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101488.5 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrator, DATE: October 13, 1988 SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment - Dangerous Weapons and Articles Attachments: A. Revised Draft Ordinance B. Ordinance 9.10 and Subsequent Amendments ISSUE 1. Consideration of a recodified revision of the existing ordinance plus subsequent am,- '*s to place in more readable form the City's ordinance re*I langerous weapons. 2. Addition of a section to al_.,.v the use of B-B guns for the control of pests when they become a demonstrated nuisance in an area of the City for up to 120 days. INTRODUCTION - Because of the numerous amen.3ments that have been made since the codification of this section of the ordinance it was felt appropriate that the ordinance be revised to make a more readable version of it. DISCUSSION - The only substantive changes are: a.) Permitting the use of B-B gun for pest control. There are times when pests in residential areas can cause problems to a person's gardens and use of the B-B gun under controlled circumstances could be a way of alleviating the problem when other ways GZ elimination have been exhausted. b.) Permit requirement for starting guns. c.) Incoprorating in ordinance the approval authority as presently processed. Presently track and field people together with golf courses use starting guns on occasion and it is felt appropriate that this be an item covered under the permit process. Additionally it adds a requirement that all permit holders must notify all abutting property owners prior to the initial use. ALTERNATIVES - 1. Adopt. (;. �+ cf�� 2. Amend and adopt. Zr; M 3. Table for further discussion. RP ✓ RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that Council express their views on the recodified version together with the proposed 1