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CITY OF HUGO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE 1998-326 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, REPEALING THE EXISTING CHAPTER 264 OF THE CITY CODE AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW CHAPTER 264 REGULATING THE SHOOTING OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY OF HUGO. The City Council of the City of Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota, does hereby ordain as follows: 264.01 Repeal. The existing Chapter 264 of City Ordinances entitled "Shooting Regulations" is hereby repealed in its entirety and replaced by this Ordinance. 264.02 Purpose. It is the purpose of the City Council in passing this Ordinance to provide that the shooting of firearms within the City limits will not constitute an unreasonable nuisance to persons in Hugo. This Ordinance is designed to prevent nuisances caused by the noise created from the discharge of firearms, and to minimize the potential that projectiles discharged from firearms could injure individuals. The City Council deems these regulations necessary to protect public and private property and to promote health, safety, order, convenience, and the general welfare of persons within the City of Hugo. 264.03 Shooting Regulated. No person shall fire or discharge guns or firearms of any kind within the limits of any City road, County road, public park, or other City property, or on any occupied private property (except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof), provided, however, that this Chapter shall not apply to the lawful defense of persons or property, or in the necessary enforcement of the laws, or for trap shooting on premises owned or controlled by any duly incorporated social organization, or when ordered by the military authority. 264.04 Hunting With Firearms in Certain Areas. A. A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within five hundred (500) feet of a building occupied by a human or livestock anywhere within the City.