(a) Persons other than peace officers are hereby barred from carrying
or possessing firearms and concealed weapons on city-owned premises,
including city-owned buildings, but excluding city-owned streets,
sidewalks, or parking lots or parking areas to the extent allowed
by law.
(b) The city administrator, or his designee, shall post appropriate signage
and provide such other notice, in accordance with V.T.C.A., Penal
Code section 30.05 (The Criminal Trespass Law) and Penal Code section
30.06, to carry out the intent of this section.
(c) The city administrator and chief of police shall take all steps reasonable
and necessary to deny entry or continued presence on city-owned premises
to all persons, other than peace officers, possessing concealed weapons,
including prosecution of such violators for the offense of criminal
trespass to the extent allowed by law.
(Ordinance 354 adopted 2/14/18)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Compound-bow.
A bow that uses pulleys and cables to assist with the drawing
and releasing of the bowstring.
Crossbow.
A bow for shooting arrows that consists chiefly of a short
bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock.
Hunt.
To seek or pursue with intent to take or kill and includes
take, kill, and any attempt to take or kill.
Long-bow.
A bow for shooting arrows that consists of a long, slightly
curved piece of wood.
Weapon.
Any firearm, handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, pellet
gun, crossbow, compound-bow, long-bow, or any other device which is
designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by
using the energy generated by an explosive charge, cartridge, compressed
air or other gases or mechanical device.
(Ordinance 354 adopted 2/14/18)
It shall be unlawful to intentionally discharge a weapon within
the city.
(Ordinance 354 adopted 2/14/18)
It shall be unlawful and a crime to intentionally injure, kill
or hunt any wild game within the city.
(Ordinance 354 adopted 2/14/18)
This division shall not apply to:
(1) Any conduct that is made an offense under the Texas Penal Code.
(2) Acts of defense of persons and property on premises under one’s
control as are lawful under the Penal Code of the state.
(3) Certified state peace officers in the performance of their official
duties.
(4) Pistol matches in a fully enclosed pistol range which receive advanced
specific approval from the city council.
(5) Live trapping of animals which does not result in the injury or death
of the animal.
(6) The use of a long-bow on an individual’s property where the
arrow does not cross the property line of the location the long-bow
is fired.
(Ordinance 354 adopted 2/14/18)
Any person who violates any provision of this division shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in a sum not to exceed $500.00 for each violation thereof.
(1996 Code, sec. 54-55)