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ORDINANCE NO. 1059
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THF, CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING SECTION
17-75 OF AND ADDING SECTIONS 22-42
AND 22-43 TO THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
LYNWOOD RELATING TO GUN DEALERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD HEREBY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 17-75 of the Code of the City of Lynwood
hereby is amended by adding thereto the following:
GUN DEALERS: For each person managing,
conducting or carrying on the business of a
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Permits required by this subsection shall
be issued for a maximum period of one year.
SECTION 2. Section 22-42 hereby is added to the Code of the
City of Lynwood to read as follows:
Sec. 22-42. Gun Dealer: "Gun Dealer" is any
person, firm, or corporation who sells or otherwise
transfers to the public, any pistol, revolver or
other firearm, new or used, capable of being con-
cealed upon the person. "Gun Dealer" includes any
person, firm or corporation who purchases, takes in
trade, or accepts on consignment from the public,
any firearm of any type, including, but not limited
to, pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns.
SECTION 3. Section 22-43 here is added to the Code of the
City of Lynwood to read as follows:
Sec. 22-43. Gun Dealer.
If a permit is granted to a gun dealer pursuant
to Article III of Chapter 17 of this Code, it shall
be subject to the following conditions, for breach of
any of which the permit shall be subject to forfeiture:
(a) The business shall be carried on only in
the building designated in the license.
(b) The license or a copy thereof, certified
by the issuing authority, shall be displayed on the
premises where it can easily be seen.
(c) No pistol or revolver shall be delivered
(1) within fifteen days of the
application for purchase, and when delivered
shall be unloaded and securely wrapped; nor
(2) unless the purchaser either is
personally known to the seller or shall present
clear evidence of his identity.
(d) No pistol or revolver, or imitation
thereof, or placard advertising the sale or other
transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of
the premises where it can be readily seen from the
outside.
(e) The gun dealer shall comply with all
applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining
to his business.
Upon the request of any peace officers, a
Gun Dealer shall furnish all records pertaining to
the Gun Dealer's transactions, including, but not
limited to, all records required to be maintained by
law, and shall permit an inspection of the licensed
premises.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application
to other persons or places. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section,
subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions or the application thereof to any person or place,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk hereby is authorized and directed
to cause a copy of this ordinance to be published in the LYNWOOD
PRESS, a newspaper of general circulation in the City, within
fifteen (15) days after the adoption hereof.
Introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of said City held on the 16thday of Januarv
1979, and finally adopted and ordered published at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the Fthday of_ FPhr„ar 1979
by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
COUNCILMEN BYORK, GREEN, MORRIS, ROWE, HIGGINS.
COUNCILMEN NONE.
COUNCILMEP NONE.
City Clerk °i' ~
C~,'Ul{C~r, 'W. HIGG S
P9ayor of the City of Lynwood
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City,
do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy
of Ordinance No. 1059 adopted by the City Council of the
City of Lynwood, and that same was passed on the date and
by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 7th day of February 1978
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Ci'£y Clerk, City of//Lynwood