Ottawa County Bans Fireworks
KSAL Staff - Mon 11:05 AM 07/02/2012
Fireworks are still legal in Salina and Saline County
Ottawa County joins the list of area counties that have banned the discharge of fireworks.
According to the Ottawa County Emergency Management Office, Ottawa County Commissioners Monday morning placed a ban on the Discharge of Fireworks in the unincorporated areas of Ottawa County.
Currently fireworks are allowed in the incorporated Cities of Ottawa County, Minneapolis, Bennington, Delphos, Tescott and Culver unless otherwise decided by the cities.
The ban is in force as of 7-2- 2012 for seven days unless extended or repealed. The ban is punishable by a fine of up to $500.00 and 30 days in Jail. Unincorporated areas of Ottawa County allows the discharge of fireworks throughout the year once the ban is lifted.
In Saline County, fireworks are currently on sale, and can be discharged, through July 5th. They can only be discharged on private property, with the property-owners permission, between the hours of 8 AM and midnight.
In the city of Salina, fireworks are on sale through July 4th. They can only be discharged in the city on July 3rd and July 4th between 8 AM and 11 PM. Fireworks may be discharged on personal property only.
Local law enforcement is going to be vigorously enforcing fireworks violations, and will have a zero-tolerance policy.
Area fireworks bans:
* City of Ellsworth
* Unincorporated Ellsworth County
* City of Lincoln
* Unincorporated Lincoln County
* Beverly
* Barnard
* Sylvan Grove
* City of Russell
* Unincorporated Russell County
* Lucas
* Luray
* Dorrance
* Bunker Hill
* Paradise
* City of Hays
* Unincorporated Ellis County
* City of Victoria
* Unincorporated Ottawa County
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t-bone
Monday 2 July 2012 11:17 Report this comment
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha vigorously
nacho558
Monday 2 July 2012 11:20 Report this comment
vigorously = "like a boss"
troy
Monday 2 July 2012 12:13 Report this comment
Salina will enact the ban sometime in the next few hours. My guess is by 4:00. Possibly earlier, gotta make as many tax dollars as possible. Will be interesting to see how much the city makes in fines after the ticket writing begins.
Iamgonnagetu
Monday 2 July 2012 12:42 Report this comment
Are you reading this Joe Koch or confining to ignore it. County commissioners running for office pack your bags your gone.
renter
Monday 2 July 2012 13:15 Report this comment
Look at the forcast tue-wed 20-30 wind gusts hot and dry!!!!!
getumgranny
Monday 2 July 2012 13:43 Report this comment
Who wants to join me over at Joe Koch neighborhood and shoot some fireworks off around his house?? That should be fine with him and his neighbors being he doesn't seem too concerned about the risks involved. Sure, they are "vigorously" enforcing the firework violations, ummmm, apparently not too vigorously because it sounded like a war zone around my house saturday night!!! Then, when I went out to get my paper sunday morning, I spent 20mins picking up the trash left behind by the idiots. I will certainly be happy when I do not have to sit up half the night worrying about my house catching fire, with me in it!!! But, that's ok Joe, don't worry about that ban, if I receive any property damage or personal injury due to the negligent job you are doing, my lawyer will be in touch. KSAL, you are still missing some of the fire information from over the weekend, there are many more that happened than what you have posted. Which fire was over the gas line I heard about? That was due to fireworks I heard.
t-bone
Monday 2 July 2012 14:25 Report this comment
we'll help! where do we meet? yea, me and all my little t-bones.
hillbilly
Monday 2 July 2012 14:40 Report this comment
I hope the City of Salina makes a fortune writing tickets to fireworks violators and writing tickets to those that may illegally group in front of Joe's house and commit the crime of vagrancy. Heck it all goes into the general fund and possibly can be used to fix more streets, light more intersections, build more sidewalks and ramps, etc. SPD...wright all the tickets that you can !!!
getumgranny
Monday 2 July 2012 15:09 Report this comment
Hillbilly, assembling on city property is not vagrancy. Vagrancy would be the ones wandering the street with nowhere to go. It is not illegal to assemble peacefully on any city/county property. If anyone were to be arrested or ticketed for that, THAT would be an unlawful arrest. As long as noone trespasses on private property!!!
Iamgonnagetu
Monday 2 July 2012 15:26 Report this comment
Joe Koch is not the only one that can do something. Both commission 's can. If the city commissioners gave this issue 1/10 of the attention they gave the gay ordinance I would be happy but they turned their backs once again on the people that put them in office. The county commissioner's are hiding out somewhere also just buying as much time as they can. This is a big disgrace for Salina.
getumgranny
Monday 2 July 2012 17:32 Report this comment
Iamgonnagetu, this is right, the commissioners could step in on this to protect the citizens from the possible danger that is sure to become an issue in the next few days. There is petitions out there on the ordinance, repealing it to put it up to vote. I saw they were set up at Jerry Ivy park over the weekend. I too wish they were putting as much energy and time into the firework issue as they did the sexual orientation issue!!