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Crescent City council introduces fireworks ordinance to align local code with state law; 65% of fines remitted to state fire marshal
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance 852 to update Chapter 8.22 (fireworks) to clarify citations, cost-sharing and cleanup language; the ordinance does not change the definition of illegal fireworks but specifies that 65% of administrative fines collected will be remitted to the state fire marshal to cover disposal costs.
The Crescent City Council voted to waive full reading and introduce Ordinance 852, an update to Chapter 8.22 of the Crescent City Municipal Code that aligns local fireworks enforcement with state law and clarifies administrative fines and cost-sharing.
City Attorney Rice presented the amendments as largely technical cleanup and one required update: state law now requires that 65% of administrative fines collected for illegal fireworks be remitted to the state fire marshal to cover disposal costs. "Our…
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