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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009.09.02 ORD 2009-433ORDINANCE 2009-433 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50, SECTION 50-1 SHOOTING REGULATIONS THE CITY OF HUGO ORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 50, Section 50-1, amend the following: Chapter 50, Sec. 50-1. Shooting regulations. (a) Purpose. It is the purpose of the city council in passing the ordinance from which this article is derived to provide that the shooting of firearms within the city limits will not constitute an unreasonable nuisance to persons in the city. This section 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. (b) Firing of firearms prohibited; exceptions. 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 trapshooting on premises owned or controlled by any duly incorporated social organization, or when ordered by the military authority. (c) Hunting with firearms in certain areas. (1) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a human or livestock anywhere with the city. (2) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm without the permission of the owner occupant, or lessee, within 500 feet of a stockade or corral containing livestock anywhere with the city. (d) Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (e) The discharge of a firearm is prohibited within the limits of the ordinary high water mark on Bald Eagle Lake. Ordinance 2009-433 Section 2. Severability_ In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction adjudges any part of this Ordinance to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance not specifically included with that judgment. Section 3. Effective Date. This amendment shall take effect upon its passage and publication. ADOPTED BY THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 ATTEST: Michele Lindau, City Clerk rra6, `rI/L 2 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Citizen PO Box 393 • 14491 Forest Blvd. N. • Hugo, MN 55038 651-426-6399 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON I Louis Melamed am authorized as agent to make this affidavit of publication. Under oath, I state that the following is true and correct. The Citizen, is a newspaper which is published bi-weekly is of general circulation and is in compliance with Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, and amended. The printed ORDINANCE 2009-433 which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper; it was printed and published once each week for one successive week; it was published on Wednesday, the 16th day of September 2009; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz AU D SIGNATURE: 67 Title Publisher SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME ON THE 16 DAY OF November 2009._ NOTARY SIGNATURE: RATE INFORMATION: $9.00/INCH f1 ffttll.y TIELNEUMAN-LINDSTROM Public -Minnesota C. Expims Jan. 31, 2013 - -, CITY OF HUGO ORDINANCE 2009-433 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 50, SECTION 50-1 Shooting Regulations THE CITY OF HUGO ORDAINS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Hugo does hereby amend Chapter 50, Section 50-1, amend the following: Chapter 50, Sec. 50-1. Shooting regulations. (a) Purpose. It is the purpose of the city council in passing the ordi- nance from which this article is derived to provide that the shooting of firearms within the icity limits will not constitute an unreasonable nui- sance to persons in the city. This section is designed to prevent nui- sances 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. (b) Firing of firearms prohibited; exceptions. No person shall fire or dis- charge 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 law- ful defense of persons or property, or in the necessary enforcement of the laws, or for trapshooting on premises owned or controlled by any duly incorporated social organization, or when ordered by the military authority. (c) Hunting with firearms in certain areas. (1) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by a human or livestock anywhere with the city. (2) A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm without the per- mission of the owner occupant, or lessee, within 500 feet of a stockade or corral containing livestock anywhere with the city. (d) Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (e) The discharge of a firearm is prohibited within the limits of the ordi- nary high water mark on Bald Eagle Lake. Section 2. Severability. In the event that a court of competent jurisdic- tion adjudges any part of this Ordinance to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance not specifically in- cluded with that judgment. Section 3. Effective Date. This amendment shall take effect upon its passage and publication. ADOPTED BY THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2009. APPROVED: Fran Miron, Mayor ATTEST: Michele Lindau, City Clerk Published one time in The Citizen on September 16, 2009.