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Puyallup council shortens permissible July 4 fireworks hours, suspends second reading and adopts ordinance
Summary
The Puyallup City Council voted 5–1 on July 1 to change the allowable start time for consumer fireworks on July 4 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., suspending the usual second-reading requirement so the ordinance can meet statutory timing rules for future effective date.
The Puyallup City Council on July 1 voted to amend the city ordinance that governs consumer fireworks, delaying the earliest legal discharge on July 4 from 9 a.m. to noon and adopting the ordinance on the same night by suspending the second-reading requirement.
Why it matters: city staff said state law requires ordinances that alter fireworks rules before the Fourth of July to be passed in advance of the next year’s holiday; councilmembers said the delayed start would give staff and residents time to prepare and reduce disturbance in the…
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