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Home My WebLink About25 - Discharge of Weapons OrdinanceCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 25 May 25, 2004 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Office of the City Attorney, Daniel K. Ohl, Deputy City Attorney (949) 644 -3131, dkohl @city.newport - beach.ca.us SUBJECT: DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve first reading of the attached ordinance and pass to second reading and adoption at the City Council's next regularly scheduled meeting. DISCUSSION: Background: There has been a recent increase in the popularity of "air soft" pellet guns within our and other communities. These are realistic scale replicas of contemporary firearms which fire a plastic pellet by means of a mechanical spring action, air pressure or electrical charge. This increase in popularity has raised concerns relating to the possession and use of such pellet guns. In many Instances, it is virtually impossible to discern a pellet gun from a real firearm which can cause concern among the public and be difficult for police officers to detect if they are called for a response. Our current ordinance does not cover this type of pellet gun. The proposed changes to the municipal code includes language to address these types of devices and at the same time does not include bows and arrows, slingshots, or squirt guns. uepury %.ity Huotney Attachments: Ordinance F:1use rs \cat \s ha red \da \C C re ports\ Disc ha rg eOf W eapons.d oc ORDINANCE NO. 2004- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 10.24.010 OF TITLE 10 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS NOW THEREFORE, THE City Council of the City of Newport Beach does HEREBY ORDAINS, as follows: SECTION 1: Section 10.24.010 of Chapter 10.24 is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 10.24 DISCHARGE OF WEAPONS* Sections: 10.24.00E Editor's note to Chapter 10.24. 10.24.010 Discharge of Weapons — Permission Required. Section 10.24.00E Editor's note to Chapter 10.24. * Spears and other dangerous fishing gear -- See Chapter 11.24. Section 10.24.010 Discharge of Weapons — Permission Required. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons, except peace officers in the discharge of their duties, to discharge or cause to be discharged within the corporate limits of the City of Newport Beach any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or other firearm, or any air -gun, air - pistol or air -rifle, or any other weak device which emit forcefully discharges a projectile as " of pFess ei4ed at the Bees' ^from a barrel, unless the person or persons have first obtained permission in writing so to do from the Chief of Police. SECTION 2: This chapter shall become effective thirty (30) days subsequent to its adoption. SECTION 3: That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one to more sections, sub- sections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. Page 1 of 2 SECTION 4: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 25th day of May, 2004, and adopted on the day of May, 2004, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS NOES. COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT, COUNCILMEMBERS MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK F:\users\cat\shared\da\Ordinance\DischargeOfWeapons.doc Page 2 of 2 Air Soft BB Guns Complete with BB S. instructions, sights and safeties. 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