Resolution No. 2158198
RESOLUTION NO 2158
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
URGING A COUNTY -WIDE RESTRICTION ON THE SALE OF FIREWORKS
WHEREAS, the celebration of Independence Day on July 4th each year
traditionally includes the use of safe and sane fireworks; and
WHEREAS, the use of such fireworks has been the cause of numerous
fires, destroying valuable homes and personal property in Cypress and
throughout all of Orange County* and
WHEREAS, the Cypress City Council desires to protect the community of
Cypress from fireworks related fires, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Cypress is not opposed to the proper use
of safe and sane fireworks during the Fourth of July celebration, and
WHEREAS, the County -wide practice of four -to -seven day pre -holiday
sales of fireworks has proven to contribute to a proliferation of the improper
pre -holiday use of fireworks by minors, and
WHEREAS, homes with wooden roofs which are common throughout Orange
County are most susceptible to fireworks related fires, and
WHEREAS, the outright banning of fireworks by individual cities in
Orange County does not appear to significantly reduce their use, nor the
fireworks related fires in the cities banning them, and
WHEREAS, any efforts to reduce the availability of fireworks and their
related fires must be regional in scope in order to be effective,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS TO
Urge all Orange County Cities to join with the City of Cypress in re-
stricting the sale of fireworks to the forty-eight(48) hour period immediately
preceding the July 4th holiday
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 13th day of November 1979
OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 13th day of November 1979, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Evans, Hudson, MacLain and Rowan
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS. None
ABSENT. 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS* Lacayo
ITY CLE OCE" CITY OF CYPRESS