HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/27/2014ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
May 27, 2014
4:20 p.m.
Waterloo Center for the Arts, Law Court Theater
Roll Ca11: Members: Chairperson Mayor Pro Tem
All Council Members
Approval of Agenda, as proposed.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Discharge of Firearms -Submitted by Mike Wilson, Airport Director
ADJOURNMENT
Suzy Schares, CMC
City Clerk/Human Resource Director
CITY OF WATERLOO
Council Communication
City Council Meeting: May 12, 2014
Prepared: May 6, 2014 �, j
Dept. Head Signature: Mike Wilson/lb
# of Attachments: 1 (5-2-6, Al)
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007 CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY AMENDING SECTION 6
OF CHAPTER 2, GENERAL OFFENSES, OF TITLE 5, POLICE
REGULATIONS.
Submitted by: Mike Wilson
Recommended City Council Action: ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2007
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY AMENDING
SECTION 6 OF CHAPTER 2, GENERAL OFFENSES, OF TITLE 5, POLICE REGULATIONS.
Summary Statement: This ordinance will allow employees of the city acting in the scope of their
employment to discharge weapons within city limits.
Expenditure Required: $0
Background Information: The airport has a need to control wildlife on the airport grounds in
the interest of public safety. Federal and State permits are acquired annually, but have not been
used due to the current language in this ordinance. Airport staff is trained on wildlife control
measures annually.
5-2-6: DISCHARGING WEAPONS:
A. Discharge Of Firearms:
1. No person shall discharge any firearm within the city, except peace officers in the line of duty,
peace officers using a police target range, or employees of the city acting in the scope of their
employment; however, the city council may, upon written application, grant annual permits to
groups, organizations or individuals approved by the city council, allowing the permittees to
conduct trapshoots, skeet shoots or rifle ranges in certain areas designated by the permit and
under conditions that will in no way endanger persons or property, and under the supervision of
the permittee. Persons discharging firearms upon the areas designated in the permit and while
under the supervision of a permittee shall not be subject to the terms of this section. The city
council may revoke its permit at any time at its discretion, where discharge of firearms under a
permit, in its opinion, constitutes a nuisance or in any way endangers persons or property.
5-2-6: DISCHARGING WEAPONS:t 0
A. Discharge Of Firearms:
1. No person shall discharge any firearm within the city, except peace officers in the line of duty
or peace officers using a police target range, or airport employees of the city acting in the scope
of their employment; however, the city council may, upon written application, grant annual
permits to groups, organizations or individuals approved by the city council, allowing the
permittees to conduct trapshoots, skeet shoots or rifle ranges in certain areas designated by the
permit and under conditions that will in no way endanger persons or property, and under the
supervision of the permittee. Persons discharging firearms upon the areas designated in the
permit and while under the supervision of a permittee shall not be subject to the terms of this
section. The city council may revoke its permit at any time at its discretion, where discharge of
firearms under a permit, in its opinion, constitutes a nuisance or in any way endangers persons or
property.
2. Subsection Al of this section shall not apply to the discharge of pistols and shotguns in the
course of hunting game on land devoted to agricultural use, containing forty (40) acres or more,
and not closer than two hundred (200) yards to any building inhabited by people or domestic
livestock unless the owner or tenant has given consent and under conditions that will in no way
endanger persons or property.
3. No shotgun slugs shall be discharged within the city, except by airport employees of the city
acting in the scope of their employment.