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8.20.130   Liberal construction.
   This article, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to affect its purpose. (Ord. 26 § 4, 2000)
8.20.140   Enforcement.
   This article is enforceable only if the governing body issues a proclamation declaring a condition of extreme or severe drought following the procedures established in NMSA 1978 Section 60-6C-8.1 and is only enforceable during the period of time in which the proclamation is in force and effect. Any dissolution or suspension of a proclamation serves to stay enforceability of this article and shall not operate as a repeal or suspension of the ordinance codified in this article.
   The ordinance codified in this article is in addition to and complimentary with any ordinance concerning aerial devices and ground audible devices adopted in accordance with NMSA 1978 Section 60-2C-7, and shall not be construed as a limitation of the terms of any ordinance concerning aerial devices and ground audible devices adopted pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 60-2C-7. (Ord. 426 § 5, 2000)
8.20.150   Sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited.
   The sale and use within the municipal boundaries of the city of missile-type rockets, helicopter, aerial spinners and stick-type rockets is prohibited (Ord. 426 § 7, 2000)
8.20.160   Sale and use of certain fireworks prohibited.
   The sale and use within the municipal boundaries of the city of ground audible devices is prohibited. (Ord. 426 § 8, 2000)
8.20.170   Restrictions on use of certain fireworks.
   The use of any other permitted fireworks not listed in Sections 8.20.150 and 8.20.160 is hereby restricted to areas within the municipal boundaries that are paved or barren or that have a readily accessible source of water for use by the homeowner or general public. (Ord. 426 § 9, 2000)
8.20.180   Use of fireworks in wildlands prohibited.
   The governing body, having consulted with the state forester, declares that the use of all fireworks in areas designated by the governing body as "wildlands" (i.e., lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush or native grass) is prohibited.
(Ord. 573 (part), 2019; Ord. 426 § 10, 2000)
8.20.190   Display fireworks.
   The sale or use of means devices primarily intended for commercial displays that are designed to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation, including salutes containing more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition; aerial shells containing more than forty grams of chemical composition exclusive of lift charge; and other exhibition display items that exceed the limits for permissible fireworks within the municipal boundaries of the city is prohibited. (Ord. 426 § 11, 2000)
Article III. Explosives
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