HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1641 ORDINANCE NO. 1641
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING ARTICLE 401 RELATING TO "SHOOTING"
BY ADDING (c) , (d) AND (e) TO SECTION 4011
AND SECTIONS 4012 AND 4013
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Section 4011 to read as follows :
4011 DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS PROHIBITED. It is hereby
declared unlawful for any person, or persons , other than a police
officer acting in his official line of duty, to shoot, fire or
discharge, or for any person, firm or corporation to cause or
permit to be shot , fired or discharged within the corporate
limits of the City of Huntington Beach any rifle, shotgun, pistol ,
revolver or other firearm, or any air gun, air pistol, or air
rifle, or any other weapon which emits a projectile as a result
of pressure exerted at the breach, with the following exceptions :
(a) When it may be necessary to do so to protect life or property;
(b) Shotguns may be used for the extermination of destructive
animals or birds only with written permission of the Chief
of Police;
(c) The use of the Huntington Beach police range as authorized
and supervised by the Huntington Beach Police Department ;
(d) Any police training exercise that has received the prior
authorization of the Chief of Police; or
(e) Firearm exhibitions which have first received a permit in
writing for such purposes issued by the Chief of Police .
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding to Article 401, Sections 4012 and 4013 to
read as follows :
4012 PENALTY. Any person convicted of a violation of any
provision of this article shall be punishable by imprisonment
in jail for a period not exceeding six ( 6) months , or by fine
not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500) , or both such fine and
imprisonment .
1.
4013 . SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of the article . The City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that it would have
passed this article, and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections , subsections , sentences , clauses or phrases may
be declared invalid or unconstitutional .
SECTION 3 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Hutnington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15thday
of March 1971.
Mayor Pro Tempor
ATTEST:
City qrrk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci Attorney
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Ord. No. 1641
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the ist: day of March,
19 Z , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of March ,
19_ZL_, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
McCracken, Bartlett, Gibbs, Coen, Matney
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Green, Shipley
City Clerk and officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
I. PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of
Hunungton Beach and ex•officio Clerk of the City
reuncil, d-, hereby certify that this ordinance has
been publ«hed in he Fluntin n Beach News o
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I* rdance with the Ci Charter of said City.
ity Clerk .
Deputy city Clerk