HomeMy WebLinkAbout5598-05.17.2021Prepared by Kelley Felchle, Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703,
(319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5598
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF WATERLOO
CODE OF ORDINANCES SUBSECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF
SECTION G, ENFORCEMENT, OF SECTION 13,
FIREWORKS, CHAPTER 2, GENERAL PROVISIONS, TITLE
5, POLICE REGULATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Subsections 1 and 2 of Section G, Enforcement, of Section 13, Fireworks,
Chapter 2, General Provisions, Title 5, Police Regulations, is amended as follows:
5-2-13: FIREWORKS:
G. Enforcement:
1. This section 13 shall be enforced by any employee, who shall have authority to document
violations and issue citations for municipal infractions, and said employees shall also
respond to related nuisance calls.
2. Citations for violations of 5-2-13 shall be directed to the person observed/found to have
violated 5-2-13 or the owner of personal real property on which the evidence exists of
violation of 5-2-13. Furthermore, where evidence of violation of the Noise Control
Ordinance or Nuisance Property exists, such citations shall be written. Any person who
violates or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of
a Municipal infraction punishable by a civil penalty of a minimum three hundred seventy-
five dollar ($375.00) fine.
3. The vendors of fireworks shall be monitored during sales periods as to type of consumer
fireworks sold and to posting the mandated "Prohibitions on Use".
INTRODUCED: May 17, 2021
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: May 17, 2021
WAIVED 2nd CONSIDERATION: May 17, 2021
WAIVED 3rd CONSIDERATION: May 17, 2021
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May 2021.
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Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
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Quentin Hart, Mayor