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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0701ORDINANCE N0. 701 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE T0, USE BY, OR POSSESSION BY, ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, OF ANY AIR GUN, SPRING GUN, SLINGSHOT OR AMMUNITION WITHIN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD. The City Council of the City of Lynwood does hereby ordain as follows: Section l. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 hereof, it shall be unlawful in the City of Lynwood for any person, association of persons, firm or corporation to sell, give, loan or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be sold, given, loaned or in any way furnished to any person under the age o£ eighteen years any air gun, spring gun, slingshot, sling or device designed or intended to discharge, or capable of discharging any dangerous missile. Section 2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 hereof, it shall be unlaw£ul in the City of Lynwood for any person, association of peraons, firm or corporation to sell, give, loan or in any way furnish or to cause or permit to be sold, given, loaned or in any way £urnished, to any person under the age of eighteen years, any cart- ridge, shell,ammunition or device containing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in, or fired £rom, any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm. Section 3. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 hereof, it shall be unlaw£ul in the City of Lynwood for any person und.er the age of eighteen years to have in his or her possession, care, custody or control any firearm, air-gun or spring gun, slingshot, sling or device designed or intended to discharge, or capable of d.ischarging any dangerous missile, or any cartrid.ge, shell, ammunition or device containing any explosive substance, designed or intended to be uaed in cr £ired £rom any firearm. Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed or construed to prohibit in said City of Lynwood the selling, giving, loaning or £urnishing to any person under the age of eighteen years upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person any , -1- f article mentioned in Section 1 and. 2 hereof, nor to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from having in his or her possession, care, custody and control, any article mentioned. in Section 3 hereof, in the event that such possession, care, custody or control of such artiele is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct supervision and control of some person over the age of twenty-one years. Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ord.inanee shall be guilty of a misd.emeanor 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 6. If any section, subjsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ord.inance is for any reason held. to be unconstitu- tional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ord.inance. The legislative body hereby declares that it would. have passed th3s ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional. Section 7. Repeal. Ord.inance No. 573 0£ the City of Lynwood is hereby repealed., and all ordinances or parts of ord.inances in con- flict or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not a£fect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ord.inance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this ordinance. Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of 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 d.ay of March, 1960, and £inally adopted and. -2- ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of April, 1960, by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen English, Pend.er, Rowe, Summers. Noes: Councilmen None. Absent:~ouncilmen Finch. _ ~' "=-z ~ ~ . ,_-~_~ ~ ~___ _ PRO TEMPORE AT ST: ~~ ~ , 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. 701 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 5th