HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 5683*** Proof of Publication ***
State of Iowa
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls, City of - Legals
Clerks Office
220 CLAY ST.
CEDAR FALLS IA 50613
ORDER NUMBER 220625
The undersigned, being duly sworn, on oath, do depose and say that I
am an authorized employee of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, that
The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier is a weekly newspaper regularly
published and printed in the English language in the City of Waterloo,
Black Hawk County, Iowa, and has a general circulation in the said
city and county; and that I personally know that the notice, a true copy
of which is hereto affixed, was published in the Waterloo Cedar Falls
Courier on the following days, to -wit:
Section: Legals
Category: 950 Legal Notice
PUBLISHED ON: 01/25/2023
TOTAL AD COST:
FILED ON:
73.56
1/25/2023
That the issues of said paper containing said notice were duly
circulated in the regular manner.
I1MCPMvIl qAam,,
Notary Public in and for Said County
sR SHERRIE KILTS
Commission Number 772917
• My Commission Expires
May 9, 2024
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ORDINANCE NO.5663
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY
OF WATERLOO CODE OF ORDINAN-
CES BY REPEALING SECTION 19,
FIREWORKS, OF CHAPTER 2, GENER-
AL OFFENSES, TITLE 5, POLICE
REGULATIONS, AND ENACTING IN
LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION 13.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATER-
LOO, IOWA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 13, Fireworks,
Chapter 2, General Offenses, Title 5,
Poke Regulations Is hereby repealed
and a new Section 13. Fireworks Chapter
2, General Offenses. Tole 5, Police
Regulations Is enacted in lieu thereof 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:
1. 11 shell be unlawful for any person to
use or explode any consumer fireworks
within the corporate limits of the City of
Waterloo except on July 4 of each year
between the hours of twelve o'clock
(12:00) noon and eleven o'clock (11:00)
P.M. My additional days of allowed use
may be designated by resolution of
count it adopted between the dates of
January 1 and March i of each year to
apply the same calendar year. This
sedan shall net apply to novelty
fireworks as defined by Iowa Code
section 7272.
2. The use of consumer fireworks that
mimic display fireworks or ns0 to one
hundred fifty (150) decibels or 10 two
hundred ten feel (2t0') elevation Is
banned from use at al limes within the
corporate limits of the City of Waterloo
unless the user has obtained a permit as
provided in subsection D below.
3. Consistent wllh the Code of Iowa, use
Of fireworks within the corporate Emits of
the Cry of Waterloo. when such occurs
on July 4, shall linty occur on the user's
owned real property. or on real properly
where the owner has won consent prior
to use. Use of fireworks, unless a permit
has been cbaned. Is not allowed on
city -owned property, public sideweks,
rights of way, streets, parks, or parking
lots.
4. It sea be profeblleet t0 direct me use 01
consumer fireworks in any direction Otter
than onto the users owned real property
or the real property where the owner has
given prior consent.
5. All consumer firework debris shall be
removed from the users real property or
wherever such use has resulted In its
debts being located.
C. Exceptions: This section shall not
a ply to the Use Of blank cartridges for a
show or the theater, 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. Enforcement:
1. Citations for violations of this section
5-2-13 shall be directed to the person
observedound to have committed the
violation or the owner of real property on
which the evidence of violation exists.
Furthermore. where evidence of violation
of noise or nuisance ordinances exists,
such citation may also be written.
2. The vendors of fireworks shall be
monitored during sales periods as to type
of consumer fireworks sold and for
ovn,5tianc0 went subsection 5-2-13(F).
E. Permit: Subsection B of this section
shall not apply to anyone who has applied
in writing and has received approval from
the Cessna 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 9-2CC.4
o1 this code.
F. Sales: A seller of consumer fireworks
must pessess a license from the Stale
Fire Marshal. Any retailer or community
group selling consumer fireworks must
prominentlydisplay, al the entrance and
exit sites. signs informing customers that
the use 01 consumer fireworks is
prohibited within the corporate limits of
Ina City of Waterloo except as authorized
by this sedan.
G. Violation: A violation of this section Is
simply misdemeanor punishable by a fine
of not less titan Iwo hundred fifty dollars
(5250.00).
Section 2. This ordinance shall be m full
force and effect from and alter its
passage and
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Ray Feuss, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST: Kelley Folohte. City Clerk