(a) No person in the City shall wear under his clothes or conceal about his person or display in a threatening manner, any knife with a switchblade or device whereby the blade or blades can be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, or other mechanical contrivance.
(b) No person in the City shall sell, offer for sale, or display any knife or knives having the appearance of a pocket knife, the blade or blades which can be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle, or other mechanical devices. Such knife is hereby declared to be a dangerous or deadly weapon.
(c) The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to confiscate, remove and destroy any knife herein described, which is carried, concealed, offered for sale or displayed in violation of this section.
(Ord. 7-1956 §2-4.)