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PJC/4-23-08
ORDINANCE NO. NS-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 14-55
OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO HOURS OF SALE OF SAFE AND SANE
FIREWORKS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
A. Currently, Section 14-55 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code sets
forth the hours of sale for the safe and sane fireworks by permitted
sellers.
1. It is appropriate to revise the section to allow permitted
sellers to open their fireworks stands one hour earlier on July
2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
B. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated
herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of
section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such
restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor
shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of
the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for
tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter.
Section 2. Section 14-55 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended to give authority to animal control officers to issue administrative citations, such
that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout):
Sec. 14-55. Permit for sale of safe and sane fireworks; hours of
sale.
No person shall display, sell, or engage in the business of selling
safe and sane fireworks without first having obtained a permit to do so as
hereinafter provided. No person shall sell any type of fireworks at any
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time except from 12:00 noon through 10:00 p.m. on July 1 S\ from 9:00
a.m. through 10 p.m. on July 2nd and 3rd; and from 9:00 a.m. through 8:00
p.m. on July 4th of any year.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by
the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the
City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective
of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
ADOPTED this _ day of May, 2008.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Paula Coleman
Assistant City Attorney
AYES
Councilmembers
NOES:
Councilmembers
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers
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CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Ordinance No. NS-xxxx to be the original ordinance adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on , 2008 and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date:
Patricia E. Healy
Clerk of Council
City of Santa Ana
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