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ORDINANCE NO.07-12
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.10 FIREWORKS
WHEREAS,the Board of Trustees has determined that it is in the best interest of
the Town to amend and repeal certain sections of the Municipal Code of the Town of
Estes Park,Colorado;and
WHEREAS,the Estes Valley Fire Protection District has adopted the 2009
International Fire Code with Resolution No.2011-01.The 2009 International Fire Code
authorizes the fire code official to issue operational permits for operations set forth
within the code e.g.explosives;and
WHEREAS,on May 24,2011.the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park
adopted Resolution No.07-11 which approved the 2009 International Fire Code for
applicability within the corporate limits of the Town;and
WHEREAS,the Board of Trustees desires to amend Chapter 9.10 of the
Municipal Code to incorporate the definition of “Fireworks”as set forth in the 2009
International Fire Code and authorize the Estes Valley Fire Protection District to issue
permits for supervised public displays of fireworks within the Town.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK,COLORADO as follows:
SECTION 1:Chapter 9.10 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Estes Park is
hereby amended as follows:
Sec.9.10.010.Definitions.
(1)Fireworks means any article,device or substance prepared for the
primary purpose of producing a visual or auditory sensation for
entertainment purposes by combustion,explosion,deflagration or
detonation that meet the definition of fireworks set forth within the
adopted Fire Code of the Estes Valley Fire Protection District which
is applicable within the Town.
(2)Fireworks does not include:
a.Toy caps which do not contain more than twenty4ive
hundredths (.25)of a grain of explosive compound per cap;
b.Sparklers,trick matches,cigarette loads,trick noisemakers,toy
smoke devices and novelty auto alarms;or
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c.Highway flares,railway fuses,ship distress signals,smoke
candles and other emergency signal devices.
Sec.9.10.020.Restrictions.
It is unlawful for any person to offer for sale,expose for sale,sell,lend,
give away,set fire to,discharge,use,explode or have in his or her
possession with intent to offer for sale or use or to explode,any fireworks
within the Town unless a permit has been granted pursuant to Section
9.10.030 of this Code.
Sec.9.10.030.Permits for display.
The Estes Valley Fire Protection District shall be responsible for granting
permits within the Town for supervised public displays of fireworks by any
organization,including the Town.
SECTION 2:In the opinion of the Board of Trustees an emergency exists in that it
is necessary to amend the Code prior to the 40 of July;therefore this Ordinance
shall take effect and be enforced immediately after its passage,adoption and
signature of the Mayor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF
ESTES PARK,COLORADO,THIS i.2’DAY OF Jopw ,2012.
ATTEST:
t0.-J r
n Clerk
I hereby certify that the above Ordinance was introduced and read at a meeting of the
Board of Trustees on the day of .ioc 2012,and published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Estes Park,Colorado on the t-’day
of
_____________,2012.
Clerk
Mayor