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Virgin enacts annual temporary ban on fireworks for 2025 season
Summary
At a special meeting on June 17, the Virgin Town Council approved a temporary ordinance banning the discharge of fireworks within town limits for the 2025 season, citing state fire-code allowance for temporary bans and directing enforcement through the sheriff's office and fire department.
The Virgin Town Council held a special meeting June 17 and approved an ordinance banning the discharge of fireworks within the town limits for the 2025 season and setting a criminal penalty for violations. The council authorized the temporary ban under the state fire code, which allows municipalities to issue seasonal restrictions.
The council moved to approve Ordinance 2025-08 (identified in the transcript as "ordinance 20 25 of those 8"), which the mayor said must be renewed annually. The ordinance enacts a temporary prohibition on fireworks for the season and establishes enforcement and penalties. A council member asked about enforcement; the mayor said the sheriff's department and the fire department would receive copies of the ordinance and would be the agencies notified for enforcement.
A motion to approve the ordinance was made and seconded and the council approved the measure; the special meeting record shows the council adopted the temporary ban and then adjourned to additional business. The transcript records that the ordinance is renewed every year, per state fire-code provisions allowing temporary, rather than permanent, bans.
