OR 99-874 Discharge of BB guns within city limits AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 99874
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9-3-1A OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF BB GUNS AND
OTHER DEVICES IN THE CITY LIMITS; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 9, Section 9-3-1A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Coppoll, Texas be, and the same is hereby amended in part to read as follows:
"See. 9-3-1 REGULATION OF FIREARMS
A. DISCHARGING FIREARMS UNLAWFUL
It shall be unlawful for any person to fire. discharge or shoot. or
cause to be fired or shot any handgun. BB gun, air rifle, air gun,
pellet gun, bow, firearm. rifle. shotgun, automatic rifle. revolver,
pistol or any other device designed for the purpose of firing or
discharging a shell, cartridge, or any other solid or compact
substance, whether propelled by burning, fire, explosion.
compressed air. compressed gas, or mechanical springs. regardless if
the object or substance is blank or live ammunition within the
Co~-porate Limits of the City; provided however, this section shall
not apply to persons who discharge, shoot or fire a pistol, rifle or any
other device capable of discharging a solid projectile by mechanical
springs as long as the person is within the legal boundaries of their
own property and the projectile does not exit outside the boundaries
of said property.
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SECTION2. That all provisions ofthe Code of Ordinances ofthe City ofCoppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same ~e hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and eftbet.
SECTION 3. That should any word. phrase, paragraph. section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as an~ended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid.
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional. illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. An oflbnse comtnitted before the efl~ctive date of this ordinance is governed
by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances. as amended in effect when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in ett~ct for this purpose.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby. shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of CoppelL Texas, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) tbr each offense; and
each and every day such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 6. That this ordinm~ce shall take eflbct immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ci)77'h day
of//-~j')t*,'/ , 1999.
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APPROVED:
CANDY SHEEF~AN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PETER G. SMITH. CITY ATTORNEY
(PGS/sb 4/28/99)
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