HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 7 (1991)ORDINANCE NO. 7 ( g1 91)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DIAMOND BAR AMENDING SECTION 13.66.060 AND
REPEALING SECTION 13.66.120 OF CHAPTER 13.66
OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE, AS HERETOFORE
ADOPTED, PERTAINING TO THE SHOOTING OF ARROWS
AND SIMILAR PROJECTILES.
A. Recitals.
(i) The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar
heretofore adopted Chapter 13.66 of the Los Angeles County Code
pertaining to firearms, bow and arrows.
(ii) It is the desire of the City Council to amend
said Chapter 13.66 to prohibit the shooting of arrows and similar
projectiles, except as provided in this Ordinance.
(iii) All legal. prerequisites to the adoption of this
Ordinance have occurred.
B. Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Diamond
Bar does ordain as follows:
Section &. In all respects as set forth in the
Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance.
Section ?,. Section 13.66.060 of Chapter 13.66 of the
Los Angeles County Code, as heretofore adopted, is hereby amended
to read, in words and figures, as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot any
arrow or similar projectile, or cause or permit the
shooting of any arrow or similar projectile, by any
device or instrumentality, within the City of Diamond
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Bar. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
arrows or similar projectiles which are shot from and
remain on or over the property of the person shooting
such arrow or similar projectile, provided such arrow or
similar projectile is not shot within 150 yards of any
structure, public highway, trail, private roadway or
easement used for travel purposes. For purposes of this
Section, the term "the property of the person" shall
mean any person having a possessory interest in the
property where said arrow or similar projectile is shot
or any person having the written consent of the person
having such possessory interest. Such written consent --
shall be in the possession of the person who has
acquired said consent and shall be displayed, upon
demand, to any peace officer.
"The provisions of this Section further shall not
apply to a licensed archery range or similar facility
under the management or control of a duly licensed
educational institution."
Section 3. Section 13.66.120 of the Los Angeles County
Code, as heretofore adopted, is hereby repealed.
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Section 4. Penalty for violation of ordinance.
It shall be unlawful for an person, firm
y p partnership,
or corporation to violate any provision, or to fail to comply
with any of the requirements of this Ordinance. Any person,
firm
partnership, or corporation violating any provision of this
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Ordinance, or failing to comply with any of its requirements,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6)
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person,
firm, partnership, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof
during which any violation of this Ordinance is committed,
continued, or permitted by such person, firm, partnership, or
corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefore as provided
in this Ordinance.
Section §. Civil remedies available.
The violation of any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the
City through civil process by means of a restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or in any other manner
provided by law for the abatement of nuisance.
Section S. Severability.
The City Council declares that, should any proion,
section, paragraph, sentence, or word of this Ordinance be
rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court
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of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive
legislation, she remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs,
sentences, and words of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect.
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Section 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted
in three (3) public places within the City of Diamond Bar within
fifteen (15) days after its passage in the manner prescribed by
Resolution No. 89-6.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this lst
day of October 1991.
Mayor
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on the 3rd day of September, 1991, and was
finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Diamond Bar held on the 1st day of October , 1991 by
the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Werner, Nardella, Kim, Forbing
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NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Papen
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ATTEST: d
City Clerk of t . -City
of Diamond Par
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