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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-__
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NOS. 1962-80, 1969-156
AND1974-24, AND TO FURTHER REGULATE THE DISCHARGE OF
FIREARMS IN THE CITY OF GARDENDALE, ALABAMA
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Gardendale,
Alabama,while in regular session on the ___ day of
________________, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., asfollows:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1962-80 and Ordinance No. 1969-156,
andOrdinance No. 1974-24 be, and they hereby are, repealed in their
entirety.
SECTION 2. Discharge of firearms. Subject to the provisions of
thissection, it shall be unlawful for any person to fire, discharge
or shoot within the cityany gun, rifle, shotgun, pistol or other
similar firearms on or within 500 feet of aresidence, business or
other inhabited building or private or public property not
theproperty of the person, except as shooting galleries or ranges
legally established, inthe discharge of duty by law enforcement
officers, pursuant to lawful direction oflaw enforcement officers,
or in lawful defense of person or property from feloniousattack. A
person may discharge firearms on such person's own property within
500feet of a residence, business or other private or public
property not such person's
property where it is essential for the purpose of disposing of
or destroying certaindestructive animals, fowl, birds, reptiles or
insects that are a menace to publichealth and have become a
nuisance upon the person's premises.
SECTION 3. The Chief of Police of the City of Gardendale
isauthorized to promulgate such rules and regulations under this
ordinance as may bedetermined by him to be necessary or appropriate
from time to time to carry out thepurposes of this ordinance or to
otherwise give it full force and effect.
SECTION 4. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of
a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
one dollar ($1.00)and no more than five hundred dollars ($500.00),
and/or up to six (6) months in thecity jail, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall become effective
immediatelyupon its adoption and publication or by otherwise
becoming a law.
SECTION 6. The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If
any provisionhereof is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, such invalidity shallin no way affect the remaining
provisions of this ordinance.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this the ___ day of ______________,
2013.
APPROVED: _____________________________Stanley Hogeland, Council
President
ATTEST: __________________________Pamela Sharbano, Acting City
Clerk
