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ORDINANCE NO. NS-67 ADDING NEW SECTION~ TO 'A'~ ~ANTA ANA M1~NICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING DISCNARGE OF WEAPON~ IN THE CITY. The City Council of the City of Santa Aha does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That two new sections, numbered 3510 and 3511, be and the same are hereby added to Chapter 5, Article III, of the Santa Aha Municipal Code to read as follows: "S~CTION 3510. DISCHARGE OF F~. "No person in the City, except in self-defense, shall discharge or cause or allow the discharge of any rifle, shotgun, pistol, re- volver or any other £iKearms, or any airgun, gas gun or any other weapon which emits a projectile as a result of pressure at the breech unless said person has first obtained permission in writing from the Chief of Police, and then only in com~liance with all the conditions contained in said permission. This Section does not apply to any peace officer in the discharge of his duty. "SECTION 3511. NUISANCE~: DESTRUCTION OF WEAPONS. ,,Any weapon used in violation of Section 3510 of this Code is hereby declared to be a nuisance and the same shall be taken from the person violating said Section 3510 and surrendered to the Chief of Police of the City, who $h~11 report possession of the same to the City Council on June first of each year. The City Council may order any of such weapons disposed of as provided for by Section 12028 of the California penal Code or may order any of such weapons to be sold at public auction by a City employee designated, and after such notice as the City Council may direct to be given and the proceeds therefrom to be deposited in the General Fund of the City." ~ECTION 2. The Clerk of the Council ~al 1 certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the s~-~ to be published within 15 days after its adoption in one issue of the Santa Ama Independent, the Official newspaper of the City. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days from and after the date of its final adoption.