§ 96.23 FIREARMS, WEAPONS, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES.
   (A)   No person in a park except officers or the City Manager or designee shall carry on his or her person knives, bows and arrows, crossbows, air and gas guns, paintball guns, missiles or missile-throwing devices, or other dangerous weapons without having first obtained a permit from the City Manager or designee.
   (B)   No person except officers or the City Manager or designee shall discharge into a park an arrow, air or gas gun, missile, slingshot or any missile-throwing device without having first obtained a permit from the City Manager or designee.
   (C)   No person in a park except officers or the City Manager or designee shall shoot an arrow or discharge an air or gas gun, missile or slingshot without having first obtained a permit from the City Manager or designee.
   (D)   Unauthorized bows and arrows, knives, air or gas guns, missiles, slingshots or other missile-throwing devices or any snares or traps in a park may be confiscated by officers or the City Manager or designee.
   (E)   No person in a park shall have in his or her possession any fireworks or explosives or shall cause any fireworks or explosives to ignite or detonate without having first obtained a permit from the City Manager or designee.
   (F)   The foregoing provisions of this section do not apply to firearms as defined in R.C. § 2923.11, and nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on an individual's right to keep and bear arms under federal or state law.
('80 Code, §§ 951.11, 951.16) (Ord. 39-89, passed 6-5-89; Am. Ord. 16-12, passed 3-26-12; Am. Ord. 20-13, passed 3-25-13) Penalty, see § 96.99