Laserfiche WebLink
CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE N0. 84-62 <br />_ , . <br />B Y : ?p2 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 549.10 OF THE <br />CODIFIED ORDINANCES ENTITLED "SALE OF <br />FIREWORKS" OF CHAPTER 549 ENTITLED "WEAPONS <br />AND EXPLOSIVES" AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, this Council has been advised that at or around the <br />4th of July, each year, there are numerous instances concerning <br />the explosion of fireworks; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council also recognizes that the explosion of <br />fireworks often causes a disturbance of the peace and as such it <br />is the desire of this Council to regulate the sale and the <br />explosion of fireworks. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PdORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That Section 549.10 of the Codified Ordinances <br />entitled "SALE OF FIREWORKS" which now reads: <br />(a) No person shall possess for sale at retail, or sell <br />at retail, or discharge, ignite or explode any <br />fireworks, as defined herein, within the Municipality, <br />except as provided in Section 549.11. ^ <br />The term "fireworks" means any combustible or <br />explosive compositions, or any substance or combination <br />of substances or article prepared for the purpose of <br />producinb a visible or an audible effect by combustion, <br />explosion, deflagration or detonation, but shall not <br />mean or include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or <br />other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing <br />twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive <br />compound are used, provided they are so constructed that <br />the hand connot come in contact with the cap when in <br />place for the explosion, and toy pistol paper or plastic <br />caps which contain twenty hundredths grains or less of <br />explosive mixture. (ORC 3743.27, 3743.32) <br />(b) Whoever violates this section is guility of a <br />misdemeanor of the third degree. <br />Be and the same is hereby amended and as amended shall read as <br />follows: <br />549.10 SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS <br />(a) No person shall possess for sale any fireworks, <br />as defined herein, within the Municipality, except as