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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY C0~1CIL OF
THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
AN~ENI)ING CHAPTE~L Y2, ~ SECT'I:ON 12-Z.~,
RELATING TO THE PREREQUISITES TO ISSUE
A LICENSE TO SELL FIREWORKS IN THE
CITY
WHEREAS during the past Fourth of July festivities there were numerous
incidents of unsupervised discharge of fireworks in the City that endangered persons and
propcrt}'; and
WHEREAS the City desires to protect the safety and welfare of its inhabitants by
lirniang the sale and thereby limiting the discharge of"safe and sane" fireworks in the
Cir~• by eliminating the current requirement that a "drawing" be held if the number of
arrlications exceeds the number of licenses to be issued sad replacing it with a vote by
the Cit}• Council..
NOS', THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby
ordain as follows:
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Section 12-2.5 (d) Preregnlsite to Issuance otLleense is hereby amended as
follows:
(d) Applications for licenses to sell fireworks shall be brought before the
City Council for their review and approval. Licenses to sell fireworks
may only be awarded pursuant to a majority vote of the City Council.
If the City Council determines that it is in the best interests of the City
to reject an application, it shall state its reasons therefor on the record.
Any rejected applicant shall be given the opportunity to appeal the
City Council's rejection by addressing the City Council (for not more
than three (3) minutes), and/or submitting a written statement setting
forth the basis for their appeal.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsecrion, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phT..sc he deci_azed i.*tvalid.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage and within fifteen (15) days after its passage, the City Clerk shall cause it to be
published in a local newspaper of general circulation in the City of Lynwood and hereby
designated for that purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 21st day of Apri 1 , 1998.
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A-1tMANDO REA, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Gt~G.,
H. FRANCISCO LEAL,
CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the Lynwood City Council do hereby certify that
the attached and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1482
on file in my office and that said ordinance was first read at a regular meeting on the
7th day of Apri 1 19 98 ,and adopted on the 21st day
of Apri 1 , 19 98 , by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMAN BYRD, REYES, RICHARDS, SANCHEZ, REA
NOES:
ABSENT: NONE
City Clerk, City of Lynwood