The County Legislature, in order to assure the proper protection,
health, safety and welfare of persons lawfully in the public buildings
of the County of Cayuga, and in order to insure the performance of
essential governmental functions by County employees without threat
or intimidation to such employees or others, finds it to be in the
public interest to prohibit the display or transport of any weapon
in certain public buildings of the County of Cayuga.
When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meaning herein ascribed to them:
CARRY or DISPLAY
The possession or transport by any person of a weapon as
hereinafter defined, except where such possession or transportation
is consistent with an authorized activity or function at the specific
County building where such possession occurs.
PERSON
Any person except:
A.
A police officer (including any state or federal law enforcement
officer);
B.
Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff;
C.
Security officer in the employ of the County of Cayuga or the
New York State Office of Court Administration;
E.
District Attorney or his/her staff;
F.
Peace officer or correction officer while present on duty assignment
in uniform.
PUBLIC BUILDING
The following buildings or property owned, occupied or operated
by the County of Cayuga:
B.
Cayuga County Office Building;
C.
Historic Old Post Office (across from County Court House);
D.
Nursing home on County House Road in the Town of Sennett;
E.
Sheriff's Office and County Jail on County House Road in the
Town of Sennett;
F.
Former Sheriff's Office and County Jail on Court Street in the
City Auburn;
G.
Emerson Park in the Town of Owasco;
H.
Any other County-operated public building.
WEAPON
Any firearm, electronic dart gun, gravity knife, switchblade
knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, sand
bag, chuka stick, shirken, sandclub, slingshot, dagger, dangerous
knife, dirk, razor, stiletto, imitation pistol, explosives, or any
other dangerous or deadly instrument or weapon.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of §
165-3 of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and may be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 for the first violation. Subsequent violations may be punished by a fine of up to $250 or jail up to 15 days, or both.
If any part or provision of this chapter or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the part or provision or application directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered
and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this
chapter or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances.