or display fireworks anywhere in the city on any date when the
fireworks display will be handled by a professional operator, as referenced in 9-
2C-4 of this code.
E. Sales: It shall be unlawful to sell consumer or display fireworks in any location
within the city limits of the City of Waterloo except areas zoned M-1 Light
Industrial, M-2 Heavy Industrial District, or M-2,P Planned Industrial District, as
outlined by City of Waterloo Zoning Ordinance No. 5079. Any retailer or
community group selling consumer fireworks must prominently display, at the
entrance and exit sites, signs informing customers that the use of consumer and
display fireworks are banned within the corporate limits of the City of Waterloo
unless said usage is allowed by a permit, as referenced in section 9-2C-4 of this
code.
F. Violation: A violation of this section is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
Ordinance No. 5427
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INTRODUCED: December 4, 2017
PASSED 1St CONSIDERATION: December 4, 2017
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: December 11, 2017
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: December 11, 2017
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of December 2017.
Quentin Hart, Mayor
Kelley Fe hle
City Clerk