HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2866 - Amending Section 14-55 of Article II of Chapter 14 of Santa Ana Municipal Code Regarding Change in Operating Hours of Safe and Sane Fireworks Stands on Fourth of JulySRC(618/14)
ORDINANCE NO. NS -2866
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 14 -55
OF ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE SANTA
ANA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING A CHANGE
IN OPERATING HOURS OF SAFE AND SANE
FIREWORKS STANDS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adoption of this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to general rule
that the California Environmental Quality Act applies only to projects that have the
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment in accordance with
Section 15061 (b) (3) of the Guidelines. Approval of this Ordinance granting one
additional hour of sales from 8:00pm until 9:00pm will not have a significant effect
on the environment because the action will not result in or lead to a physical
change.
Section 2. Section 14 -55 of Article II of Chapter 14 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14 -55. 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 time except from
12:00 noon through 10:00 p.m. on July 1st; from 10:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m.
on July 2nd and 3rd; and from 10:00 a.m. through 9:00 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 to be 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
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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ADOPTED this 1st day of July 2014.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
B
nia R. Cary tho-
ity Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Amezcua Benavides, Martinez, Reyna, Pulido
Sarmiento Tinaiero (7)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the
attached Ordinance No. NS -2866 to be the original ordinance adopted by the
City Council of the City of Santa Ana on July 1, 2014 and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: .7 / l
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Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana