(A) Every person engaged in the business of selling firearms and ammunition or both shall comply with the following rules.
(1) No ammunition shall be displayed on an open counter or in any other place readily accessible to the public.
(2) No ammunition or firearms shall be displayed in windows or display areas when the business is not regularly open.
(3) During any period in which firearms or ammunition or both are unattended, they shall be stored in a place meeting the requirements of regulations promulgated by the City Council under authority of this section, or, if no regulations have been promulgated, in a place difficult for access to unauthorized persons.
(B) The City Council is authorized to promulgate regulations governing the construction, location, and accessibility of storage places for firearms and ammunition required to be used by this section. The Council may adopt any regulations under this authority that in its judgment will reasonably and effectively serve to prevent unauthorized persons from obtaining the stored firearms and ammunition.
(C) The City Council shall take reasonable steps to notify all persons that it can reasonably identify as being affected by these regulations of their requirements. The notification shall sufficiently precede the effective date of the regulations to permit compliance with them. The city shall maintain on file an official copy of the regulations.
(D) Any person failing to comply with any requirements of this section or of any reasonable regulations promulgated under authority of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(E) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
('58 Code, ' 10-24.3) (Am. Ord. 22-01, passed 1-3-22) Penalty, see § 10.99