HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2003-35 - BB Guns Special Event PermitAN ORDINANCE OF 1 CITY COUNCILOF ! OF
GEORGETOWN,! , 9.08 OF 1 i i
OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO WEAPONSTO ADDRESS;B GUNSI
OTHER GUNS, AND ARCHERY; AMENDING CHAPTER 12aO OF THE
CODE OF 11' RELATING TO PARKS AND
RECREATIONAL y O DELETE THE REFERENCE TO
BOWHUNTING AND C! rii 1 AMENDING CHAPTER
OF THEii OF ORDINANCES! i PARADES AND
PROCESSIONS TO PROVIDE ! •'! it OBTAINING
SPECIALPERARTS FOR USE OF .: GUNS, OTHER
AND ARCHERYREPEALING CONFLICTT PROVISIONS;
PROVIDING A SEV• l AND ESTABLISHING
EFFECTXrRjis y
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need to provide a safe area where the youth in the
City of Georgetown can engage in certain supervised activities; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to accommodate the Boy Scouts' request to be allowed to
provide BB gun instruction and shooting in its Boy Scout Day Camp in Georgetown, Texas, and
WHEREAS, the Council also recognizes the need to regulate the discharge of certain other
weapons to ensure the safety of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that allowing BB gun instruction, and instruction on archery,
only with a Special Event Permit, and otherwise prohibiting those activities within the city limits
is in the best interest of the City of Georgetown.
NOW, i i ORDAINED t i OF
CITY OF GEORGETOWN,
SECTION 1: The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby
found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference herein and expressly
made a part thereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby finds that this ordinance
implements the following Century Plan Elements:
4.0 The City provides for the safety of its citizens and supports the responsive
delivery of coordinated services by the City and other public agencies.
11.0 All citizens , actively, participate in
recreational activates,
community -wide social, cultural, and
11.2 The City's park facilities and recreational programs meet the leisure needs of
citizens.
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11.5 Georgetown has an on-going process for recreational needs assessment and
program evaluation.
The,City Council further finds that the enactment of this ordinance is not inconsistent or in
conflict'with any other Century Plan Policies, as required by section 2.03 of the Administrative
Chapter of the Policy Plan.
SECTION 2. Section 9.08.010 of the Georgetown Code of Ordinances (pertaining to the
"Discharge of BB guns") is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec, 9.08.010 Discharge of BB Guns, Pellet Guns, Air Guns, Paint Ball
Guns, Spear Guns, Wrist Rockets and/or Slingshots and Engagement in
Archerp.
It is unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any BB rifle., or any BB
gun, pellet gun, air gun, paint ball gun,
-spear .gun, wrist rocket andlor
slip shot of any description, or to engage in archery (which term shall
include but not be limited to use of a long bow, compound bow, or
crossbow), for anv reason, including hunting, suortinz. target practice or
competition within the City except:
a. as may be permitted by the laws of this State or the United States,
or
be with a Special Event Permit issued under the provisions oLChapter
12.24.
SECTION 3. Section 12.20.060 of the Georgetown Code of Ordinances (pertaining to
"Prohibited practices") is amended to delete subsection (B) as follows:
Sec. 12.20.060 Prohibited practices.
A. (no change)
Be withi
the park boundaries.
C. (no change)
D. (no change)
SECTION 4. Section 12.24.060 of the Georgetown Code of Ordinances (pertaining to "Contents
of application for special event permit") is amended to add subsection (1) as follows:
Sec. 12.24.060 Contents of application for special event permit.
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I_. If an application for a special event permit includes a request for
authorization under Section 9.0 8.010 of this Code to discharge BB guns
pellet guns paint ball duns air nuns spear mins wrist rockets and/or
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submitted with the application:
the City Manager or his designee
2. Written description of all safely procedures and equipment that
wrll be in effect or in place during the activities
traininiz proaram acceptable to the City of Georgetown from a qualified
instructor.
4. A statement of the adult/child ratio at the activity
5. AU other requirements deemed necessary due to existing or
reasonably foreseeable circumstances
SECTION 5. Section 12.24.080 of the Georgetown Code of Ordinances (pertaining to
"Application for permit --Issuance.") is amended to add subsection H as follows:
Section 12.24.080 Application for permit Issuance.
H The applicant has complied with all the requirements of
reasonable.
SECTION 6. The City Manager and City Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to make
the necessary changes to all records of the City of Georgetown to reflect this amendment.
SECTION 7.: All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict
with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and effect. If any
Provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or application thereof, of this
ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall become effective in accordance with the City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 134 day of May, 2003,
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the ' day of May, 2003.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Patricia E. Carls, City Attorney
Brown & Carls, LLP
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THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 134 day of May, 2003,
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the ' day of May, 2003.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Patricia E. Carls, City Attorney
Brown & Carls, LLP
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THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN: