East Palo Alto Municipal Code Art. III Sale of Certain Firearms

The provisions of Sections 12070—12077, inclusive of the Penal Code of the state, pertaining to the licensing of retailers selling pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person, are adopted in the city and from and after the effective date of this chapter shall be in full force and effect in this city.

(Prior code § 4-4.301)

The Police Chief of East Palo Alto is designated and appointed the duly constituted licensing authority for licenses under the foregoing California Penal Code sections. Applications for licenses shall be made to the police chief and he/she is authorized to grant licenses, effective for one year from the date of issue, to enforce within the city the provisions of the foregoing Penal Code sections. The police chief shall obtain and, where necessary, prescribe forms to effectuate the purposes of the sections and to otherwise do all acts and things required to make effective and to enforce within this city the provisions of the sections of the California Penal Code.

(Prior code § 4-4.302)

Licensees shall be subject to the following conditions, for breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture:

A. The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license.

B. The license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the premises where it can easily be read.

C. No pistols or revolvers shall be delivered: (1) within three days of the application for the purchase, and when delivered shall be unloaded and securely wrapped; (2) unless the purchaser either is personally known to the vendor or shall present clear evidence of his/her identity.

D. No pistol or revolver, or imitation thereof, or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of the premises where it can readily be seen from the outside.

(Prior code § 4-4.303)

Licensees shall, immediately upon receiving an application for purchase, mail a copy of the register sheet required to be maintained to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and to the chief of police, as required by Penal Code Section 12076. The chief of police shall, upon receiving such copy, investigate and report to the retailer whether or not the purchaser is known to be a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years or within one of the classes of persons prohibited by Section 12021 of the Penal Code from owning or possessing such a weapon. Such persons include narcotics addicts, persons convicted of felonies and persons not citizens of the United States.

(Prior code § 4-4.304)