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Rosenberg council signals support to allow consumer fireworks on select holidays; staff to draft ordinance amendments

3539282 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

After a lengthy discussion, council instructed staff to draft amendments to chapter 11 of the City Code to allow discharge of consumer (1.4G) fireworks on specified holidays and hours, subject to restrictions and burn-ban exceptions; support was mixed among council members.

Rosenberg Police and Fire staff presented proposed amendments to the city’s fireworks ordinance (City Code chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4) intended to ease enforcement burdens and provide limited, regulated opportunities for residents to discharge consumer fireworks. Under staff’s proposal council would create narrow windows for legal discharge: sunset December 31 through 1 a.m. on January 1 and sunset July 4 through 1 a.m. on…

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