(A) All persons, including employees of the Town of Lakeside, are prohibited from possessing a weapon, as hereafter defined, while on any premise, building, or facility, including parks, owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Town of Lakeside. Premise shall include parking areas, sidewalks, and walkways that adjoin buildings and facilities owned, leased, or controlled by the Town of Lakeside.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any person who has a license to carry a concealed weapon issued by the State of Texas.
WEAPON. A club, explosive weapon, firearm, handgun, illegal knife, knuckles, machine gun, short-barrel firearm, hoax bomb, chemical dispensing devise, and zip gun as defined and set out in Tex. Penal Code, Ch. 46, and its successor statutes.
(C) There is excepted from the prohibition contained herein the following:
(1) A peace officer as defined by state law;
(2) A reserve law enforcement officer as defined by state law while the officer is on duty; and
(3) A commissioned security officer in uniform who is authorized to carry a firearm and who is then on duty with his or her employer and who is then acting within the scope and course of his or her employment.
(D) There shall be placed at each public entrance to a building or facility and at entryways into premises owned, leased, or controlled by the Town of Lakeside a sign that:
(1) States in English and Spanish: “No weapon of any kind shall be permitted on these premises or in this building. Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this property with a concealed handgun.”;
(2) Appears in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height; and
(3) Is displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public.
(E) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provisions hereof, regardless of whether or not the verbiage of each section hereof contains the specific language that the violation or failure to comply is unlawful and is an offense. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section or any of the provisions of a license issued pursuant hereto, or who shall fail to comply with the terms hereof, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished with and by the penalties provided by state law for the classification of offense.
(F) This section shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication as required by law and it is so ordained.
(Ord. 223, passed 11-9-2000) Penalty, see § 130.99