Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 11.16 Weapons

No person shall discharge or cause the discharge of any pistol, gun or any firearm or air gun or air rifle within this city without first having obtained a written permit from the chief of police for that purpose.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

Application for the permission shall be made in writing to the chief of police who shall grant the permission only if he determines that a substantial public interest or a compelling private need will be served thereby, and also that the shooting, if permitted, cannot foreseeably result in any injury, disturbance, annoyance or hazard to any person or result in any damage to property other than that of the permittee, and further that it will in no way unnecessarily jeopardize or seriously menace the public peace, health or safety. In any case where the chief or police grants a permit, he may attach whatever conditions and terms as in his opinion are necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the objectives stated in this section. No permittee exercising the privilege granted by any such permit, shall fail, refuse or neglect to strictly comply with all conditions and terms the chief of police may have attached thereto.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

Sections 11.16.030 and 11.16.040 shall not apply to any peace officer, either federal, state, county or municipal, acting in line of duty, or engaged in target practice at any range regularly established for such officers, nor to the operators or patrons of any shooting gallery, skeet club or target range holding a permit from the city for the conduct thereof.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)