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CHANHASSEN
690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
(612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
Don Ashworth, City Manager
FROM: Scott Harr, Public Safety Director
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I DATE: June 2, 1994
SUBJ: An Ordinance Amending Chapter I l of the Chanhassen City Code Concerning
Firearms
Attached please find the above matter submitted to you for the second reading, with the
highlighted section on page 3 being added pursuant to the discussion at the last City Council
meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: It is the recommendation of the Public Safety Director and staff that
this ordinance be approved as submitted.
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(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,
Kreann means an gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun, B -B gun, pellet gun, bow, or an
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device capable of discharging arrows, slugs or blanks, metal projectiles or paint.
Landowner means an person, group, firm or cor o wning , i
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HCNNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF TIIE
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
Sec. 11 -2. FIREARMS.
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(3) By any person for firing blanks used solely for timing of athletic I
events.
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By any person while participating as an enrolled pupil in an approved
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Parent or guarilurn means the natural or adoptive p e t o ape rson 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
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person under sixteen (16) years of age while the person has in his /her possession or
under his /her control any firearm.
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Shooting means the firing or discharge of any firearm.
By a certified Firearms Safety Training instructor while participating in
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Suitable backstop means any natural or manmade barrier of sufficient mass, size or
construction to wholly contain the projectile being discharged.
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Written permission requires that the following information must be included; The
name, address, date of birth and signature of the person authorized to hunt or shoot;
public safety of the community if authorized to do so in writing by the
the full name, address and signature of the landowner.
(b) Use of Firearms Without a Permit. The shooting or carrying of firearms
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which are not encased or dismantled is allowed without a permit from the City under the
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following circumstances, so long as no innocent party is endangered, unless otherwise
prohibited by State or Federal law:
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B law enforcement officers in the line of dui or milit pe rsonnel in
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By any person slaughtering farm animals which they own or with the
owner's permission.
the line of duty.
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(2) By any person to resist or prevent an offense which that person
reasonably believes exposes himself or another to great bodily harm or
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death.
(3) By any person for firing blanks used solely for timing of athletic I
events.
(4)
By any person while participating as an enrolled pupil in an approved
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firearms safety course, under the direct supervision of the course
instructor.
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(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.
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(7)
By any person possessing, transporting or carrying handguns as
specifically allowed by State law.
(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:
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(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.
(d) Peimiit. 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 47.$1; and
b, The individual is at least fourteen (14) years of age.
(e) Prohibitions. Except as specifically allowed in subsections (b) and (e):
(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 le
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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 day of
, 1994.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, Clerk/Manager
Donald J. Chmiel, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on , 1994.)
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