The Common Council, in order to assure the proper protection,
health, safety and welfare of persons in the City, and those lawfully
in the public buildings of the City of Cortland, and in order to insure
the performance of essential governmental functions by City employees
without threat or intimidation of them or others, finds it to be in
the public interest to prohibit the discharge of firearms in the City
and the carrying of any weapon in certain public buildings in the
City of Cortland.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall
be subject to a fine not to exceed $250, or incarceration not to exceed
15 days, or both.