HomeMy WebLinkAbout549_Allowing Firearms TrainingTULSA COUNTY CLERK - JOAN HASTINGS RCPT 247144 10/20/97 09:11:33
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CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
ORDINACNE NUMBER 549
AN ORDINANCE RELATINGTO PART 10, OFFENSES
AND CRIMES, CHAPTER 3, OFFENSES AGAINST THE
PUBLIC, SECTION 10-309, DISCHARGING WEAPONS;
THORWING MISSILS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA AMENDING
SAME BY ALLOWING DULY COMMISSIONED POLICE
OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AS
WELL AS CIVILIANS IN THEPRESENCE AND UNDER
THE DIRECTION OF DULY COMMISSIONED POLICE
OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
PROVIDED SUCH OCCURS SOLELY ON THE OWASSO
POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRING RANGE, DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BEIT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO WIT:
Section One: Part 10, offenses and Crimes, Chapter 3, Offenses Against the Pubic,
Section 10-309, Discharging Weapons; Throwing Missiles, is amended to provided as follows, to-
wit:
it is unlawful for any person, except a duly commissioned police officer or civilian in the
presence and under the direction of duly commissioned police officers of the City of Owasso,
Oklahoma, while participating in training or tournament activities on the Owasso Police
Department Firing Range, to discharge or fire any species of firearms, air pitol, air gun, slingshot
or discharge a grenade, bomb or similar device, or other weapons, or throw any missile within the
city, except when necessary for the protection of life or property in accoranace with law.
Section Two: This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from the date of frist
publication as provided by state law.
DATED this 19th day of August, 1997.
OWASSO REPORTER
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss:
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and authorised, says that he is the publisher of the
Owasso Reporter, a weekly newspaper published in
the City of Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, a news-
paper qualified to publish legal notices, advertise-
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'title 25, Oklahoma Statutes 1971 and 1963 as
amended, and thereafter, and complies with all other
requirements of the laws of Oklahoma with reference
to legal publications,
That said notice, a true copy of which is attached
hereto, was published in the regular edition of said
newspaper during the period and time of publication
and not in a supplement, on the following dates:
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Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
August 28, 1997.
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
ORDINANCE NUMBER 549
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PART 10, OFFENSES AND
CRIMES, CHAPTER 3, OFFENSES AGAINST THE PUBLIC, SECTION
10-309, DISCHARGING WEAPONS; THROWING MISSILES, OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA,
AMENDING SAME BY ALLOWING DULY COMMISSIONED POLICE
OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AS WELL AS
CIVILIANS IN THE PRESENCE AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
DULY COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF OWAS-
SO, OKLAHOMA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
PROVIDED SUCH OCCURS SOLELY ON THE OWASSO POLICE
DEPARTMENT FIRING RANGE, DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWAS-
SO, OKLAHOMA, THAT, TO -WIT-
S! ctlon One: Part 10, Offenses and Crimes, Chapter 3, Offenses
Against the Public, Section 10-309, Discharging Weapons, Throwing Mis-
siles, is amended to provided as follows, to -wit:
It is unlawful for any person, except a duly commissioned police officer or
civilian in the presence and under the direction of duly commissioned police
officers of the City of Owasso. Oklahoma. while participating in training or
tournament activities on the Owasso Police Department Firing Range, to
discharge or fire any species of firearms, air pistol, air gun, slingshot or dis-
charge a grenade, bomb or similar device, or other weapon, or throw any
missile within the city, except when necessary for the protection of Iffe or
property in accordance with law.
Section Two: This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from
the date of first publication as provided by state law.
DATED this 19th day of August, 1997.
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
By /s/ Mary Lou Barnhouse
(SEAMary Lou Bamhouse, Mayor
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ATTEST
/s/ Marcia Boutweil
Marcia Boutweil, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Is/ Ronald D Cates
Ronald D Cates, City Attorney
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TO: RODNEY J R�
CITY MANAGE11-S.
FROM: M A ALEXANDER
CHIEF OF POLICE
DATE: August 15, 19SM
Current city ordinances (Part 10, Chapter 3, Section 10-309, "Code of Ordinances, Owasso,
Oklahoma) prohibits the discharge of weapons inside the corporate limits. An exception
contained in that section allows for the discharge of weapons only "...when necessary for the
protection of life or property in accordance with the law. "
Construction of a police department operated firearms range is anticipated in the near future at
a site located directly south of the city's wastewater treatment plant. That site is located within
the corporate limits of the City of Owasso and is, therefore, subject to Section 10-309 of the
Code of Ordinances as cited above. Therefore, use of the facility by both police officers ani
civilians for trag would be prohibited absent changes in the current law.
Since its inception, the potential uses of the police firearms range has included the concept of
conducting civilian training classes and target shooting for a fee. That concept was developed
in an effort to partially recover some of the capital and maintenance costs of the facility.
However, such non -police use of the facility would also clearly be in violation of the city's
oniii-tances.
The department's staff reviewed the existing ordinance and conferred with the City Attorney to
determine options available to allow use of the range for both purposes. The result of that
discussion was the development of an amendment to the existing Code of Ordinances. That
amendment, if adopted, will allow for the discharge of weapons by police officers and by
civilians "under the direction of a duly commissioned police officer of the City of Owasso,
Oklahoma while participating in training or tournament activities on the Owasso Police
Department firing range... " Thus, the effect of the amendment would be to allow the
department's personnel to train at the facility and allow the department to participate in an
entrepreneurial endeavor if a positive financial result was anticipated.
REQUEST APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE #549
AUGUST 15, 1997
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Ordinance #549, drafted by Mr Cates, includes the above described enabling language, and is
attached for your review.
1. Ordinance #549
2. Section 10-309, Owasso Code of Ordinances