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ORDINANCE NO. 5485 AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINAN-
CES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA, BY AMENDING SECTION 13,
FIREWORKS, OF OCIPTE.11 2, GENER-
AL OFFENSES, OF TITLE 5, POLICE
REGULATIONS: BS" IT 'ORDAINED BY
THE CITY COUNCILOF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA 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 and Use: 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 except on July 3, 4, and
5 of each year between the hours of noon
and 11 p.m. on July 4 and between the
hours of noon and 10 p.m. on July 3 and
July 5. 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,, for
sinal purposes in athletic sports or by
railroads or trucks, for other Signal
purposes, by a recognized military
organization, or for use in military
funerals: Provided further, this sebtion
does not apply to any substance or
composition prepared and sold ' for
medicinal or fumigation purposes,'
D. Peril*:: Subsection B of this -section
shall not apply to anyone who has applied
in writing and has received approval from
the 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 section 9-2C-4
of this Code.
E. Sales: It shall be unlawful to sell
fireworks in any location within the
corporate limits of the City of Waterloo
except in conformance with the City of
Watedoo Zoning Ordinance No. 5079, as
amended. A seller of consumer fireworks
must possess a license from the state fire
marshal. Any retailer or community group
selling consumer fireworks must promi-
nently 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, or is
otherwise authorized by this Code.
F. Violation: A violation of this section is a
simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine
of not less than three hundred seventy-
five dollars ($375).
G. Enforcement and Compensation:
During the annual period in which
fireworks sales are allowed, this section
may be enforced by police officers, who
shall have authority to document viola-
tions and issue citations, and said officers
may also respond to related nuisance
calls.
INTRODUCED: February 04, 2019
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: Febru-
ary 04, 2019 PASSED 2nd CONSIDERA-
TION: February 11, 2019 PASSED 3rd
CONSIDERATION: February 18, 2019
PASSED AND ADOPTED by this Council
this 18th day of March 2019.Quentin Hart,
Mayor
ATTEST: Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of legal
City of Waterloo
Ordinance 5485
Notice was published in the Waterloo -Cedar Falls
Courier, a daily newspaper printed in Waterloo, Black
Hawk County, Iowa, once commencing on the 19th
day of March, 2019 in the name of said newspaper,
and that the annexed rate of advertised is the regular
legal rate of said newspaper, and that the following is
a correct bill for publishing said notice.
Printer's Bill $31.36
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi
Day of (`-A A.D., 20\c"\
Received of
Notary Public
the sum of
Dollars.
In full for publication of the above notice.
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