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Council tightens fireworks code; city manager, police and city attorney emphasize education, clarify owner responsibility
Summary
Council adopted changes consolidating the city's fireworks laws and clarifying enforcement. Staff said the approach will favor education and warnings, though the ordinance holds owners or persons in control of property accountable where fireworks are allowed on their property.
The Chesapeake City Council voted unanimously May 27 to amend local code governing possession and discharge of fireworks, consolidating the city’s fireworks provisions and adding enforcement language.
The meeting record shows council members sought clarity about enforcement mechanics and whether property owners could be held liable when fireworks discharged by others landed on their property.
What council heard Councilmember Smith asked how the public would be notified of the change because the amended code includes language that could allow law enforcement to hold property…
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