(a) No person shall knowingly have in his possession or ready at hand any deadly weapon while on public property or in a public building.
(b) For the purpose of this section, public property and public buildings shall include but not be limited to parks, playgrounds, beaches, marinas, courthouses, auditoriums, stadiums, office buildings, jails, storage areas and yards, plants and works and any other property, building or structure owned, leased or rented by governmental unit, to schools and other learning institutions, whether public, private or parochial, and to churches, synagogues and other places of worship.
(c) This section does not apply to officers, agents or employees of this or any other state or the United States, to law enforcement officers authorized to carry or possess deadly weapons or to persons with private or special police commissions, and acting within the scope of their duties, or if the deadly weapon was part of a public weapons display, show or exhibition or was in the possession of a person participating in an organized match, competition or practice session on public property, or in a public building.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing deadly weapons on public property, a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and imprisoned for not less than three days, nor more than six months. No part of this sentence shall, in any case whatsoever, be suspended or otherwise reduced.
(Ord. 30-1992. Passed 6-8-92.)