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Assistant City Attorney presents ordinance to ban most fireworks in Oxnard, raise civil fines to $2,000
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Elle McCarron asked the committee to recommend that the city council introduce an ordinance that would prohibit most consumer fireworks within Oxnard, raise the civil fine to $2,000 per occurrence, permit misdemeanor charges for certain violations and declare prohibited fireworks a public nuisance subject to immediate abatement.
Assistant City Attorney Elle McCarron presented a proposed Oxnard City ordinance that would prohibit most consumer fireworks within the city, increase the minimum civil fine to $2,000 per occurrence and allow misdemeanor citations for certain violations.
McCarron told the committee that the ordinance package would amend and add sections of chapter 7 of the city code, repeal a prior resolution setting fireworks fines, and create a new article 16 establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for fireworks, pyrotechnics and production effects in Oxnard. She recommended the committee review the proposal and recommend that the city council introduce the ordinance by title and waive further reading.
"Every year leading up to the Fourth of July holiday, the city receives over 1,000 complaints and requests for services related to the use of fireworks within the…
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