No person shall, within the city, engage in the business of
selling or otherwise transferring any handgun, pistol, revolver or
other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person without first
having received a revocable permit from the chief of police authorizing
such person to make such sales.
(Prior code § 19-80)
A.
The
chief of police shall issue a revocable permit for the sale of firearms
described in this section upon the receiving of an application accompanied
by a fee of $100 for the first issuance of such a permit and $25 thereafter,
for each subsequent renewal, whenever:
1.
The
applicant has an established place of business within the city; and
2.
The
applicant is a person of good moral character and has not been convicted
of any felony or misdemeanor involving the violation of any law of
the state of California or ordinance of the city relating to the owning,
carrying, sale, use or registration of any firearm or dangerous or
deadly weapon.
B.
Such permit shall be revocable for cause, which cause shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to violation of Section 9.24.040 and/or falsification of the information contained on the application required by this section.
C.
The fees established by subsection A of this section shall be modified to reflect cost-of-living changes and to ensure that changing economic conditions do not impair the real value of the fees under this chapter. Accordingly, on July 1st of each year, the chief of police shall:
2.
Adjust
the fees:
a.
Upward or downward by the same percentage increase or decrease occurring
during the previous 12 months, in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”) for the Los Angeles-Orange County-Riverside
Metropolitan Area (published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor), or applying a similar index if the CPI-U is
not published or available, and
b.
To the nearest one dollar ($1.00).
D.
In addition to adjusting the fees for the cost-of-living changes annually under subsection C of this section, the chief of police, at any time, shall recommend, with the city manager’s approval, that the city council revise the fees and charges when a change in the administrative costs of processing applications for permits for the sale of firearms makes the revision appropriate.
E.
The
chief of police may prepare, adopt, amend, and enforce rules, regulations,
or procedures for calculating, collecting, paying, and administering
the fees and charges under this chapter.
(Prior code § 19-81; Ord. 5583 § 3, 2007)
No permit shall be issued by the chief of police except on a
form prescribed by the Attorney General of the state of California.
All permits so issued shall expire upon June 30th next following the
date of issuance or upon the cessation or change of location of business
for which such permit is issued, whichever is sooner.
(Prior code § 19-82)
Any permit issued shall be subject to all of the following conditions,
the breach of any of which shall be sufficient cause for revocation
of the permit by the chief of police:
A.
The
business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the
license.
B.
The
license or a copy thereof, certified by the issuing authority shall
be displayed on the premises where it can easily be seen.
C.
No pistol
or revolver shall be delivered within 15 days of the application for
the purchase, and in addition, the purchaser must be personally known
to the seller or the purchaser must present clear evidence of his
or her identity to the seller.
D.
No pistol
or revolver shall be delivered unless it is unloaded and securely
wrapped.
E.
No pistol
or revolver, or imitation thereof, or placard advertising the sale
or other transfer thereof, shall be displayed in any part of the premises
where it can readily be seen from the outside.
(Prior code § 19-83)
A.
No person
shall wear or carry in plain view any knife or dagger while in any
public place, or on any public street, or upon any place open to the
public.
B.
The
prohibitions of this section shall not apply where a person is wearing
or carrying a knife or dagger for use in a lawful occupation or for
the purpose of lawful recreation, or where the carrying or wearing
of a knife or dagger is a recognized religious practice, or while
the person is traveling to or returning from the activities specified
in this subsection.
C.
For
the purposes of this section, the terms “knife” and “dagger”
shall include any knife, dirk, or dagger having a blade three inches
or more in length, any ice pick or similar sharp stabbing tool, any
straight-edge razor, or any razor blade fitted to a handle.
(Prior code § 11-8)
No person under the age of 18 years shall have in his or her
possession, care, custody or control in the city, any gun, revolver,
pistol, spring or air gun, or firearm of any description, or any cartridge,
shell or other device containing any explosive, or any cartridge,
shell or other device designed and intended for use in connection
with any gun, revolver, pistol or firearm of any description, or any
ammunition of any description containing any explosive.
(Prior code § 11-13)
No person shall shoot or discharge any gun, pistol or other
firearm or any air gun or pistol or any spring gun or pistol or any
bow and arrow within the city, without first having obtained a written
permit from the chief of police to do so.
(Prior code § 11-14)
The chief of police shall have power to issue to any person
a permit in writing to shoot or discharge any weapon when, in the
judgment of the chief of police, such person is suitable to discharge
weapons, is likely to handle the same so as not to endanger any person,
and when a reasonable necessity exists for the weapon to be discharged.
Any person desiring such a permit shall make written application to
the chief of police. Any permit issued by the chief of police hereunder
shall be in effect for such period as may be therein stated, but not
more than 12 months from the date thereof, and shall state the name,
address and occupation of the person to whom the same is issued, the
date of its issuance and the date of its expiration, and the kind
and description of weapon authorized to be discharged.
(Prior code § 11-15)
