HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 480r
1 ORDINANCE NO, 480
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AZUSA PROHIBITING THE SALE TO, USE BY, OR
3 POSSESSION BY, ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF
EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS, OF ANY FIREARMS, SPRING
4 GUN, AIR RIFLE, SLING SHOT, OR AMMUT411ION;
WITHIN THE CITY OF AZUSA.
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The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as
8 SECTION 1, Except as otherwise provided in Section. 3_
hereof, it shall be unlawful in the City of Azusa, Los Angeles
9 County, California, for any person, firm, or corporation, to sell,
give, loan or in any way furnish, or to cause or permit to be so]d,
10 given, loaned or in any way furnish, to any person under the age
of eighteen (18) years, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring
11 gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended,to
12 discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile,
SECTION 2. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3
13 hereof, it shall be unlawful in said City of Azusa for any person
under the age of eighteen (18) years to fire, discharge, shoot, or
14 operate, or to assist or participate in the firing, discharging,
shooting, or operating, or to have in his or her possession, care,
15 custody, or control, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring
Fun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended,
16 to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile,
or any cartridge, shell, ammunition, or device containing any
17 explosive substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired
18 from, any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm,
SECTION 3, Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed or
19 construed to prohibit in said City of Azusa the selling, giving,
loaning, or furnishing to any person unaer the age of eighteen (18)
20 years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such
person, any article mentioned in SectionN l w hereof; nor to
21 prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from
having in his or her possession, care, custody or control, any
22 article mentioned in Section I hereof in the event that such
possession, care, custody, or control of such article is had with
23 the consent of the parent or gu<irdian of such person and is under t
direct supervision and control of some adult person • nor to pro..
24 hibit any such person unser the .age of eighteen (18j years from
firing, disch ging, shooting, or operating, any article mentioned
25 in Section _ hereof when such person is accompanied by, and
under the direct care and control of, some adult person and is
26 engaged in hunting any wild game or predatory bird or animal which
may be lawfully hunted and killed in said City of Azusa, or is
27 lawfully engaged in shooting at any inanimate target, or trap,
shooting device while accompanied by, and under the direct care
28 and control of, some such adult person.
1 SECTION 4, Any person, firm, or corporation violating
any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
2 misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be puniohable by
a fine of not to exceed _ 300.00_ or by imprisonment in the
3 County Jail for not to exceed six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment,
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SECTION 5. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the
5 City Clerk shall attest same and certify to the passage,
adoption and publication of the same, and cause the same to be
6 published once within fifteen days after its passage, in the
Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of general
7 circulation, published and circulated in the City of Azusa and
thirty days after its passage the same shall be in full force
8 and effect,
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Mayor of the Citk of Azusa
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P. J. TSCHARNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Iib W. FOOTHILL BLVD.
AZUSA. CALIFORNIA
FLEETWOOD 4-1204
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, James Millar City Clerk of the City of Azusa, Los
Angeles County, California, do hereby certify that the fore—
going ordinance was duly introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Azusa on the ?7thday of
January ,195 5 and was dulyand regularly g y passed and .
adopted by the City Council, signed and approved by the
Mayor, attested by the City Clerk, at a regular meeting held
on the 7th day of February , 195 5 ; that the same was
passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Fawcett, Johnson, Ortuno, Romero
Memmesheimer
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be
published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the
passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in
the City of Azusa, on the 7th day of February 195 5
and that the same was published in accordance with law.
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City Clerk, City of Azusa