(A) Definitions.
"FIREARM." A weapon which will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive.
"PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SHOOTING RANGE OR GALLERY." An area, either enclosed or out-of-doors, at which firearms are discharged at targets and which is designed in a safety conscious manner so that projectiles fired from firearms at targets are prevented, by means of backstops or other barriers, from going beyond the safe boundaries of the practice area. A shooting range or gallery must be designed in such a way as to prevent the creation of potential for harm to persons or property.
(B) (1) No person shall discharge a firearm when the discharge could reasonably serve to endanger persons or property.
(2) This section is subject to the provisions of division (D) below.
(C) Except as set forth in division (D), no person shall discharge a firearm within one hundred (100') feet of the centerline of a public street.
(D) This chapter shall not prevent the discharge of a firearm:
(1) In self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property to the extent allowed by local, state and federal law;
(2) By law enforcement officers in performance of their duty;
(3) By persons lawfully engaged in hunting or pest control (when such hunting or pest control is accomplished in a safety conscious manner);
(4) At public or private shooting ranges or galleries as defined in division (A); and
(5) At lawful turkeyshoots and other lawful community sponsored events requiring the use of firearms, and which are operated in a safety conscious manner.
(Ord. 1995-0-15, passed 9-12-95) Penalty, see § 130.99