(A) It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm within the corporate limits of the city, except:
(1) Officers of the law in the performance of their duty;
(2) Any citizen when lawfully defending their person or a third party;
(3) At a proper place authorized by the Chief of Police; and/or
(4) Discharge of a shotgun west of 1200 West (Watery Lane) when discharge can be accomplished without placing property or person at peril, and the discharge is not within 600 feet of a house, dwelling or any other building, or any structure in which a domestic animal is kept or fed, including a barn, poultry yard, corral, feeding pen or stockyard, unless written permission is obtained from the owner or person in charge of the property.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air gun, sparrow gun, flipper, sling shot, bows and arrows or other similar contrivance within the corporate limits of the city, except to persons engaged in target shooting or other recreational shooting at authorized times and places which authorization must first be received in writing and signed by the city’s Chief of Police or other authorized persons as may be designated by the City Council.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any kind of dangerous weapon or firearm:
(1) From an automobile or other vehicle; and/or
(2) From, upon or across any highway.
(Prior Code, § 16.03.010) (Ord. 07-04, passed 3-15-2007) Penalty, see § 131.999