Ordinance 207• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 207
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE CONCERNING FIREARMS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 11-2 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended in its entirety to
read:
See.11-2. FIREARMS.
(a) The following definitions apply to this section.
Approved firearms safety course means a program of instruction in the safe and
proficient use of any firearm which is sponsored:
• (1) By any accredited private or public school system; or
(2) By the commissioner of natural resources pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes section 97.81.
Carry means the handling or transportation of a firearm concealed or otherwise
outside a person's domicile.
Dangerous weapons mean slingshots, clubs, blackjacks, spring guns, brass or metal
knuckles or any knife with a switch blade which opens automatically under spring
pressure with a button or release mechanism or by any other mechanical contrivance.
Dismantled firearm means any unloaded firearm or bow which is dismantled in such
a manner so as to prevent shooting.
Encased firearm means any unloaded firearm or bow, placed in a case which is tied
or otherwise secured in the manner provided, to prevent shooting it.
Flirearm means any gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun, B-B gun, pellet gun, bow, or any
device capable of discharging arrows, slugs or blanks, metal projectiles or paint.
• Landowner means any person, group, firm or corporation owning, leasing or legally
controlling any lands within the territorial limits of the City.
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• Parent or guardian means the natural or adoptive parent of a person, the legal
guardian of such person, or any other person over eighteen (18) years of age who has
been selected by the natural or adoptive parent or legal guardian to supervise the
person under sixteen (16) years of age while the person has in his/her possession or
under his/her control any firearm.
Shooting means the firing or discharge of any firearm.
Suitable backstop means any natural or manmade barrier of sufficient mass, size or
construction to wholly contain the projectile being discharged.
Written permission requires that the following information must be included: The full
name, address, date of birth and signature of the person authorized to hunt or shoot;
the full name, address and signature of the landowner.
(b) Use of Firearms Without a Permit. The shooting or carrying of firearms
which are not encased or dismantled is allowed without a permit from the City under the
following circumstances, so long as no innocent party is endangered, unless otherwise
prohibited by State or Federal law:
(1) By law enforcement officers in the line of duty or military personnel in
the line of duty.
• (2) By any person to resist or prevent an offense which that person
reasonably believes exposes himself or another to great bodily harm or
death.
(3) By any person for firing blanks used solely for timing of athletic
events.
(4) By any person while participating as an enrolled pupil in an approved
firearms safety course, under the direct supervision of the course
instructor.
(5) By a certified Firearms Safety Training instructor while participating in
an approved firearms safety course.
(6) For the destruction or control of animals or birds for the welfare or
public safety of the community if authorized to do so in writing by the
Director of Public Safety.
(7) By any person possessing, transporting or carrying handguns as
specifically allowed by State law.
0(8) By any person slaughtering farm animals which they own or with the
owner's permission.
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• (c) Use of Firearm By Permit. A person may shoot or carry a firearm which is
not encased or dismantled pursuant to a permit issued by the City under the following
conditions, unless otherwise prohibited by State or Federal Law:
(1) No gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun, B-B gun, pellet gun may be discharged
within five hundred feet (500') of any livestock, road, street, trail or
building unless owned by that person or unless the person has the
owner's written permission carried on his or her person.
(2) No bow may be discharged within five hundred feet (500) of any
livestock, road, street, trail or building unless owned by that person or
unless the person has the owner's written permission carried on his or
her person.
(3) No permit shall be issued for the area indicated on the map,
incorporated herein, on file in the City Clerk's office where firing
weapons is prohibited unless so authorized by this ordinance. The map
may be amended from time to time by motion of the City Council.
(4) Only BB guns, pellet guns, shotguns, or bows may be discharged
within the City limits pursuant to this ordinance, unless specifically
approved by the Public Safety Department for the welfare or public
• safety of the community.
(d) Permit Application and Conditions.
(1) Application for any permit required by this section shall be made on
forms furnished by the City. The applicant shall furnish the
information required by the application. A fee for the permit in the
amount established by resolution shall be paid to the City.
