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Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
ORDINANCE NO. 5799
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF WATERLOO CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING TITLE 5, POLICE
REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 2, GENERAL OFFENSES, SECTION
13, FIREWORKS, SUBSECTIONS B 1 AND B 3, AND ENACTING
IN LIEU THEREOF NEW SUBSECTIONS B1 AND B3, OF 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
5-2-13: FIREWORKS:
B. Prohibitions And Use:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or explode any consumer fireworks within the
corporate limits of the City of Waterloo except on July 3 and 4 of each year between the hours of
twelve o'clock (12:00) noon and eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and December 31 of each year
between the hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) noon and twelve thirty o'clock A.M. This section
shall not apply to novelty fireworks as defined by Iowa Code section 727.2.
3. Consistent with the Code of Iowa, use of fireworks within the corporate limits of the City
of Waterloo, when such occurs on July 3 and 4, and December 31 shall only occur on the user's
owned real property, or on real property where the owner has given consent prior to use. Use of
fireworks, unless a permit has been obtained, is not allowed on city -owned property, public
sidewalks, rights of way, streets, parks, or parking lots.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: June 16, 2025
PASSED 1st CONSIDERATION: June 16, 2025
PASSED 2nd CONSIDERATION: June 16, 2025
PASSED 3rd CONSIDERATION: June 16, 2025
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June 2025.
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ATTEST:
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SEAL
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Quentin Hart, Mayor