The word "weapons," as used in this Article, means any rifle, pistol, shotgun, air gun or pellet gun which projects a metallic object by means of air, gas or a spring, slingshot, crossbow, bow and arrow and any other instrument used for discharging projectiles capable of doing bodily harm.
The purpose of this Article is to prohibit the discharge of weapons in and into those areas of the County in which the Board of Supervisors has determined that the public health and safety require that there be no discharge of weapons. Those areas for which the Board of Supervisors has made such a determination are described in section 4-05-1130 et seq. of this Article.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any public officer in the lawful discharge of his duties, nor to any person necessarily acting in the lawful defense of person or property, nor to the premises of any shooting gallery, practice range, skeet field, archery range or other similar place conducted at a fixed location and with respect to which adequate safeguards have been provided to protect person and property from injury.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any weapon within or into that area in and around the community of Camp Nelson, which is described as follows:
Beginning at a point located in Township 20 South, Range 31 East, M.D.B. and M., where the Camp Nelson Road, the Rogers Camp Road and Quaking Aspen Road converge; thence northerly and easterly along the center line of the Quaking Aspen Road to a point where said road crosses Boulder Creek, being about one mile easterly from Cedar Slope; thence southerly along the West margin of Boulder Creek to its junction with the South Fork of the Tule River; thence westerly along the North margin of the South Fork of the Tule River to the point where said River is crossed by Rogers Camp Road; thence northerly and westerly along the center line of said road to the point of beginning.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any weapon within or into that area in and around the community of Sugar Loaf Mountain, which is described as follows:
Beginning at the North quarter corner of the Northeast quarter of Section 15, Township 24 South, Range 31 East, M.D.B. and M.; thence East 1 1/4 miles more or less to the Northeast corner of Section 14 of said Township and Range; thence South 1 1/4 mile more or less to the East quarter corner of the North-east quarter of Section 23 of said Township and Range; thence West 1 1/4 mile more or less to the center of the Northeast quarter of Section 22 of said Township and Range; thence North 1 1/4 miles more or less to the point of beginning.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any weapon within or into that area in and around the community of Oak Ranch, which is described as follows:
(a) 
The unincorporated portions of the Oak Ranch subdivisions known as Tracts 513, 533 and 567 recorded in volume 25, page 55; volume 27, page 60; and volume 30, page 24 respectively, of Maps in the official Tulare County Records.