Title 7 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Los Altos Municipal Code Ch. 7.28 Weapons
Los Altos Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · Los Altos
Cite as: Los Altos Municipal Code Chapter 7.28 · Text as of 2026-10-03
7.28.010 - Missile projectors.¶
No person shall discharge in the city any instrument or device of any kind, character, or description which throws, discharges, propels, or hurls bullets or missiles of any kind to any distance from such instrument or device by means of elastic force, air pressure, vacuum, or explosive force without first having applied for and obtained a written permit therefor from the chief of police. Except as specifically directed by the council, the chief of police shall be the sole judge as to the desirability or necessity for issuing such permit which shall be in, in his judgment, for the protection of the applicant or in the furtherance of the public welfare. Such permit shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) and shall be upon such conditions and for such term as the chief of police may determine.
(Prior code § 3-6.01)
7.28.020 - Possession of certain propelling devices.¶
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to have in his possession on any street or in a public place within the city any instrument or device of any nature which may throw, discharge, propel, or hurl bullets or missiles of any kind to any distance from such instrument or device by means of elastic force, air pressure, vacuum, or any explosive force.
(Prior code § 3-6.03)
7.28.030 - Notices of sales of firearms.¶
Any person having for sale any instrument or device specified in Section 7.28.010 or 7.28.020 of this chapter shall have posted in a conspicuous place in the place of sale a copy of this chapter and shall deliver a copy of this chapter to any purchaser of such instrument or device.
(Prior code § 3-6.04)
7.28.040 - Confiscation.¶
Any instrument, device, or article used or possessed in violation of the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be confiscated and possessed by a police officer of the city and delivered to the custody of the chief of police. The chief of police may return, upon such conditions as he deems desirable for the public welfare, any such instrument, device, or article to the person from whose possession it was taken, or the chief of police may retain the same and destroy it after sixty (60) days.
(Prior code § 3-6.05)
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