(a) No person shall discharge any air gun, rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or other firearm, or make use of any bow and arrow or sling, within the corporate limits of the municipality, except that limited hunting may be permitted upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) The Chief of Police or in his absence his designated representative within the Police Department shall have issued a limited hunting permit only after determining that the applicant has complied with all laws, rules and regulations of the State of Ohio and has the written permission of the owner of the property or properties involved. The permit shall be subject to such reasonable and necessary requirements deemed necessary to preserve and protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village and conditioned upon the applicant complying with all laws, rules and regulations of the State of Ohio, incorporated by reference herein, and "Wildlife Management Guidelines", found in Appendix A at the end of this chapter, and Hunting "Agreement", found in Appendix B at the end of this chapter, both of which are also adopted as part of this section in its entirety and may not be changed unless by an ordinance passed by Council.
(b) No person shall, intentionally and without malice, point or aim a firearm at or toward another or discharge a firearm so pointed or aimed.
(c) This section does not extend to cases in which firearms, slings or arrows are used in self-defense, in the discharge of official duty or in justifiable homicide.
(d) This section does not extend to cases in which BB guns and other air guns, or slings or arrows, are used in the confines of dwellings, provided such use is under adult supervision and is approved by the Chief of Police.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 2000-41. Passed 2-21-01; Ord. 2010-16. Passed 8-18-10.)