(a) No person in a park shall carry on or about his or her person any bow and arrow, air or gas gun, missile, or sling shot or other missile throwing device; provided, however that bows and arrows may be carried in areas designated by the Manager for archery purposes.
(b) No person shall discharge in a park, or into a park, any firearm, bow and arrow, air or gas gun, missile, or sling shot or other missile throwing device; provided, however, that bows and arrows may be used in areas designated by the Manager for archery purposes.
(c) No person in a park shall carry on or about his or her person any axe, hatchet, or saw, for the purposes of a deadly weapon; or any dangerous ordnance as that term is defined in R.C. § 2923.11 (K).
(d) No person in a park shall carry on or about his or her person any explosive device as that term is defined in R.C. § 2923.11 (H), or any incendiary device as that term is defined in R.C. § 2923.11(1).
(e) The term "firearm" as used in this section shall have the same meaning as the definition of that term in R.C. § 2923.11 (B).
(f) The prohibition in subsection (b) of this section against the discharge of any firearm in a park or into a park does not apply when a firearm is discharged in self-defense, in defense of others, or by a police officer in the discharge of official duty.
(Ord. 22-13. Passed 9-27-22.)