HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-04 06-23 CCO CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 23` day of June, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at City
Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an ordinance relating to dangerous weapons and facsimile
firearms.
Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please
notify the Deputy City Clerk at 763-569-3300 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-04
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING BROOKLYN CENTER CITY CODE SECTION 19-
402 RELATING TO DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND FACSIMILE FIREARMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Brooklyn Center City Code of Ordinances, Section 19-402 is amended as
follows:
Section 19-402. DANGEROUS WEAPONS AND FACSIMILE FIREARMS.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
a. "Dangerous weapon" means any firearms, airgun or pellet gun, whether loaded or
unloaded, or any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great
bodily harm, or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or
intended to be used, is calculated ar likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
b. "Facsimile firearm" means anv obiect which is a reolica of an actual firearm, which
substantiallv dublicates an actual firearm or which could reasonablv be nerceived to be an
actual firearm. unless:
1. The entire exterior surface of such obiect is colored white. bri�ht red. bri�ht
oranse. bri�ht vellow, brieht �reen, brisht blue. bri�ht nink or brisht nurnle.
either sinelv or as the nredominant color in combination with other colors in anv
nattern, or such obiect is constructed entirelv of transnarent or translucent
materials which nermit unmistakable observation of the obiect's comblete
contents: and
2. Such obiect has a blaze oranee extension that zxtends at least six (6) millimeters
from the muzzle end of the barrel of such obiect which is as an inte�ral nart of
the obiect and is nermanentiv affixed: and
3. Such obiect does not have a laser nointer attached to it.
"Facsimile firearm" does not include anv actual firearm as otherwise re�ulated
bv the Citv Code or bv the Minnesota Statutes.
�e,.�:,.� �no titi „�+t�o ra;..�e.,,,�„ r�,.:�..;....t r�,.ae i�x�o�� a��� r., i o�� „aoa r..
io.,,,+i, i.o..o:�
Subdivision 2. The nrovisions of the Minnesota Statutes re�ulatin� firearms and dan�erous weanons
and as thev hereinafter mav be amended, are incoroorated into this section. It shall be a violation of this
section for anv nerson to en�a�e in anv conduct nroscribed in the incornorated statutes.
Subdivision 3. Carrvine of Dan�erous Weanons and Facsimile Firearms Prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for anv nerson within the Citv to carrv on or about his or her nerson ar transnort in anv vehicle anv
danserous weanon or facsimile firearm. excent:
a. Anv dangerous weanon or facsimile firearm bein� transnorted bv a nerson not in
a vehicle directiv to or from anv nlace or activitv referred to in Section 19-401 or
to and from his or her vehicle. in a secured container.
b. Transnortation of anv daneerous weanon or facsimile firearm in or unon anv
motar vehicle in a secured container ar in the locked trunk of such a vehicle.
The vrovisions of this section shall not be annlicable to the transnort of dan�erous weapons or
facsimile firearms bv nersons who are re�ularlv en�a�ed in the lawful manufacture. distribution or sale at
retail or wholesale of dan�erous weanons or facsimile firearms, or the a�ents of anv of them while
en�aged in such business: to the carrvin� or transnort of dan�erous weanons or facsimile firearms bv
licensed. full-time neace officers, law enforcement officers, or militarv nersonnel while in the course of
their duties: to nersons holdin� a nermit to carrv a dan�erous weanon actin� within the scone of such
permit: to anv officer of a state adult correctional facilitv when on euard dutv or otherwise enga�ed in an
assimed dutv; or to an owner or a�ent while he or she is nresent at a business nlace that he or she
onerates.
Subdivision 4. Aiming Prohibited. Excent as autharized bv law, the aimine of anv deadlv weanon or
facsimile firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, at or toward anv human bein�. buildin� or occunied
vehicle is nrohibited.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty (30) days
following its legal publication.
Adopted this 23 day of June 2008.
s',r�
Mayor
ATT ST:
r��/t�
City Clerk
Date of Publication: July 3, 2008
Effective Date: August 2, 2008
(Underlinin� indicates new matter; *'��^��R'� indicates matter to be deleted.)