Ord 21 Prohibit Discharging of FirearmsVILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
Dakota County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NUMBER,
AN ORDINANCE prohibiting the shooting or discharging of
guns,_airguns, pistols, revolvers or other firearms
within the Village of Mendota Heights and providing a
penalty therefor.
The Village Council of Mendota Heights ordains as follows:
Section 1, No person shall hereafter shoot, fire off, discharge
or explode any gun, airgun, pistol, revolver, or other firearm
within the corporate limits of this Village, except as hereinaf-
ter provided.
Section 2. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of
firearms:
a). by duly authorized policemen and law enforcement of-
ficers,
b)o when used in the lawful defense of person or property
or family,
c), when used in conjunction with a Youth Firearm Safety
Training program duly approved by the appropriate of-
ficials of the State of Minnesota and when operated
under the supervision of Instructors certified by the
Department of Conservation of the State of Minnesota,
d). when used in conjunction with a target - shooting pro-
gram supervised or approved by the National Rifle
Association or a similarly recognized organization,
e)8 by members and guests of duly incorporated gun clubs
which shall have been in existence and incorporated
under the laws of the State of Minnesota for the pre-
vious five (5) years, provided, however, that any such
use shall be restricted to land owned or leased by said
club,
f), by the owner or tenant of land solely for the protection
of his own crops, livestock, or poultry,
g). no use permitted in the foregoing subsections of this
Section 2 shall be deemed to authorize the doing of any
act or thing otherwise forbidden or regulated by any
enactment of the United States or the State of Minnesota
or regulations promulgated pursuant to any such enactment.
Section 3. "Airgun0° means any air rifle, air gun, B -B gun, spring
gun or similar device for the propulsion of shot or other metal or
plastic pellet by means of compressed air, or mechanical spring
action. Except as otherwise defined herein, all words and phrases
shall have the same meaning and definition as contained in the ap-
plicable Minnesota Statutes then in force and effect.
Section 4. Any use of firearms permitted by subsections (e) and
(f) of Section 2 hereof shall be limited to shotguns without slugs,
and without the written permission of the owner, no use permitted
by said subsections shall be made within 500 feet of any building
occupied by a human being or by livestock, or within 500 feet of
any stockade or corral containing livestock.
Section 5. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100)
or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days.
Section 6. Effective date. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its publication according to law.
Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this day ofL,U`
1958.
( Seal)
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THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA //.HEI,�HTS
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Mayor