672.05 LICENSE OR PERMIT TO POSSESS DANGEROUS ORDNANCE. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 672.05 was repealed by Ordinance No. 24-19, passed December 2, 2019.)

672.06 FAILURE TO SECURE DANGEROUS ORDNANCE. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 672.06 was repealed by Ordinance No. 24-19, passed December 2, 2019.)

672.07 UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS IN WEAPONS. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 672.07 was repealed by Ordinance No. 24-19, passed December 2, 2019.)

672.08 IMPROPERLY FURNISHING FIREARMS TO A MINOR. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 672.08 was repealed as part of the 1996 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because a violation of substantially equivalent State law (Ohio R.C. 2923.21) was made a felony by the Ohio General Assembly by Sub. H.B. No. 4, effective November 9, 1995.)

672.085 UNDERAGE PURCHASE OF A FIREARM OR HANDGUN. (REPEALED)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 672.085 was repealed by Ordinance No. 24-19, passed December 2, 2019.)

672.09 DISCHARGING FIREARMS.

   (a)   No person shall discharge any cannon, pistol or other firearm, of any kind whatsoever, or any air rifle, pellet gun, gas gun, BB gun or other similar object within the City. This section shall not prohibit the firing of a military salute or the firing of weapons by men of the nation's Armed Forces acting under military authority and shall not apply to law enforcement officers in the proper enforcement of the law; or to any person in the proper exercise of the right of defense; or to any person who has applied for and received special permission from the Manager to fire a cannon, pistol or other firearm, or air rifle, pellet gun, gas gun, BB gun or other similar object within the City.

(Ord. 50-71. Passed 7-12-71; Ord. 03-16. Passed 3-21-16; Ord. 04-16. Passed 4-18-16; Ord. 24-19. Passed 12-2-19; Ord. 23-20. Passed 11-2-20.)

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(Ord. 59-74. Passed 7-15-74.)

672.095 DISCHARGING BOW AND ARROW.

   (a)   No person shall discharge any bow and arrow, crossbow or other similar object, within the City. This section shall not prohibit any person in the proper exercise of the right of defense; or prohibit any person who has applied for and received special permission from the Manager to fire any bow and arrow, crossbow or other similar object within the City; or shall not apply to an indoor archery range, which range is defined as one of the following:

      (1)   Is incidental to a retail sporting goods supplier, which archery range makes up less than five percent of the gross retail space of the sporting goods supplier's facility, and which is used for the purpose of demonstrations, purchaser trials or equipment adjustments to bow and arrow, crossbow or other similar object, and the sporting goods supplier has its own rules and regulations for the discharge of such bow and arrow, crossbow or similar object that is approved by the Division of Police; or

      (2)   Is an indoor archery range determined by the City to be an indoor recreational club use as defined by the City's Unified Development Ordinance; and has its own rules and regulations for the discharge of such bow and arrow, crossbow or similar object that is approved by the Division of Police.

   (b)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(Ord. 23-20. Passed 11-2-20.)