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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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571.06 FAILURE TO SECURE DANGEROUS ORDNANCE OR FIREARM.
   (a)   No person, in acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using any dangerous ordnance or firearm, shall negligently fail to take proper precautions:
      (1)   To secure the dangerous ordnance or firearm against theft, or against its acquisition or use by any unauthorized or incompetent person.
      (2)   To insure the safety of persons and property.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to a secure dangerous ordnance or firearm, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2923.19) (Ord. 103-2016. Passed 9-6-16.)
571.07 UNLAWFUL TRANSACTIONS IN WEAPONS.
   (a)   No person shall:
      (1)   Manufacture, carry on or about his or her person, possess, possess for sale, sell or furnish to any person, other than a law enforcement agency for authorized use in police work, any brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack, sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife or similar weapon or any knife having a blade in excess of two and one-half inches, or advanced martial arts weapons, including, but not limited to, nunchuck, shurikan (throwing star), sword, knife, staff, tonfa, kama and sai or other similar weapons.
      This paragraph does not apply to the possession and/or use of advanced martial arts weapons on the premises of a recognized martial arts school or during the time such weapons are being transported directly to and from such premises.
      This paragraph also does not apply to the sale of knives with blades in excess of two and one-half inches, commonly used for hunting/fishing or cooking purposes, provided such sales occur inside a lawful commercial establishment at a fixed location.
(Ord. 292-1992. Passed 12-21-92.)
      (2)   When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit such identification, license or permit showing him or her to be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.17, or negligently fail to take a complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of such record to the Chief of Police;
      (3)   Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance in such person's possession or under his or her control.
   (b)   As used in paragraph (a)(1) hereof, the following designated martial arts weapons are defined as follows:
      (1)   "Nunchuck" means two pieces of hardwood sticks generally equal in size and weight, held together by a piece of string, leather or chain.
      (2)   "Sword" means a weapon with a long blade for cutting or thrusting, designed, manufactured or marketed as a martial arts weapon.
      (3)   "Knife" means a weapon consisting of a single or double edged short blade for cutting or throwing and designed, manufactured or marketed as a martial arts weapon.
      (4)   "Staff" means a hardwood stick the size of which can vary from two to six feet in length and which can be used to strike, to block, to jab, to hold and to throw an opponent.
      (5)   "Tonfa" means a hardwood shaft which measures about seventeen inches in length with a handle approximately four and one-half inches in length affixed to a shaft.
      (6)   "Kama" means an instrument consisting of a handle with a long curved, single edged blade affixed at the end of the handle.
      (7)   "Sai" means a piece of steel or heavy metal that is approximately twelve inches in length with a pointed or blunted end and two prongs that extend down from the blade to form a handle and a protection from strikes.
   (c)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of unlawful transactions in weapons. A violation of paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) hereof is a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of paragraph (a)(3) hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 32-1987. Passed 3-16-87.)
571.08 IMPROPERLY FURNISHING FIREARMS TO A MINOR. (REPEALED IN PART)
   (a)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Division (a) of this section 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 H.B. No. 4, effective November 9, 1995.)
   (b)   No parent or legal guardian shall fail to prevent a minor over whom the parent or legal guardian has care from purchasing, owning, possessing, receiving or having on or about his or her person any firearm, except a handgun sold to a person under the age of twenty-one.
   (c)   Subject to division (d) of this section, any school official or employee who discovers a firearm upon school grounds or in a school building shall immediately notify the Chief of Police and request the assistance of the police to enforce the provisions of this section.
   (d)   Division (c) of this section shall not apply:
      (1)   To any school official or employer who has personal knowledge that the notification required by division (c) of this section has already been given with respect to a particular discovery of a particular firearm; or
      (2)   When the firearm is in the possession of an officer, agent or employer of this or any other state or the United States, members of the Armed Forces of the United States or the organized militia of this or any other state, or law enforcement officers, to the extent that any such person is authorized to possess a firearm and is acting within the scope of his or her duties.
   (e)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of division (b) of this section is guilty of improperly furnishing firearms to a minor, a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be subject to the penalty as provided in Section 599.02.
   (f)   Any school official or employer who violates any provision of division (c) of this section is guilty of failing to notify police of a firearm on school property, a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be subject to the penalty as provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 168-1992. Passed 6-15-92.)
571.085 UNDERAGE PURCHASE OF A FIREARM OR HANDGUN.
   (a)   No person under 18 years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
   (b)   No person under 21 years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun; provided, that this division does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a person 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age, if the person 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age is a law enforcement officer and has received firearms training approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council or equivalent firearms training.
   (c)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a firearm, a delinquent act that would be a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law if it could be committed by an adult. Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a handgun, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 2923.211)
571.09 DISCHARGING FIREARMS.
   (a)   No person shall discharge any firearm in the City except in a regularly established shooting gallery or range. This division shall not be construed to prohibit any law enforcement officer from discharging a firearm in the performance of his or her duty, or to prohibit any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending person or property.
(Ord. 91-1965. Passed 6-21-65.)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02.
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