(A) Hunting. No hunting shall be allowed within the corporate city limits of the city, except that bow hunting shall be allowed on real estate owned by the city, and which is in the corporate city limits, in the north half of Section 35, Township 9 North, Range 5 West of the Third Principal Meridian, in this county.
(B) Discharge of firearms. It shall be unlawful for anyone to discharge a firearm within the corporate city limits of the city.
(C) Firearms defined. For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FIREARMS. Any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas, or escape of gas.
(D) Exceptions. Hunting within the corporate city limits and discharge of a firearm in the corporate city limits of the city shall be allowed upon proper application to the Chief of the Police Department of the city (Police Chief). Application may be made by an individual, entity, or organization. The application shall state specifically where the discharge is to take place, the reason for the discharge, and the time frame of the request for the discharge of the firearm. Each application request to the Police Chief of the city shall be decided on a case by case basis. Applications shall be made in writing to the Police Chief and written response shall be made thereto by the Police Chief, either granting or denying the request which is made. The granting of such a request shall also have placed thereon the time frame for which that exception is granted, by placing the date and times for the exception in the granting of the application.
(1983 Code, § 15-4) (Ord. 2980, passed 6-6-2002) Penalty, see § 130.99