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4188. 8 <br />ET NG <br />'ro: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator, <br />DATE: April 1., 1988 <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment - Dangerous Weapons 9.10 <br />Attachment: A. Draft Amc,ndm,,nt to Dangerous Weapons Ordinance <br />ISSUE - Consideration of a amendment to control all explosive <br />charges in the City. <br />INTRODUCTION - In the City's dangerous weapons ordinance, which <br />has been been amended a number of times, the Police Chief <br />recently discovered another "loophole". it was determined that <br />the ordinance does not directly govern the discharge oL dynamite <br />in the community. As this can be as dangerous, if not more <br />danqerous than many of the weapons listed, it is appropriate that <br />the ordinanc- govern this also. <br />DISCUSSION - To correct what io apparently an oversight, that <br />being the consideration of the discharge of dynamite as a weapon. <br />Attachment A was drafted by the Attorney's office for the Police <br />Department. <br />ALTERNATIVES_ - <br />--- 1. Adcpt <br />2. Amend and adopt <br />3. Table <br />RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the attached language be <br />adopted to i roc l ude the discharge of any explosive device <br />including dynamite to the ordinance and that there can be no <br />discharge of such explosives without permit from the City. <br />PROPOSED MOTION - Moved by , seconded by , that the Council <br />adopt Attachment A as an amendment to Ordinance No. 9.10. Ayes <br />, Nays <br />cc: Mel Kilbo, Police Chief <br />