(2) No permit shall be issued for a period exceeding one (1) year.
(3) No permit shall be issued to any person under sixteen (16) years of
age, unless:
a. The individual has been issued a valid firearms safety course
completion certificate by the commissioner of natural resources
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 97.81; and
b. The individual is at least fourteen (14) years of age.
(e) Prohibitions. Except as specifically allowed in subsections (b) and (c):
• (1) The carrying of an uncased firearm in a motor vehicle, in a place or
area open to the public or in any private place or area unless the
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• private place or area is owned by the person carrying the firearm or
with the owner's permission, is prohibited.
(2) The shooting of a firearm is prohibited.
(3) Carrying or shooting a firearm by any person under the age of sixteen
(16) is prohibited except when accompanied by a parent, adult guardian
or certified safety training instructor.
(d) Dangerous Weapons:
(1) Weapons prohibited: No person shall wear under his/her clothes,
conceal about his/her person or within a motor vehicle, display in a
threatening manner, or sell, offer for sale or carry or use any
dangerous weapon.
(2) Exceptions: The prohibition of this Section shall not be construed to
forbid any law enforcement officer from carrying or using dangerous
weapons in the proper discharge of his/her duties.
SECTION 2. Section 11-3 is repealed in its entirety.
•
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
•
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 13thday of
June , 1994.
ATTEST:
'4c,-
Don Ashworth, Cle&Manager Donald J. el, ayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on June 23 , 1994.)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.207
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 11 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING FIREARMS
THE CTTYCOUNCIL OFTHE CITY
OF.CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 11-2 . of the
Chanhassen City Code is amended in its
entirety to read:
Sec:: 11-2. FIREARMS. ` 4
r, �(a) Oe following f 4te qs
to,this siction. Approved firearms safety
course means a program ofinstruction in
the safe and proficient use of any firearm
which is sponsored:
(1) By any accredited private or pub-
lic school system; or
(2) By the commissioner of natural
resources pursuant to Minnesota Stat-
utes section 97.81..,
Carry means the handling. or trans-
portation of a firearm concealed or oth-
erwise outside a person's domicile.
Dangerous weapons mean slingshots,
clubs, blackjacks, spring guns. brass or
metal knuckles or any knife with a switch-
blade which opens automatically under
spring � pressure with a button or release
mechanism or"by any other itiechallical
contrivance.
Dismantled firearm means any un-
loaded firearm or bow which is dis-
mantled in such amanner so as to prevent
shooting. .
Encased firearm means any unloaded
firearm or bow, placed in a case Which is
tied or otherwise secured in .the manner
provided, to prevent shooting it.
Firearm means any gun, pistol, rifle,
shotgun, B-B gun, pellet gun, bow, or
any device capable of discharging ar-
rows, slugs or blanks,'metal projectiles
or paint.
Landowner means any person, group,
-fife or corporation owning, leasing or
legally controlling any lands within the
imits of the City.
Parent or guardian means the natural
or adoptive parent of a person. the legal
guardian of such person, or, any other
person over eighteen (I,&) years of age
who has been selected by the natural or
adoptive garent or legal guardian to su-
pervise the person under sixteen (16)
years of age while the person has in his/
her possession or under his/her control
any firearm,..
Shooting means the firing or dis-
charge of any}firearm.
Suitable �backstop means any natural
or manmade barrier of sufficient mass,
size or construction to wholly contain the
projectile being discharged.
Written permission.requues that the
followinginformation must be included:
The full name, address, date of birth and
signature of the person authorized to
hunt or shoot, the full name, address and
signature of the landowner.
(b) Use of Firearms Without a Per-
mit. The shooting or carrying of firearms
which are not encased or dismantled is
allowed without a permit from the City
under the following 'circumstances, so
long as no innocei
# party is endangered,
unless otherwise; prohibited by. State or
Fede d law:
(1) Bye law enforcement officers in
,the line ofAuty; or military personnel in
the line of duty. _
Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Suburban Publishing
State of Minnesota)
)SS.
