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Dickinson council fails to pass amended fireworks ordinance after hours debate
Summary
After more than an hour of debate and amendments, Dickinson City Council voted down an amended ordinance to lift parts of the city's fireworks ban and set new possession and discharge windows tied to state sale periods.
The Dickinson City Council on Tuesday debated and then voted down a proposed amendment to the city's fireworks ordinance that would have allowed possession year-round and permitted discharge during time windows tied to state law, with daily bans from midnight to 8 a.m. (and a 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. exception for New Year's). The vote on the motion as amended failed 3-4.
The failure came after lengthy discussion among council members about the length of permitted discharge windows, public safety concerns, and whether the city should move quickly via a special or emergency ordinance to set rules for the upcoming July Fourth holiday.
Council members and members of the public debated several elements: whether to strike possession and sale prohibitions and instead regulate only discharge; whether discharge windows should mirror the state's sales windows (June 24'July 4 and Dec.…
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