Lindsay Municipal Code § 9.96 Discharging

1. Definition: "Weapons": The word "weapons" as used in this chapter, means any rifle, pistol, shotgun, air gun or pellet gun which projects a metallic object by means of air, gas or a spring, slingshot, crossbow, bow and arrow and any other instrument used for discharging projectiles capable of doing bodily harm.
2. Purpose: The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the discharge of weapons in and into those areas of the city in which the City Council has determined that the public health and safety required that there be no discharge of weapons. Those areas for which the City Council has made such a determination are described in this chapter.
3. Exceptions: The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public officer in the lawful discharge of his duties, nor to any person necessarily acting in the lawful defense of person or property, nor to the premises of any shooting gallery, practice range, skeet field, archery range or other similar place conducted at a fixed location and with respect to which adequate safeguards have been provided to protect person and property from injury.
4. City of Lindsay: It shall be unlawful to discharge any weapon within or into the city limits of the City of Lindsay.

(Prior code § 15-23)

HISTORY Amended by Ord. 566 on 3/13/2018