(a) No person shall discharge any firearm within the City except:
(1) As otherwise allowed or provided in these Codified Ordinances;
(2) As allowed and provided for in Act 164 of the Public Acts of 1933 as amended, being MCL 317.251;
(3) In an agriculturally zoned district or on any lands classified by the City Assessor as agricultural real property, pursuant to MCL 211.34c, when hunting in compliance with state law and regulations.
(b) No person shall shoot or discharge a bow or cross bow within the City except:
(1) As otherwise allowed or provided in these Codified Ordinances;
(2) In an agriculturally zoned district or on any lands classified by the City Assessor as agricultural real property, pursuant to MCL 211.34c, when hunting in compliance with state law and regulations;
(3) On his or her own property or on the property of another with the owner’s permission, provided that the area in which the bow or cross bow is shot or discharged is enclosed and constructed of materials designed and constructed to completely prevent a discharged arrow, bolt or quarrel from exiting the property;
(4) On an open target range on private property, provided that the target is set with a clearance to the rear of at least seventy-five feet or half the shooting distance to the target, whichever is larger, to the nearest property line, and clearances to the sides of the target of at least forty-five feet or half the shooting distance to the target, whichever is larger, to the nearest property line.
(5) At any range authorized, approved or meeting the standards of a nationally recognized sanctioning body for a competitive or instructive program and operated under the auspices of the City, a public or private school, church or civic organization.
(c) This section shall not apply to the discharge by bow of an arrow having a cushioned tip made of a rubberized substance or an equivalent substance, which is intended to protect against injury or which has suction properties.
(Ord. 12-96. Passed 11-5-96; Ord. 02-05. Passed 2-1-05.)