(a) No person shall bring into or have in his possession in any municipally owned building, park or recreation area any dirk, bowie knife, razor, slingshot, billy, metallic or other false knuckles or any other dangerous or other deadly weapon of like kind or character.
(b) No person shall violate state law proscribing conduct with a firearm or applicable federal law on municipally owned or operated property.
(c) No person who does not have a valid concealed handgun license shall carry or possess a firearm on municipally owned or operated property other than on public streets and sidewalks.
(d) No person shall carry or possess a firearm in any municipally owned or operated building, including but not limited to any courthouse, city hall, convention center, administrative building or other similar municipal building used for a municipal purpose.
(e) No person shall carry or possess a firearm openly or that is not lawfully concealed in any municipally owned recreation facility, including but not limited to any municipal swimming pool, recreation center, sports facility, facility housing an after-school program or other similar facility where children are regularly present: Provided, that a person with a valid concealed handgun permit may carry an otherwise lawfully possessed firearm into a municipally owned recreation facility and securely store the firearm out of view and access to others during such person's time at the municipally owned recreation facility: Provided further, that no person who securely stores the firearm out of view and access to others at the municipally owned recreation facility shall leave such firearm at such facility after such person's time at the facility.
(f) No person shall keep an otherwise lawfully possessed firearm in a motor vehicle in a municipal public parking facility unless the vehicle is locked and the firearm is out of view.
(g) Whenever pedestrian or vehicular traffic is prohibited in an area of the municipality for the purpose of a temporary event of limited duration, not to exceed fourteen days, which is authorized by the municipality, no person who does not have a valid concealed handgun license shall possess a firearm in the area where the event is held.
(h) It is an absolute defense to an action for an alleged violation of subsections (c) through (g) of this section prohibiting or regulating the possession of a firearm that the person: (1) Upon being requested to do so, left the premises with the firearm or temporarily relinquished the firearm in response to being informed that his or her possession of the firearm was contrary to municipal ordinance; and (2) but for the municipal ordinance the person was lawfully in possession of the firearm.
(i) A clear statement setting forth the terms of the regulation or prohibition concerning the carrying or possessing of a firearm shall be prominently posted at each entrance to all applicable municipally owned or operated buildings or municipally owned recreation facilities.
(j) The prohibitions set forth in this section do not apply to any duly authorized member of a law-enforcement agency who is authorized to maintain public peace and order, prevent and detect crime, make arrests and enforce the laws of the state or any county or municipality thereof, other than parking ordinances.
(Ord. 2208. Passed 11-20-14.)
(Ord. 2208. Passed 11-20-14.)