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Council asks staff to research feasibility of banning all permissible fireworks and report legal, public-safety and engagement implications
Summary
Council directed staff to undertake a legal review and community-engagement plan to evaluate whether Glendale can ban permissible fireworks (those that stay on the ground), including studying state preemption, environmental and public-safety impacts and outreach needs.
Council asked staff March 20 to study the feasibility of banning permissible fireworks within Glendale — not just illegal aerial pyrotechnics — and to return with legal analysis, public-safety impacts and a recommended community engagement plan.
The staff memo presented options including a legal review of the municipal authority to adopt a ban (including any state preemption issues), environmental-impact assessment, public-safety resource…
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