The Anchorage Assembly on or from any structure or Tuesday approved new vehicleWithin any area the restrictions for lighting off city designates as a "noise personal fireworks during New sensitive zone"Within any Year's celebrations. The new area the city determines restrictions were approved poses a fire danger Neither after an assembly vote last of the new proposals change year that allowed fireworks the "sunset clause" of under certain conditions. Anchorage's fireworks laws HERE'S WHAT'S CHANGING: already in effect. The In a 9-to-2 vote, the entire set of laws allowing assembly approved an fireworks in certain times ordinance proposed by and places is set to expire Assemblymen Paul Honeman and on December 7, 2012, meaning Dick Traini, making it the assembly will have to illegal to use fireworks in a revisit the issue again mobile home park, saying before the next New Year's that the placement of mobile Eve to keep the law from homes creates an "extreme expiring. risk of fire and potential In a 6-to-5 vote, the explosion." Assemblymen Bill assembly voted down a second Starr and Adam Trombley voted option for fireworks law against the ordinance. restrictions proposed by HERE'S WHAT'S STAYING THE Assembly Chair Debbie SAME: Ossiander. It would have Neither of the two new barred the use of personal proposals changed the fireworks not only in mobile fireworks restrictions home parks, but also within already put in place by last 200 feet of any home. year's fireworks law, meaning Assembly members Harriet people still won't be able to Drummond, Jennifer Johnston, set off fireworks: Patrick Flynn, Chris Birch Anytime outside the hours of and Ossiander voted for the 9:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve ordinance, while the others to 1 a.m. the next voted against it. morningWithin any downtown Ossiander's version also has business districtWithin 500 a clause that would have feet of a school, library, required people who use church, hotel, health care fireworks to clean them up facility or gas stationWithin within 12 hours.
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