HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4521 - Ordinance Chapt. 8-2 regulating Fire Prevention Standards
ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8-2-16 OF CHAPTER
8-2 OF TITLE 8 OF THE ROCHESTER CODE OF
ORDINANCES RELATING TO FIRE CODE AND OTHER
FIRE PREVENTION STANDARDS.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section of 8-2-16 of Chapter 8-2 of the Rochester Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 8-2-16. Fireworks and pyrotechnic displays.
Fireworks and pyrotechnic displays shall be limited to those intended specifically
for public viewing outdoors and as are permitted pursuant to Minn. Stats. § 624.20 and
chapter 56 of the fire code. Indoor pyrotechnic displays are permitted only in buildings
protected throughout by an approved automatic fire sprinkler system. Public fireworks and
pyrotechnic displays require application to the city clerk's office for approval by the
common council and in conjunction with a fire department operational permit, as specified
in section 8-2-6, prior to conducting the display.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective from and after its publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
___________________________________
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
___________________________________
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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