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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE BY
STRIKING THEREFROM ALL OF SECTION 12-1 OF CHAPTER 12
AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SECTION 12-1 ; STRIKING
THE EXCEPTION FROM THE RULE PROHIBITING DISCHARGE OF
FIREARMS FOR SMOTHBORE FIREARMS DISCHARGED SOUTH OF FM
ROAD 528 AND WEST OF FM ROAD 518; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 FOR VIOLATION OF ANY
PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS :
Section 1 . The Friendswood City Code is hereby amended by
striking therefrom all of Section 12-1 of Chapter 12 and
substituting therefor the following :
"Section 12-1 . Use of firearms rohibited ; exceptions .
It s a e unlaw u or any person to isc arge any gun,
pistol or other firearm or any air rifle or air pistol of any
description, by whatsoever name known that by means of
compressed air, compressed gas , springs , or any other means is
capable of discharging shots, pellets or any solid object in,
on, across , or near any house or any other building , or in, on,
across, or near any public square or street or private roadway
within the limits of the City of Friendswood. This section
shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law from
discharging a firearm in the performance of his duty ; nor to
any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending
persons or property. Provided, however, the above provisions
of this Section shall not be applicable to the discharge of
firearms under the following conditions :
(1) Firearms may be discharged at bona fide gun clubs
operating pursuant to a sPecific use permit granted
under the Zoning Ordinance of the City; operating as a
nonconforming use under the provi.sions of said
Ordinance ; or operating under some oth�er applicable
provision of said Ordinance.
Any person who discharnes any gun, pistol, or other firearm
or any air rifle or air pistol of any description, by
whatsoever name known, in violation of the provisions of this
Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemenaor and upon
conviction shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars
($1 ,000) .
Section 2. In the event any section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of_
this Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or
circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or held
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall
not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or
any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be
invalid or unconstitutional ; and the City Council of the City
of Friendswood, Texas , declares that it would have passed each
and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any
such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional , or
whether there be one or more parts .
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this �_ day
of December � 1988.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading this 19th
day of December , 1988.
ayorPaul W. Schrader
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City ecretar
Deloris McKenzie , CMC
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