County of Carver )
Stan Rolfsrud, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the publisher or the authorized agent of
the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Villager and
has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
(A) This newspaper has complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331 A.02, 331 A.07, and other applicable laws, as
amended.
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No.
was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
and publication of the Notice:
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Subscribed and sworn before me on
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thist� day of 1e 11994
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(2) By any person to resist ()r prevent
an offense which that person reasonably
believes exposes himself or another- to
great bodily ,harm or death.
(3) By any .person for firing blanks
used solely for timing of athletic. events.
(4) By any person while participat-
ing as an enrolled pupil in an approved
firearms safety course, under the direct
supervision of the course instructor.
(5) ;By a certified Firearms Safety
Training instructor while articipating
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(7) By any person possessing, trans
porting or carrying handguns as specifi-
cally allowed by State law.
(8) By any person slaughtering farm
animals which they own or with the
owner's permission.
(c) Use of Firearm. By -Permit. A
person may shoot or carry a firearm
which is not encased or dismantled pur
suantte a permit issued by the City undei
the following conditions, unless other-
wise prohibited by State or Federal Law."
(1) No gqn, pistol;- rifle, shotgun, B,
B gun, pellet gun may, be discharged
within five hundred feet (500') of any
s�A. street, trail or build*
unless owned by that person;�or unlC is th '
pie, n as the owner s v . pe ni
°on his or hef rib
'.
(2) No bow nay be discharged within
five hundred feet. (500) of any livestock,
road, street, trailorbuilding unless owned
by that person or unless the person has
the owner's written permission carrieO
on his or her person.
(3) No permit shall be issued, fog`"the
area indicated on the map; incorporated
herein, on file in the City Clerk's office
where firing weapons=is prohibited un,.
less so authorized by this ordinance. The
map maybe amended from time to time
by motion of the,City,_C6dficid.
(4) Only BB guns, pellet guns, shot-
guns,, or bows may be discharged within
the City limits pursuant to this ordi-
nance, unless specifically approved by
the Public Safety Department for the
welfare or public safety of the commu-
nity • O Permit Application and Condi-
tion s
quired by this section shall be made on
forms furnished by the City. The appl=
cant shall furnish, the information re=
quired by the application. A fee for the
permit in the amount established by rescl
lution shall be paid to the City.
(2) No permit shall be issued for a
period exceeding one (1) year.
(3) No permit, shall be issued to any
person under sixteen '(16) years of age,
unless:
a. The individual has been issued a
valid fimarms.safety Qom `completiop
certificate by tl a com issioner of natu-
ral resources { . ursua�dit nesotA
Statutes section .91; .
b. "T * in&vidua �� mrteeo
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(e) Prohibitions. rxcept as speciri-
cally allowed in subsections (b) and (c):
(1) The carrying of -an incased fire,
-
arm in a motor vehicle, itr a place or area
open to the public or in any private place
or area unless the private place or area is
ownedbY the person carrying the firearm
or with the owner's permission; is pro-
hibited.
(2) The shooting of a firearm is pro-
hibited.
(3) Carrying or shooting a firearm by
any person under the age of sixteen (1 t)
is prohibited except whim accompanied
by a parent, adult guardian or certified
safety training instructor.
(d) Dangerous Weapons:
(1) We woos prohibited: No person
shall wear under his/her clotbes,,cpnceal
about his/her person or within a motor
vehicle, display in a threatening manner,
or sell, offer for sale or carry or use any
dangerous.weapon.
(2) Exceptions: The prohibition of
:,this .Section shall not be construed to
Iorbid: ' law enforcement officer frorh
sariig . �usi4g dangerous weapons in
F.
=pie Proper,. discharge of his/her duties."
IECTTON 2. Section 11-3 isreP�1
in its entirety. �*
SECTION 3, This ordinance shall be
effective . abiediateiy upon its passage
and Publicadoo
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
Chanba Cyr Council this 13th day
of June 1994.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, Clerk/Manager µ
Donald J. Chmiel, Mayor
(Published - in tbo on b Villager
,on Z`hn�Y
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