Culver City : Fireworks Ban Gets Final OK
The City Council gave final approval to a law banning “safe and sane” fireworks, and then heard brief parting shots by two councilmen on opposing sides of the issue.
For the second consecutive week, the law appeared Monday on the council’s consent calendar, where routine items such as city purchases usually appear. Mayor Paul A. Netzel, an opponent of fireworks, told the council that its vote officially ended fireworks in the city.
“Rub it in,” replied Councilman Richard Alexander, a fireworks supporter.
“No, I’m not rubbing it in, just massaging it a little,” Netzel replied.
The approval was the final chapter in the controversy over fireworks that lingered most of this year in Culver City. Non-explosive fireworks had been legal there since the 1930s, but voters turned down a ballot measure Nov. 4 that would have allowed their continued sale and use in the city.
The ordinance, which becomes effective in 30 days, prohibits the sale and use of nearly all fireworks. The annual public fireworks display at Culver City High School will be allowed to continue, however, and film companies using fireworks for special effects will be considered for exemption from the ban.
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