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A. It shall be unlawful for any person to openly carry any firearm within any building owned or leased by the City.
B. The person or persons reporting directly to City Council who have administrative or supervisory authority over any building or specific area owned or leased by the City, including the Mayor, Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities, City Attorney, City Clerk, City Auditor, Municipal Court Administrator, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court, MHS Enterprise Board of Trustees and their designees, are hereby authorized to post signs at the public entrances to City owned or leased buildings informing the public that the open carrying of firearms is prohibited.
C. This section shall not apply to peace officers and shall not be deemed to affect or impair in any way the authority of any public or private property owner other than the City to prohibit the carrying of firearms into or upon other public or private property.
D. This section shall not apply to an employee of the City or any of its enterprises who is authorized by the Mayor, the Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities, or the Chief Executive Officer for MHS Enterprise to carry a firearm in the performance of that person's duties and who was, in fact, engaged in the performance of those duties.
E. This section shall not apply to a private security officer holding a firearm endorsement while providing security services to the City or its enterprises pursuant to a contract with a private security agency. (Ord. 03-132; Ord. 07-197; Ord. 11-19; Ord. 15-66)
PART 2 OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND SUBSTANCES
SECTION:
9.7.201: Concealment And Use
9.7.202: Use Of Certain Chemicals Prohibited
9.7.203: Incendiary Or Explosive Devices
9.7.204: Unlawful To Throw Stones Or Missiles
9.7.205: Inhaling Toxic Vapors
9.7.206: Possession Of Marijuana
9.7.207: Consumption Of Marijuana In Public Prohibited
9.7.208: Consumption Of Marijuana In Vehicles Prohibited
9.7.209: Manufacture Of Marijuana Concentrates
9.7.210: Possession Of Marijuana Paraphernalia
9.7.211: Cultivation Of Marijuana
9.7.212: Unlawful Transfer Of Marijuana
9.7.213: Unlawful Transfer Of Tobacco And Tobacco Products
It is unlawful for any person to wear under the person's clothes or conceal about the person, or to use or to attempt to use as a weapon, any substance or article containing any substance which is required to bear a cautionary label stating that its use in other than the manner prescribed is dangerous or deadly or injurious to the body of any person or animal, or may be the cause of illness of any person or animal, as requirements are set forth in the Colorado Hazardous Substances Act 1 , or any other Statute of the State of Colorado which may now be or later be enacted to control the injurious substances, or are established by the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act 2 or are established by part 191 of chapter 1, title 21 of the Federal Food and Drug Act, as any statute is now in effect or may later be amended, or are established by any State or Federal regulation promulgated pursuant to any statutes. (Ord. 4517; 1968 Code §8-15; Ord. 01-42)
Notes
| 1 | 1. CRS §25-5-501 et seq. |
| 2 | 2. PL 86-613, §1 - 18, 74 stat. 372 - 381; 15 USC 1261 - 2374 dated February 1, 1961. |
A. It is unlawful for any person to have in the person's possession, to sell, to offer for sale, to give away, to lend or to furnish, to use or threaten to use any device for dispensing mace, paralyzing gas, or any similar chemicals or combination of chemicals, or other ingredients, designed to injure, maim, paralyze, immobilize or cause the illness of a person or animal, whether or not the substance is packaged in a container under pressure. Any device designed to be carried in a handbag or pocket and which does not contain more than one and one-fourth (11/4) ounces of chemical may be possessed by and sold to persons eighteen (18) years of age and older and may be used by persons in self-defense.
B. Nothing in this section or section 9.7.201 of this part shall be construed to prohibit the use of the devices by peace officers and mailmen in the discharge of the person's duties, nor by employees of the City or any of its enterprises who have obtained the approval of the Mayor, the Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Springs Utilities, or the Chief Executive Officer for MHS Enterprise to use the devices in the performance of the person's duties.
C. It shall be a defense to an allegation of a violation of this section that the act was committed by a private security officer licensed by the City of Colorado Springs, in possession of more than one and one-fourth (11/4) ounces of chemical, but less than three (3) ounces of chemical, while exercising the privileges of the license. This defense shall not relieve the licensed private security officer of any civil liability incurred as a result of the use of the chemical. (1968 Code §8-15; Ord. 79-137; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 07-197; Ord. 08-64; Ord. 11-19; Ord. 15-66)
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