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AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING CHAPTER 4
OF TITLE 4 OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
WEAPONS.
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 of Title 4 of the Los Altos Hills
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"CHAPTER 4. WEAPONS
Sec. 4-4.01, Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise
apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used
in this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) "Missile" shall mean the article projected
from a missile projector.
(b) "Missile projector" shall mean any instrument
or device of any kind, character or description which throws,
discharges, propels or hurls bullets or missiles of any kind
to any distance from such instrument or device by means of
elastic force, air pressure, vacuum or any explosive force.
Sec. 4-4.02. Discharging; Transportation; Permits Required;
Fees.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person
shall transport any missile projector in,or discharge any
missile projector in, or discharge any missile into, the
Town without first having applied for and obtained a written
permit therefor from the Chief of Police. The Chief of
Police shall, except as otherwise specifically directed by
the Council, be the sole judge as to the desirability or
necessity for issuing such permit which shall, in his
judgment, be for the protection of the applicant or in
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the furtherance of the public welfare. Such permits shall
only be issued upon the payment of a fee of One and no/100ths
Dollar ($1.00) and shall be upon such conditions and for such
terms as the Chief of Police may determine.
Sec. 4-4.03. Manner of Use and Transportation.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter no person
shall use or transport any missile projector in the Town
other than in accordance with the following regulations:
(a) No missile projector may be discharged except
upon the owner's premises.
(b) No missile projector shall be discharged by
any person
other than one
then
in possession
of a current
California
hunting license
or a
valid Hunter
Safety Course
certificate.
(c) No missile projector shall be transported within
the Town unless such missile projector is so mechanically
disassembled as to be inoperative.
(d) No missile shall leave the premises of the user
or cross any path or other public easement or right of way.
Sec. 4-4.04 Exceptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the
following:
(a) Any peace officer or person summoned by peace
officers to assist in making an arrest or preserving the
peace and any person who is a member of the armed services
of the United States, the National Guard, or the State Guard
while such persons are acting in the lawful discharge of their
duties; and
(b) Any person acting in the lawful defense of
person or property.
Sec. 4-4.05 Public nuisances; Confiscation.
ROBIN O. FAISANT
Any instrument, device, or article used or possessed
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in violation of the provisions of this chapter is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance and may be confiscated
and possessed by any police officer of the Town or County
and delivered to the custody of the Chief of Police. The
Chief of Police may return, upon such conditions as he
deems desirable for the public welfare, any such instrument,
device, or article to the person from whose possession it
was taken or may retain the same and destroy it unreturned
after sixty (60) days."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be posted within
the Town in three (3) public places and shall become
effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
Town of Los Altos Hills on the 21st day of March, 1973, and
was thereafter, at a regular meeting of said Council held
on the 4th day of _April 1973, passed and adopted
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Davey, Grabowski and Mayor Helgesson
NOES: Councilmen Kubby and Miller
ABSENT: None
Mayor
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