(A) Discharge prohibited. No person shall discharge a firearm or other weapon within the city limits except as provided in this section.
(B) Definition.
"FIREARM." Any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosion or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use. "FIREARM" does not include a firearm that may have, as an integral part, a folding knife blade or other characteristics of weapons made illegal by Texas Penal Code Chapter 46 and that is:
(a) An antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899; or
(b) A replica of an antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899, but only if the replica does not use rim fire or center fire ammunition.
(C) Exception. It shall be an exception to the discharge prohibition in division (A) above for an individual to discharge the following in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city and in an area annexed by the city after September 1, 1981:
(1) A shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:
(a) On a tract of land of ten acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(b) In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or
(2) A center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(a) On a tract of land of 50 acres or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(b) In a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.
(Ord. 426, passed 1-20-86; Am. Ord. 1047, passed 10-16-23) Penalty, see § 131.99