HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0702ORDINANCE N0. 702
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD PROHIBITING
THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM, OR AIR GUN OR SPRING
GUN IN SAID CITY AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFOR.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section l. Discharge of Firearms and Slingshot Prohibited.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to disch~rge a
firearm, air gun, or spring gun within the City except at an inanimate
target or trap shooting device while under the supevision of either
the Chief of Pclice or the Recreational Director at a time and place
designated by either, and as a part of a regularly constituted pro-
gram of target practice or hunting safety.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate
or discharge a slingshot within the City.
Section 2. Exceptions. Nothing contained in this ordinance
shall be deemed to prohibit or curtail the exercises, maneuvers or
other activities o£ the United States Armed Forces, or the militia
of the State of California as defined by Section 120 of the Military
and VeteranTS Code, nor to prohibit a public d3splay of fireworks
as regulated by the provisions of Sections 12600 to 12609 of the
Health and Sa£ety Code, within the limits of a public park in the
City.
Section 3. Penalties. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the city
jail or in the county jail for not exceeding six (6) months or by a
£ine not to exceed $500.00 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitu-
tional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance. The legislative body hereby declares
that it would have passed this ordinance and. each section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective o£ the fact that
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any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases
be declared unconstitutional.
Section 5. Repeal. Ordinance No. 155 and Section 8 of
Ord3nance No. 464 of the City of Lynwood are hereby repealed, and
all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that
this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment
o£ any person for any act done or committed in violation o£ any
ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
oP this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in
the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation printed and
circulated in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
said City held on the 15th day of March, 1960, and £inally adopted.
and ordered. published at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the 5th day of April, 1960, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen English, Pender, Rowe, Summers.
Noes: Councilmen None.
Absent:Councilmen Finch.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss.
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
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. 702
adopted b5~ the City Council of the City of Lynwood
and that same was passed on the date and by the vote
therein stated.
Dated this 5th da~y of April , 19 60 .
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