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ORDINANCE NO. I1 d
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent
amending Section 1 of Ordinance 1006
and permitting shooting within the City
under certain conditions.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 1006, codified as
Kent City Ordinance 5.11.04 which reads as follows:
"Except as hereafter provided, it is un-
lawful for any person, except an officer
of the law, in line of duty, to discharge
any firearm, airgun, slingshot or any in-
strument of similar character within the
City limits of the City of Kent.",
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Except as hereafter provided, it is un-
lawful for any person, except an officer
of the law, in line of duty, to discharge
any firearm, airgun, slingshot or any in-
strument of similar character, within the
City limits of the City of Kent; provided,
that this Section shall not apply in the
case of any group or club hereafter called
"gun club", which is organized for the pur-
pose of providing for its members an op-
portunity to engage in skeet or trap shoot-
ing, and which complies with the following
conditions:"
1. The shooting may be done only on land
owned or leased by the gun club, pro-
vided, however, that if the gun club
is composed of members of an employee
organization, written permission of
the employer for use of its land shall
suffice.
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2. The range where shooting is to occur
must be situated so there can be no
danger to the general public from
misdirected or accidentally dis-
charged weapons.
3. Each gun club must keep posted with
the Police Department of the City of
Kent a schedule approved by the Chief
of Police or his designated representa-
tive of the hours and days during which
shooting will take place. Shooting
will not be permitted at other than
the posted times without prior written
permission of the Chief of Police or
his designated representative.
4. Shooting shall be restricted to gun
club members and their guests only.
Each gun club shall issue some form
of identification to each member and
guest which must be carried by the
member and guest at all times when
engaged in shooting at his or another
club's location. The identification
card shall be produced for inspection
upon demand of any officer of the Kent
Police Department upon the premises of
any gun club during the hours that
shooting is taking place.
5. Shooting shall be restricted to those
districts zoned M -A, R -A, M-1 and M-2
or their equivalents in the event the
present zoning classifications are
modified upon adoption of a new Zoning
Ordinance for the City of Kent. There
shall be no shooting within 300 feet of
any occupied dwelling or within 400 feet
of any school playground.
6. Failure to comply with any of the
provisions of this Section shall
result in revocation of a gun club's
rights and privileges granted herein.
Each gun club shall be responsible
for policing its own membership to
insure compliance with this Section.
7. The Chief of Police of the City of
Kent is hereby granted the power to
enforce the provisions of this Sec-
tion. All decisions of the Chief of
Police, including but not limited to
whether reasonable shooting hours are
being observed, or whether public
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safety is being adequately protected
shall be final. Provided, however,
any decision of the Chief of Police
requiring a gun club to discontinue
operations because of alleged viola-
tions of any of the provisions of
this Section may be appealed to the
City Council by filing written notice
of appeal with the City Clerk. The
City Council shall set a date for
hearing which shall be not more than
30 days following receipt of the ap-
peal by the City Clerk. Between the
time of the decision of the Chief of
Police appealed from and final dispo-
sition of the appeal, the gun club
shall not engage in any shooting
activities. All decisions of the
City Council shall be final and no
appeal may be taken therefrom.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and pub-
lication, as provided by law.
Attest:
MARIE JENSEN City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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DONALD E. MIRK, City Attorney
PASSED the
APPROVED the _ �'
PUBLISHED the
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ISABEL HOG N, MXYPR
day of April, 1972.
day of April, 1972.
day of April, 1972.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. j l , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
(SEAL)
MARIE JENNS T, City Clerk
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