Ordinance Number 2026-06

Source Details

• Publisher: City of Escondido.
• Source type: adopted ordinance PDF.
• Ordinance-stated adoption date: June 3, 2026.
• Retrieved snapshot date: June 15, 2026.
• Related page: Fireworks Ordinance Public Hearing Notice.
• Related page: May 13, 2026 City Council Agenda Packet.
• Current-code check snapshots: City Council Adopted Ordinances page, eCode360 table of contents, eCode360 New Laws, and eCode360 Article 4.

Ordinance Context

The ordinance title describes Ordinance No. 2026-06 as amending Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 17, Article 4, Division 2 to regulate fireworks.

Section 4 says Escondido Municipal Code Chapter 17, Article 4, Division 2, Fireworks, is repealed and replaced as set forth in Exhibit A.

Use that as ordinance-stated adopted-text context only. Check the current municipal code, later ordinances, approved minutes, and later official updates before relying on current-code status, current fireworks rules, legal effect, enforcement practice, citation practice, or later amendment status.

Adoption And Effective-Date Context

The ordinance says it was passed, adopted, and approved by the Escondido City Council at a regular meeting on June 3, 2026. It lists AYE votes for Fitzgerald, Garcia, Garcia, Martinez, and White, with no NOES or ABSENT councilmembers. The City Clerk certification says Ordinance No. 2026-06 passed at a regular City Council meeting held on June 3, 2026.

The ordinance also says it takes effect and is in force on the thirtieth day from and after final passage.

Use those statements as ordinance-stated adoption, certification, and effective-date language only. The source lists Garcia twice without initials; do not disambiguate those councilmembers without a separate source.

Exhibit A Context

Exhibit A replaces Division 2, Fireworks, with sections 17-75 through 17-88.

The Exhibit A purpose section says the chapter implements regulations under the City's police power on the operation and use of fireworks, promotes public health and safety, and aims to prevent fire risks, noise disturbances, air pollution, litter, and adverse impacts on military veterans, pets, and other vulnerable populations.

The scope section says the ordinance is intended to streamline enforcement and administrative fine procedures related to possession of 25 pounds or less of fireworks, while possession of 25 pounds or more is governed by state law.

The prohibition section says that, except as otherwise provided by the chapter, it is unlawful to possess, keep, store, use, shoot, discharge, set off, ignite, explode, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transport, or give away any fireworks within the City of Escondido.

The exceptions section includes permitted public displays, specified permitted sale or wholesale storage, public-display handling, activities with required state and local permits, licensed transportation on approved routes, and snap caps, snappers, or party poppers handled under Title 19.

Use those statements only as text from the adopted ordinance. This page does not tell a reader what is currently legal, how to obtain permits, how enforcement works in practice, or how a citation, appeal, disposal fee, social-host finding, response-cost notice, or criminal matter would apply.

Enforcement And Cost-Recovery Context

Exhibit A says the Police Department, Fire Department, and Code Compliance Division enforce the chapter, that the City Manager may designate others to enforce it, and that the Fire Chief, Police Chief, their authorized representatives, and Code Compliance may use drones to enforce the chapter.

Exhibit A also includes administrative-citation language, a Social Host section, response-cost provisions, seizure and disposal provisions, penalty language, and appeals language.

Use those statements as adopted-ordinance text only. Do not infer current operational practice, drone deployment, surveillance practice, citation practice, liability outcomes, penalty outcomes, or appeal results without separate current official records.

Current-Code Check

A June 15, 2026 check found that the City Council Adopted Ordinances index listed Ordinance Number 2026-10 and Ordinance Number 2026-08 above Ordinance Number 2026-06. The linked Ordinance No. 2026-08 PDF is about encampments on public property and says it affects Escondido Municipal Code sections 17-8.1 through 17-8.7. The linked Ordinance No. 2026-10 PDF is about Chapter 31, Article 5, Section 31-232 Water Shortage. This check does not establish that no later ordinance could affect fireworks; it records the visible index order and the title/code-action context for the visible later ordinances checked.

The eCode360 table of contents said the hosted Code of Ordinances included legislation through Ordinance No. 2026-02, adopted February 18, 2026. The eCode360 New Laws page listed Ord. 2026-06 as adopted on June 3, 2026, affecting Art 17-4. The New Laws page also said adopted legislation not yet incorporated into the Code can be found there.

The hosted eCode360 Article 4 page showed a New Laws entry for Ord. 2026-06 affecting Art 17-4, but the visible Division 2 Fireworks section list still showed the older sections 17-75 through 17-80, not the Ordinance No. 2026-06 Exhibit A section list of 17-75 through 17-88.

Use this as a code-publication status check only: Ordinance No. 2026-06 is adopted and visible as a pending eCode360 New Law, while the hosted Article 4 text had not yet incorporated the new Fireworks division text in the June 15, 2026 snapshot. This page still does not provide current-law guidance.