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- ORDINANCE NO. 363
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 9.24.020 DISCHARGE
OF FIREARMS-EXCEPTIONS-PERMITS, OF CHAPTER 9.24
WEAPONS, OF TITLE 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND
WELFARE OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, at the time of its incorporation, the City of Moorpark adopted the
County of Ventura's ordinances and over time has added, or amended certain
ordinances to make them more applicable to the City of Moorpark; and
WHEREAS, one of those ordinances permitted a private person to discharge a
firearm, on private property, if they had constructed or arranged, in a private place, a
barrier to prevent the projectiles from escaping from that location and only after
obtaining a permit from the city manager to do so; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that based on the continued growth
of the City of Moorpark, creating a higher density of homes this activity should no longer
be permitted to continue due to safety concerns; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Title 9 Public Peace, Morals and
Welfare, Chapter 9.24 Weapons, Section 9.24.020 Discharge of Firearm s-Exception s-
Permits, by deleting permissive language included in subsection "A.5."
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 . Section 9.24.020 of Chapter 9.24 of Title 9 of the Moorpark
Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"9.24.020 Discharge of Firearms-Exceptions-Permits.
A. The provisions of Section 9.24.020 of this chapter shall not apply to:
1 . A peace officer in the performance of his or her duty; or
2. Any person while lawfully defending life or property, including the
destruction of injured animals or any predatory or dangerous animals; or
3. Any person while shooting in a municipally licensed or municipally owned
or operated shooting gallery or pistol or target range; or
4. The discharge of blank ammunition in a starting gun during an athletic
event; or
5. Any person or persons while shooting firearms as a part of a "special
event" and who has obtained a permit from the city manager or his/her
designee.
a. A "special event" includes a parade, the filming of a motion picture or
television program, and the like; and
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b. The city manager shall not grant the permit until the county sheriff or
his/her designee and the county fire chief or his/her designee have
approved the special event; and
c. The permit shall contain a time limit, not to exceed sixty (60) days.
B. There shall be no fee for any permit required by this section.
C. The city manager or his designee shall implement rules and regulations
pertaining to the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, grounds
for approval, duration and revocation of permits;
D. Any person who has been denied a permit under this section may appeal
such denial to the city council by filing with the city clerk a written notice of appeal
within ten (10) calendar days of the date of denial."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make
a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City
Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after
the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark
Star a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government
Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of November, 2007.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk