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1 ORDINANCA NO. 17
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2 AN O1MINANCE OF MiZ CITY OF COSTA M19Sg R:haGUL&TING THY DISCRARGE 0lf FIRZAM9 IN
I� TIR, INCOW"ORATED T.M4IT0RY OF THE CITY OF COSTA RASA.
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4 The City Council of the City of OostW does ordain as follows:
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5 Section 1.
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6 DISCAARG2 OF WUPONS.
7 It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons, other than a
8 peace officer acting in his official line of duty, to shoot, fire, or discharge,,i
9 or for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit to be shot, fired or
10 discharged within the corporate limits of the City of Costa Mesa any rifle,
11 shotgun, -pistol, revolver, or other firearm, or any air gun, air -pistol, or
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12 air rifle, or any other weapon which emits a projectile as a result of pressure
13 exerted at the breech, except when it any be necessary so to do to protect
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14 i life or property, or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal,
15 unless said person or persons shall have first obtained permission in writing
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16 so to do from the Chief of Police of said city.
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19 j Any person. firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this ord-
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20 nanos shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
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21 be -punishable by a fine of not to exceed $.50.00 or by imprisonment in the City
22 or County Jail for a period not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and
23 imprisonment.
24 rection 3.
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25 i SAVING CI,AUSZ.
26 If any section, sub -section, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
27 any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
28 affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this
29 ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
30 ordinance, and each section, subsectiong sentence, clause or nhrass thereof,
31 irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections.subsections, santences.
32 jclauses or phrases thereof be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
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This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and shall
take effect Immediately, The following is a statement of the facts constituting
the urgency:
There is at present no ordinance or other law prohibiting the discharge j
of firearms or air -guns within the corporate limits of the City of Costa mesa.
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To protect the lives and property of the citizens of Costa Mesa rewires the
idiate ;.passage of this ordinance and its taking effect immediately.
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This ordinance shall take effect immediately and within fifteen (15)
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days shall be posted in three ;public places in the City of Costa Mesa, together
with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the
same»
Passed and adopted this 10th day of Augusto 1953.
mayor of the City of Costa mesa
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City Clerk of the City4f C to Mssa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
10 Ai C• SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the day
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of A,tZ=ru0 t , 1953► the foregoing Ordinance, containing,
sections, was considered
section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by
the following note3
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES., COUNCILMEN:
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ABSENT: _____ COUNCILMEN:
I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the
City of Costa Mesa,
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City ot C sta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
I, As C, SWARTZ. City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that on
the qday of, 1953, I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of
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the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City:
Justice Court
567 West Eighteenth Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa Branch Library
526 Center Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa Fire Hall
111 Rochester Street
Costa Mesa, California
WITNESS my hand and seal this day of
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City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa