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(a) <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />(b) <br />(c) <br />(d) <br />(e) <br />(f) <br />(g) <br />a. <br />Sec. 50-1. - Shooting regulations. <br />Definitions: <br />Controlled weapon is defined as any device that discharges a projectile by means other than <br />an explosive, a gas, or compressed air, which is capable of producing death or great bodily <br />harm. Controlled weapons include, but are not limited to, bow-and-arrow and crossbow <br />(referred to as "archery equipment"). <br />Firearm is defined as any gun that discharges a projectile or shot by means of an explosive, a <br />gas, or compressed air which is capable of producing death or great bodily harm. <br />Purpose. The city council deems these regulations necessary to protect public and private <br />property and to promote health, safety, order, convenience, and the general welfare of persons <br />within the city. Furthermore, the shooting of firearms within the city limits shall not constitute an <br />unreasonable nuisance to persons in the city. This section is designed to prevent nuisances <br />caused by the noise created from the discharge of firearms, and to minimize the potential that <br />projectiles discharged from firearms could injure individuals. <br />No person shall discharge a firearm or controlled weapon of any kind within the limits of any city <br />road, county road, public park, or other city property with exception of events approved by the <br />city council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, archery equipment may be discharged on public <br />parks that are officially designated as passive parks by the city with the exception of Clearwater <br />Creek Preserve Park. Within Clearwater Creek Preserve Park archery equipment may only be <br />discharged between November 15 and the end of the fall archery hunting season. No person shall <br />fire or discharge a firearm or controlled weapon on any private property except with the consent <br />of the owner or legal occupant thereof. <br />This chapter shall not apply to the lawful defense of persons or property, or in the necessary <br />enforcement of the laws, or when ordered by the military authority, or all other acts specifically <br />allowed by state law, e.g. Shooting Range Protection Act, Minn. Stat. § 87A.01, et seq., as it may be <br />amended from time to time. <br />A person may not discharge a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a human or <br />livestock without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. <br />A person may not discharge a firearm within 500 feet of a stockade or corral containing livestock <br />without the written permission of the owner, occupant, or lessee. <br />Controlled shooting area. <br />Adopted as a part of the section, and attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 'A', <br />is the Controlled Shooting Area Map designating a controlled shooting area within the city. In <br />addition to the other requirements outlined in this section, land that is within the controlled <br />shooting area is subject to the following restrictions: