DeferralCity Council · Mar 5, 2026 · This meeting · Full transcript

Two fire code ordinances held back over state-law conflicts

A two-row by one-column table shows General Ordinance 2 on fire-service features and General Ordinance 4 on fireworks. Both March 5 cells are filled and labeled held, meaning both were deferred to the following week while possible state-law changes were reviewed. — Visual summary from the reviewed highlight. Source details follow.

Who it touches: Anyone affected by fire-service-feature or fireworks rules in Terre Haute — these two ordinances are not yet in effect and will come back for a vote.

Tracked in the archive

The fire department's inspection division asked the council to hold General Ordinance 2 (fire service features) and General Ordinance 4 (fireworks) because possible changes in state law might require rewriting them.

Sources

Fire department asks to table two ordinances, 59:400:59:40 (59 minutes 40 seconds)
General Ordinance 2 carries over, 1:11:511:11:51 (1 hour 11 minutes 51 seconds)
General Ordinance 4 carries over, 1:17:051:17:05 (1 hour 17 minutes 5 seconds)

Outcome

No action taken; carried to the following week

No action was taken on either ordinance; both carried over to the following week's meeting.

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