§ 20-8. Discharge of firearms or dangerous missiles.

(a)

Except for managed hunts conducted on: (i) land designated by the United States Department of Interior as a National Natural Landmark; or (ii) land owned by the state that is designated by the state game and parks commission as a state wildlife management area, and except for persons who have obtained a conditional use permit from the city pursuant to the applicable sections of the city zoning ordinance to operate an indoor firing range, no person, except officers of the law in the discharge of their duty, shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol, firing piece or other firearm within the city; provided, however, nothing in this section shall prevent the city council from approving the use of firearms or other arms in connection with managed hunts conducted on other land located within the corporate limits of the city as amended from time to time. For purposes of subsection (a)(ii) of this section, the term "managed hunts" means and includes those hunts, conducted on such a state wildlife management area, authorized under limited permit issued by the state when access to such land for hunting purposes is restricted to those individuals to whom such limited permit have been issued.

(b)

Except as permitted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and except for any school sponsored training and bona fide businesses selling such arms or missiles where a supervised firing or gunnery range is located on the premises, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any toy pistol, toy gun, toy cannon, air gun or other arm or arms, blank cartridge, or slingshot, loaded with rock or leadened, or other dangerous missiles at any time or under any circumstances within the city; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent the city council from approving a waiver for hunting deer within the city using a bow and arrow or crossbow, and further provided that an application for said waiver has been satisfactorily completed on a form provided by the city clerk's office.

(Ord. No. 2199, § 1, 4-12-1982; Ord. No. 3038, § 1, 12-13-1999; Ord. No. 3531, § 1, 9-14-2009; Ord. No. 3697, § 1, 1-22-2013)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2199, enacted April 12, 1982, did not expressly amend this Code; therefore, inclusion of section 1, as section 20-8, was at the editor's discretion.