ORDINANCE NO. 1011

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 24 OF THE 1953 COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 24 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

 Section 1. FIREWORKS SALES PROHIBITED. That no person, firm or corporation shall, within the City of Grand Junction or within one mile of the outer boundaries thereof, sell or offer for sale at retail or distribute any firecrackers, squibs, rockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, fire balloons, or other fireworks or substances designed and intended for pyrotechnic display, nor any pistols, canes or cannons, or other appliances using blank cartridges or caps, other than those manufactured in accordance with the United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing and shipping of toy paper caps. The term "fire works" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, sparklers or torches which do not contain explosive charges.

 2. That Section 2 of Chapter 24 of the 1953 Compiled Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

 Section 2. DISCHARGING FIREWORKS UNLAWFUL WITHOUT PERMIT. No person shall, within the City of Grand Junction or within one mile of the outer boundaries thereof, nor within the public parks belonging to said City, fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearms of any description, or fire, explode or set off any firecrackers, squibs, rockets, torpedoes, Roman candles, fire balloons or other fireworks or substances designed and intended for pyrotechnic display, nor any pistols, canes, cannons or other appliances using blank cartridges or caps, other than those manufactured in accordance with United States Interstate Commerce Commission regulations for packing and shipping of toy paper caps, without permission in writing from the City Manager of said City (which permission shall be granted only to properly qualified individuals or associations), and such display shall be under the direct supervision of experts in the handling of fireworks and shall be of such a character and so located, discharged or fired as, in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, shall not be hazardous to surrounding property or endanger any person or persons, and such permission shall be subject to be revoked by the City Manager at any time after the same has been granted.

 3. It is hereby declared that a special emergency exists; that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; and that this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.

 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 1957.

/s/ John S. Emerson

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing emergency ordinance, entitled AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 24 OF THE 1953 COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY was introduced, read, passed, and adopted as an emergency ordinance and numbered 1011 and ordered published by the unanimous vote of the members of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19th day of June, 1957.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the official seal of said City, this 19th day of June, 1957.

/s/ Helen C. Tomlinson

City Clerk

Proof of Publication June 21, 1957