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<br />MEMO <br /> <br />DATE <br /> <br />May 1, 1998 <br /> <br />TO <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br />FROM <br /> <br />Jim March <br /> <br />RE <br /> <br />Amendment to Ordinance #5 - Discharge of Firearms <br /> <br />***************************************************************** <br /> <br />The police department has had some diffiqulties in trying to <br />enforce Ordinance #5 the way that it is currently written. This <br />item has been referred to the Planning Commission by the City <br />Council. The main issue is that the current Ordinance does not <br />eliminate the discharge of firearms (shotguns) that emit multiple <br />projectiles within the corporate limits. Duck hunters, trap- <br />shooters, etc. are not banned from discharging their firearms as <br />long as they are shooting multiple projectiles. This item needs <br />to be amended in the current Ordinance. <br /> <br />Enclosed in your packet is a copy of the Weapons Ordinance that <br />was adopted this year by the City of Circle Pines. The Circle <br />Pines Ordinance also defines other weapons of less than mass <br />destruction. I would recommend adopting the same Ordinance to <br />have consistency within the Cities for the enforcement by the <br />police department. <br />