SALT LAKE CITY Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she s very confident in our legal standing to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks.
Their attorneys read Utah s state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that confusion is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state s murky law on what power local leaders do or don t have to ban fireworks.
The issue is generating a lot of debate as the legal window for setting off fireworks opens up in a week, on July 2.
Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is confident a citywide ban on setting off fireworks is legal, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuits.
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Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she’s “very confident in our legal standing” to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks.
Their attorneys read Utah’s state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that “confusion” is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s murky law on what power local leaders do or don’t have to ban fireworks.