[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Canandaigua
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-11-1977 (Chs. 8.32 and 8.44 of the
1997 Municipal Code); amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code
(see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: A prior amendment to this article was Ord. No. 92-13.
No person shall discharge any firearms, guns, air-rifles, spring guns,
or any gun so constructed as to discharge pellets by compressed air or compressed
gas within the City limits, except that this article shall not apply to police
officers who discharge firearms in the line of duty, any honor guard at a
military funeral, any properly constructed range approved by the Chief of
Police, nor any person commercially engaged in extermination, pest and rodent
control who shall obtain annually a permit from the Chief of Police, provided
that such persons may only use a firearm of .22 caliber or less in connection
with their commercial business of extermination, pest and rodent control.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment
in the County Jail of Ontario County for not more than 15 days, or both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day on which any such violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 6-7-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The City of Canandaigua, by its City Council in its proprietary capacity,
declares that it is necessary for the security, safety, protection and well-being
of its employees, its property and individuals present thereupon, to place
restrictions on the bearing and possession of firearms and other dangerous
weapons and instruments by individuals while entering into and being present
in the City Hall, Police Station, Fire Station, or Hurley Building.
No individual shall bear or have in his or her possession, either openly
or concealed, any firearm, gun, explosive device or substance, lethal or debilitating
chemical, gas or substance, or a weapon or dangerous or deadly instrument
of any description, including, but not limited to a handgun, pistol, target
pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, dangerous knife, dagger, dirk, razor, stiletto,
or imitation pistol, while entering into or being present in the City Hall,
Police Station, Fire Station, or Hurley Building.
This article shall not apply to any authorized peace officer or police
officer, as defined in the New York State Criminal Procedure Law, or any other
authorized official of the County, State or Federal Government.
