Any person violating any provision of this article for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to section 1.01.009.
(2004 Code, sec. 130.99(A))
(a)
Prohibited.
No person, including a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun under Tex. Gov’t Code section 411.171 et seq., shall carry a handgun on or about his or her person on any premises owned, leased, operated or controlled by the city.
(b) Premises.
Definition.
For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
A building or a portion of a building. The term does not include any public or private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, parking garage or other parking area.
(c)
Signs and notices.
(1)
The city administrator shall cause appropriate signs to be erected at the entrances to city premises and shall require that all agendas for city council, board and commission meetings contain a notice, in both English and Spanish, that it is unlawful to carry a handgun on the premises.
(2)
The sign posted at entrances shall be in contrasting colors with block letters at least one inch in height and shall be displayed in a conspicuous manner clearly visible to the public and in English and Spanish.
(3)
The signs shall state: “Carrying of a concealed handgun on these premises is prohibited and violators will be arrested for criminal trespass.”
(2004 Code, sec. 130.03(A))
(a)
Prohibited acts.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any gun, pistol, firearm, cannon cracker or torpedo of any kind within the city’s corporate limits. In this subsections gun, pistol and firearms shall not only be defined as to include all percussion weapons, but shall also include all air guns, air pistols, air rifles, and all other firearms using air pressure to propel a projectile.
(2)
This subsection shall not apply to those exceptions set forth in section 229.002 of the Texas Local Government Code. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a peace office from discharging a firearm in the performance of his duties, nor to prohibit any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending persons or property
(b) Cannon cracker.
Definition.
For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Any combustible package more than two inches long and more than one inch through.
(c)
Penalty.
Any person found guilty of violating the terms of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(2004 Code, secs. 130.03(B), 130.99(B); Ordinance 2011-18 adopted 4/11/11)