A. Novelty lighters have features, which are attractive to children, including visual effects, flashing lights, musical sounds, or toy-like designs.

B. As a result of this attraction of novelty lighters to children, children have used novelty lighters to start fires, causing injury, death, and destruction of property.

C. Despite the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall of thousands of novelty lighters since 1996 due to their danger to public safety, fires caused by children playing with novelty lighters continue to occur at an increasing rate.

D. Juvenile fire setting has been identified as the fastest growing fire threat in the United States.

E. The continued sale, offer for sale, gift, distribution, or display of novelty lighters represents a serious threat to public safety within the City of Chula Vista.

F. The functions of novelty lighters can be achieved through the sale, gift, distribution, or display of other products that do not pose the danger to public health and safety that novelty lighters present. (Ord. 3114 § 1, 2008).