HomeMy WebLinkAboutAlt Ord-142 (2) CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 08-142
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING SECTION 130 OF THE CITY CODE WHICH REGULATES WEAPONS
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Section 130.15,
paragraph(B)of the City Code by adding the double underlined language and deleting the stamen
language as follows:
§ 130.15 POSSESION,DISCHARGE, OR SALE OF WEAPONS
(B) Unlawful acts. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for
any person:
(1) To fire, discharge, release, throw, or in any other manner propel a weapon within
500 feet of any residence, whether or not inhabited, or any other structure or building or within
500 feet of any platted area in the city, except on an approved target range;
(2) To wear- or- eaffy ., leaded weapon H for-htm ling oother-pumoses hunt on land not
owned by the person , hum in the city, without specific written
and dated permission of the owner of the land. The writing containing the permission shall also
describe with reasonable accuracy the boundaries of the land owned by the owner giving the
permission except on an approved target range.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends the City Code by
inserting the following new sections in Section 130 of the Code as follows:
§ 130.16 RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS; HUNTING.
No person may discharge any firearm or bow and arrow, or engage in hunting of any game
birds or other animals by any means within the corporate limits of the city:
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section;
(B) Unless discharged in lawful defense of person or property; or
(C) Unless the person is a duly authorized law enforcement officer engaged in the
performance of his or her official duties.
§ 130.17 HUNTING REGULATIONS.
(A) Hunting with a shotgun or with a bow and arrow as authorized by the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, state laws pertaining to trespass, and by landowner permission,
is allowed but only in the areas established by the city council. No other ,
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, weapons except for a bow and
arrow or shotgun are permitted to be used for hunting within the city.
(B) The city council shall, by resolution, establish by map or other means the areas in
which the discharge of shotguns and the use of a bow and arrow are allowed for hunting and
areas in w-hieh only the use of a bow and affew is allowedfor-4ant ng. No hunting shall be allowed
in other areas of the city.
§ 130.18 HUNTING TO MANAGE WILDLIFE
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the city's law enforcement agency shall
be entitled to issue permits to hunt in any area of the city to manage wildlife populations upon
evidence that all required state permits have been secured and a determination by law enforcement
that such hunting will not pose an undue risk to public health and safety.
SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption
and publication in the official newspaper of the City of Lake Elmo.
SECTION 5. Adoption Date. This Ordinance No. was adopted on this day of
2016,by a vote of_Ayes and_Nays.
LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL
Mike Pearson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Julie Johnson, City Clerk
This Ordinance 08-142 was published on the day of , 2016.
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