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O 699 ORDINANCE NO. 699 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.08 OF THE ARROYO GRANDE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS WHEREAS, Arroyo Grande Municipal Code Chapter 8.08 of Title 8 regulates the sale and use of "safe and sane" fireworks and establishes a process for the issuance of the necessary permits; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is in the best interest of the City and its residents to amend the fireworks ordinance in order to reduce the number of days "safe and sane fireworks" may be discharged. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 2. Section 8.08.100 of Chapter 8.08 of Title 8 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 8.08.100 Public discharge. Discharge of "safe and sane fireworks" may only occur on July 4th in legally permitted locations. No person under eighteen (18) years of age may possess or discharge "safe and sane fireworks" except when under the direct supervision of a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older. SECTION 3. This Ordinance is not a "project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), which applies to organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. SECTION 4. A summary of this Ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published and circulated in the City of Arroyo Grande at least five (5) days prior to the City Council meeting at which the proposed Ordinance is to be adopted. A certified copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk. Within fifteen (15) days after adoption of the Ordinance, the summary with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance shall be published again, and the City Clerk shall post a certified copy of the full text of such adopted Ordinance. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage. ORDINANCE NO. 699 PAGE 2 SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its passage. SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional. On motion of Council Member Storton, seconded by Council Member George, and by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Storton, George, Paulding, Barneich NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Ray Russom the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted this 23rd day of April, 2019. ORDINANCE NO. A/ PAGE 3 JO da .kAti JOIPA: KRIS- EN BAS PRO."--=4 ATTEST: KELLY El" ORE, CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: fOliJIM BERG - MANAGER APPROVED AS TO FORM: EATHER K. WHITHAM, CITY ATTORNEY OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION I, KELLY WETMORE, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that the attached Ordinance No. 699 which was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on April 9, 2019; was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of April 2019; and was duly published in accordance with State law (G.C. 40806). WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 25th day of April 2019. KELLY WET i ORE, CITY CLERK