Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions — Council Updates

CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY 2. Any person seeking to operate a target practice range or gun club in the City shall notify the Clerk annually of the intent to operate such a business or club. Zoning for such an operation shall be A-1and shall be considered as a recreational area within that zone. The operator of such an establishment shall abide by all other federal, State, and City laws and regulations regulating the use of firearms. 3. No person shall intentionally discharge a firearm in a reckless manner. 41.12 THROWING AND SHOOTING. It is unlawful for a person to throw stones, bricks, or missiles of any kind or to shoot arrows, paintballs, rubber guns, slingshots, air rifles, BB guns, or other dangerous instruments or toys on or into any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, public way, public ground, or public building, without written consent of the Council. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12(2)) 41.13 URINATING AND DEFECATING. It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate onto any sidewalk, street, alley, or other public way, or onto any public or private building, including but not limited to the wall, floor, hallway, steps, stairway, doorway, or window thereof, or onto any public or private land. 41.14 HUNTING. Hunting may be allowed upon application by the landowner to the City to allow hunting on the property. The landowner shall clearly mark those areas upon which hunting is requested. Permission shall be granted unless such activity would be expected to violate any State or federal law governing the use of firearms or hunting, including (but not limited to) the provisions of Section 481A.123 of the Code of Iowa. Each person wishing to hunt within the City limits must possess a State hunting license. 41.15 FIREWORKS. The sale, use and exploding of fireworks within the City are subject to the following: 1. Definition. The term “fireworks” includes any explosive composition, or combination of explosive substances, or articles prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and specifically includes blank cartridges, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, or other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or other device containing any explosive substance. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 727.2) 2. Display Fireworks. It is unlawful for any person to use or explode any display fireworks; provided, the Council may, upon application in writing, grant a permit for the display of display fireworks by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, and other organizations or groups of individuals approved by the City when the display fireworks will be handled by a competent operator, but no such permit shall be required for the display of display fireworks at the State Fairgrounds by the State Fair Board, at incorporated county fairs, or at district fairs receiving State aid. No permit shall be granted hereunder unless the operator or sponsoring organization has filed with the City evidence of insurance in the following amounts: A. Personal Injury: .......................... $2,000,000 per person. B. Property Damage: ...................... $2,000,000 C. Total Exposure: .......................... $4,000,000 (Code of Iowa, Sec. 727.2) CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 329 -