ORD 85-15 FIREARM REGULATIONSRPB:jt
7/12/85
ORDINANCE NO. 85-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING SECTIONS 9.10.030, 9.10.040(A) AND (B) AND
ADDING A NEW PENALTY SECTION 9.10.040 TO CONFORM TO
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3450, EFFEC-
TIVE JULY 28, 1985, WHICH PROHIBITS CITIES FROM
ENACTING FIREARM REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES FOR
FIREARM REGULATION VIOLATIONS WHICH ARE MORE
RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE REGULATIONS.
WHEREAS, the Winslow City Council recognizes that ESSB
No. 3450, effective July 28, 1985, prohibits cities from enacting
firearm regulations and penalties for violating firearm
regulations which are more restrictive than state laws, and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is necessary to satisfy the
requirements of ESSB No. 3450, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9.10.030 of the Winslow Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.10.030 Discharge of firearms prohibited. It is
unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm in
the City of Winslow where there is reasonable like-
lihood of injury to humans, domestic animals or
property except upon a rifle or pistol firing range
which has been issued a business license by the
City for such purpose, provided that this prohibi-
tion does not apply to the discharge of firearms by
law enforcement officers engaged in the performance
of their official powers or duties.
Section 2. Section 9.10.040(A) and (B) of the Winslow
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.10.040 Weapons prohibited on liquor sale
premises.
It shall be unlawful for anyone, on or in any por-
tion of an establishment classified by the state
liquor contFol board as off-limits to persons under
twenty-one years of age to:
Carry any rifle, shotgun or pistol or other
firearm, whether said person has a license or
permit to carry said firearm or not, and whether
said firearms is concealed or not.
Carry any knife, sword, dagger or other cutting
or stabbing instrument, with a blade of a length
of three inches (3") or more, or any razor with
an unguarded blade, whether said weapon or
instrument is concealed or not.
Carry any instrument or weapon of the kind
usually known as a slingshot, taser, throwing
star, bow, sand club, blackjack, metal knuckles,
or any stick, chain, metal pipe, bar, club or
combination thereof including a device known as
num-chuk sticks, or any like device having the
same or similar components or parts, whether or
not connected by a rope, chain or other device,
or any explosive or any poison or injurious gas,
or any other instrument or weapon or other fire-
arm, apparently capable of producing bodily
harm, whether said instrument or weapon is
concealed or not.
B. Exceptions: The above shall not apply to or affect
the following:
A person engaged in military activities spon-
sored by the federal or state governments, while
engaged in official duties;
2. Law enforcement personnel;
3. Security personnel while engaged in official
duties; or
4. The proprietor of the premises or his or her
employees while engaged in their employment.
Section 3. There is hereby added to the Winslow Munici-
pal Code a new section 9.10.050 to read as follows:
9.10.050 Penalty. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand
dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a
term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitu-
tionality of any other section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance.
Section 5. The City Council hereby declares that an
emergency exists necessitating that this ordinance take effect
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immediately upon passage by a unanimous vote of the members of
the City Council.
APPROVED:
M~Y6R, ALICE B. TAWRESE~/
ATtEST/AUTHENTICATED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
L THE CITY CLERK: July 16, 1985
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: September 5, 1~85
POSTED: September 11, 1985
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 16, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 85-15
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