Ordinances-2000-239

CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2000-239 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY OF TIFFIN. WHEREAS, the City of Tiffin has determined that certain portions of the City are essentially agricultural in nature or remain wooded and non-residential, and WHEREAS, Iowa Code §724.4(4) (g) allows possession and use of a loaded firearm within a city "while the person is lawfully engaged in target practice on a range designed for that purpose or while actually engaged in lawful hunting." BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIFFIN, IOWA: Section 1. Target Range: Any person or entity 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-1 and 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. Section 2. Hunting: Hunting shall be allowed in areas zoned A-1 (Agricultural) upon application by the landowner to allow hunting on the property. Permission shall be granted unless such activity would be expected to violate any federal or state law or regulation governing the use of firearms or hunting, including, but not limited to, the provisions of Iowa Code §481A.123 (1999). The landowner shall clearly mark those areas upon which hunting is requested. Section 3. Penalty Provision. The city may elect, at its sole discretion, to prosecution any violation either as simple misdemeanor or a municipal infraction. Section 4. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. Severability. If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval, and posting as provided by law. On the 8th day of November 2000, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Ryan introduced Ordinance No. 2000-239, and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Dils. Ayes: Walls, Bartels, Gericke, Ryan and Dils Nays: None. Absent: None.