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Tuolumne County Municipal Code Ch. 8.28 Gun Safety

Tuolumne County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Tuolumne County

Cite as: Tuolumne County Municipal Code Chapter 8.28 · Text as of 2026-10-02

Sections:

  • 8.28.010

  • Shooting near dwelling unit.

  • 8.28.020

  • Reckless shooting.

  • 8.28.030

  • Loaded firearm prohibited areas.

8.28.010 Shooting near dwelling unit.

A. No firearm may be discharged within 150 yards of any dwelling unit or public or occupied private campground without the express permission of the owner or legal occupant.

B. The following gun clubs and ranges are exempt from the provisions of this section:

  1. Mother Lode Gun Club Jamestown Road, Jamestown;

  2. Tuolumne County Sheriff's Range Parrotts Ferry Road, Columbia;

  3. Keystone Range, Off Highway 108/120;

  4. Sonora Smokepolers - The North-South Skirmish Association Range, Six Bit Gulch Road, Red Hills;

  5. Pine Mountain Lake Gun Club Unit 14, Pine Mountain Lake. (Ord. 1392 § 1 (part), 1985).

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8.28.020 Reckless shooting. Discharge of a

firearm with wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is prohibited. (Ord. 1392 § 1 (part), 1985).

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8.28.030 Loaded firearm prohibited areas. It is

unlawful to possess a loaded weapon or discharge a weapon in the following unincorporated areas of the County which are hereby declared to be "Prohibited Areas" for the purposes of Penal Code Section 12031:

A. All land in or within 100 feet of any commercial business, not including a home occupation, which is open to the public.

B. All land within any commercial parking area.

C. All land within a public school ground.

D. All land maintained as a public park or recreation area by the County or any local park district.

E. All land on or along a public road or highway. (Ord. 1392 § 1 (part), 1985).

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