Trinity County Municipal Code Ch. 9.28 Discharge of Firearms

A. It is unlawful for any person to hunt for game or to discharge any firearm within the boundaries of the Trinity County Waterworks District No. 1, except as follows:

1. Firearms may be discharged within the district for target shooting purposes at target ranges established by the sheriff of the county.

2. Firearms may be used for defense of persons or property as provided by law, or by any law enforcement officer in the performance of duty.

B. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both.

(Ord. 258 §§1 and 2, 1961)

A. It is unlawful for any person to hunt for game or to discharge any firearm or to hunt with bow and arrow within the boundaries of the Weaverville Fire District, except as follows:

1. Firearms may be discharged within said area for target shooting purposes at target ranges established by the sheriff.

2. Firearms may be used for defense of persons or property as provided by law, or by any law enforcement officer in the performance of duty.

3. Firearms may be discharged within the area as designated by the board of supervisors by resolution for testing of firearms.

B. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both.

(Ord. 292 §§1 and 2, 1966)

A. It is unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm within the following boundaries surrounding Ruth Lake:

Beginning at the Robert W. Matthews Dam at the North, bound on the east side by the County Road 501, known as Mad River Road, bound on the west side by USDA Forest Service Road 1S06, known as the West Side Road, south to County Road 502, known as the Ruth-Zenia Road, County Road 514, known as Rodeo Drive, County Road 536 known as Buckwheat Lane, and south to County Road 526 known as Ruth Airport Road, and bound on the south by the summer crossing at Cedar Gap Road near the USDA Forest Service Ruth Guard Station.

B. Exceptions to subsection A are as follows:

1. Firearms legal for the taking of fowl during season for such fowl;

2. Firearms may be used for defense of persons or property as provided by law, or by any law enforcement officer in the performance of duty.

C. Any violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both.

(Ord. 1270 §1, 2003; Ord. 341 §§1 and 2, 1974)

A. It is unlawful for any person to hunt for game or to discharge any firearm or to hunt with bow and arrow within the Lewiston Community and its environs, as more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the section corner common to Sections 19, 20, 29 & 30, Township 33 north, Range 8 West, M.D.M. and continuing thence,

East, and along the south line of said Section 20, to the intersection of said line with centerline of Trinity Dam Blvd., County Road #105; thence,

Northeasterly, and along the centerline of said Trinity Dam Blvd., to the intersection of said centerline with the east-west mid-section line of said Section 20; thence,

East, and along said east-west line, to the center ¼ corner of Section 20; thence,

North, and along the north-south mid-section line, to the southwest corner of the northwest ¼ of the northeast ¼ of said Section; thence,

East, and along the south line of said northwest ¼ of the northeast ¼, a distance of 769.27 feet to the southeast corner of Parcel D as shown on the parcel map for J.N. & C.M. Trowell and Recorded in Book 9 of Maps & Surveys at Page 112; thence,

Northwesterly, and along the east line of parcels D & C of said parcel map, to the north line of said Section 20; thence,

West, and along said section line, to the west 1/16 corner of Section 17 & 20; thence;

North, and along the east line of the west ½ of the southwest ¼ of said Section 17, to the northeast corner of said west ½; thence,

West, and along the east-west mid-section line, to the intersection of said line and the centerline of Trinity Dam Blvd., County Road #105; thence,

Northwesterly, and along said centerline, to the intersection of said centerline with the centerline of the Trinity River; thence;

Downstream and along said centerline of the Trinity River, a distance of four miles, more and less, to where it intersects the north-south mid-section line of Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 9 West, M.D.M.; thence,

South, and along the said mid-section line, to the center ¼ of said Section 24; thence,

East, and along the east-west mid-section line, to the northeast corner of that property as described in Book 229 of Official Records at Page 92, Trinity County Records; thence,

South, and along the east line of the aforementioned property, to a point that intersects the westerly elongation of the north line of the property now or formerly owned by Eva Throwell and Recorded in Book 266 of Official Records at page 536, Trinity County Records; thence,

East, and along said north line, to a point in the westerly line of that parcel of land now or formerly owned by Neil & Dorothy Mitchell and Recorded in Book 120 of Official Records at page 133, Trinity County Records; thence,

North, and along said westerly line, to the intersection with the centerline of Lewiston Road, County Road #202; thence;

East, and along said centerline, to the intersection with the west line of the northeast ¼ of the southeast ¼ of said Section 34; thence,

North, and along said west line, to the northwest corner of the parcel of land now or formerly owned by Alfred L. Abruzzini, et al. and Recorded in Book 176 of Official Records at page 355; thence,

East, and along the north boundary of said parcel, to a point on the west line of parcel 3 as shown on the map for Martin & Saramarie Wilcox and Recorded in Book 10 of Maps & Surveys at page 34; thence,

North, and along said west line, to the southwest corner of parcel 1 of said map; thence,

East, and along the south line of said parcel 1, to the section line between Section 24, Township 33 North, Range 9 West, M.D.M. and Section 19, Township 33 North, Range 8 West, M.D.M.; thence,

North, and along said section line, to the ¼ corner common to said Sections 24 & 19; thence,

East, and along the east-west mid-section line, to the northeast corner of the west ½ of the southwest ¼ of Section 19; thence,

South, and along the east line of said west ½, to the southeast corner of said west ½ of the southwest ¼ of Section 19, thence,

East, and along the line between Sections, 19 & 30, to the corner common to Sections 19, 20, 29 & 30, said corner being the true point of beginning of this description.

Except as follows:

1. Firearms may be discharged within said area for target shooting purposes at target ranges established by the sheriff.

2. Firearms may be used for defense of persons or property as provided by law, or by any law enforcement officer in the performance of duty.

B. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both.

(Ord. 1174 §1, 1993: Ord. 1011 §1, 1982)

A. It is unlawful for any person to hunt for game with any firearm or to hunt with bow and arrow within one thousand feet of all properties within the Bucktail Subdivision in the community of Lewiston, except as follows:

1. Firearms may be discharged within said areas for target shooting purposes at target ranges established by the sheriff.

2. Firearms may be used for defense of persons as provided by law, or by law enforcement officers in the performance of duty.

B. Any violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both.

(Ord. 1123 §1, 1989)