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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2007-016 (2449) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-11-105 OF CHAPTER 3-11, TITLE 3 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO FIREWORKS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro desires to enhance its regulations related to the use of fIreworks within the City of San Leandro; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 36937 provides that the City Council may adopt an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety upon a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and a four-fIfths vote of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby fInds that the public peace, health and safety demand the immediate adoption of rules and regulations to more fully and adequately govern the prohibitions related to the use of fIreworks within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council further fInds that this Ordinance must take effect immediately upon adoption to provide effective tools for enforcing the prohibitions related to the use of fIreworks within the City of San Leandro, and that waiting 30 days from adoption after a fIrst and second reading of the Ordinance would pose a serious risk to the public peace, health and safety. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council ofthe City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Section 3-11-1 05(b) of Chapter 3-11 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: 3-11-105 PROHIBITIONS: "(b) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, solicit the sale of, possess, purchase, use, ignite, discharge, explode, or allow the use on their property or property under their control any fIreworks or safe and sane and/or regulated fIreworks within the City of San Leandro except as provided in this Chapter." Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption. 969785-2