(A) For the purposes of this section deadly weapons are defined as follows:
(1) A loaded or unloaded firearm;
(2) A weapon, device, instrument, material or substance that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury.
(B) This section does not apply to law enforcement personnel.
(C) (1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) below, no person shall possess a deadly weapon as above defined in Connersville City Hall, the Connersville City Garage, the Frazee Center, the John H. Miller Community Center, the John Roberts Building, or in any other building owned by the City of Connersville.
(2) Possession of a handgun is allowed in the buildings owned or administered by the city as set out above if the person who possesses the handgun has been issued a valid license to carry the handgun under IC 35-47-2.
(D) The Chief of Police of the Connersville Police Department, any city policeman, or any other law enforcement officer may detain persons whom they have reason to believe possesses a deadly weapon in violation of this section long enough to identify said persons and/or to seize such deadly weapon.
(E) The Chief of Police of the Connersville Police Department, any city policeman, or any other law enforcement officer may seize any deadly weapon possessed in violation of this section. All seized deadly weapons shall be held at the Police Department until further order of a court, after a hearing on the proper disposition of the weapon pursuant to IC 35-47-3-2 and IC 35-47-3-3.
(F) Any person found to be in violation of this section shall immediately leave the premises of any of the buildings owned by the city above described after the seizure of any said deadly weapon.
(G) A person who violates this section shall upon adjudication of such violation be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,500. The City Attorney may enforce this section through the Fayette County Court System.
(Ord. 4962, passed 4-7-08; Am. Ord. 5146, passed 4-5-10; Am. Ord. 5272, passed 8-1-11)