HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 Ordinance No. 066I
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,1·1<11:s OF 1986
BY lllJl'IIORITY
COUNCIi, UILL 1'0 . 69
IN'l'HOIJUCEIJ OY COU IJCIL
MJ-MBl:I< VAN DYKE
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MIIHCll'N, CODE 1985 , llt-:LA'l'l1-IG TO EXPLOSIONS 1\tnl \vl-:11 1\JNS.
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•,n:t ions c.d '1lllL J , L"n.ipu.:i s bB ,md 6C , E1tJlcwcx)i,l M..1111 c ip.:1! Co..le
I 1Hi'->, tc e l 1r 111,1te IM:.: prov 1s 1ons con:I 1c Jnq with p1,,1nptir)..J SlcJ c•
•il.1 lutes .Jncl to \~nh,.mcp o the1 l·J'-"C prov1s 1ons m~k1 1'l'J tlh'ln Inorc
l,•q,il i y u1forcv,1blc·;
tlO , 'IIIEH EFOJW , BE l 'I' OHIJIIINl!lJ BY 'Im, CITY (\JUNC IJ. OF '111r,
. I TY OF rl-lGLIM J , QJLO IWXl, AS FO LLOWS ;
!kllon l. Tit I 3 , , Ch..ip er bB , SL.......:llon Ll ' E1 .. Jl~wooc.1
~-...n1c1~5dt l9H5 , i 5 hereby ilJTlel"K.lcd to r ead ris fo ll ows :
7-'113 -ll : 1:XPLOS IONS : I L sha ll be unl.1wl_ul lO l uny person
to c.1use an xplosion of [X)wJ e r o r otht'r canbus-
tlble material , 111 any man ner , et: ee 6 -tseAat=fje aRy fH:eat=m -,
wi h 1n Lh e City , v,1 haut permission [ran Lhe City Manage r . '!his
Sec tion shaJ l. not anpLy to peac~ o([icers octing in the discharye
o i U1e 1r duty .
Sect ion 2 . '1'1LL~ 7 , Cho pte r bC , Sec tions l , 2 , and J ,
Enc3lc,;.ood f-1.J cTcipal Cooe 198s, are hereby r epealed , and new
Seel; ons O, 1 , 2 , ,1 ncl 3 a re hereby e nac ted Lo r caU as (oJ Lows :
7-6~--0 : DEFIN ITI ONS :
A. As used in tt11 s chapL r un l ess the conLext otherwif-c
r equ ires :
J . "Bl ckjack 11 i nc l udes a ny bi.1 l y , &lr"KI c lub , sandbag ,
or otht=r hand-oper ated str ii~ing i,.,eapo n consisting , a t the
.:.Lr iki ng ,1.::nd , of an cnc..iscx.1 pi ece of lead or other heavy
subsLdnce a nd , at the hard l e end , c1 strap o r s pringy
shd(L which rncr eases the force of imp3.ct .
2 . "nanb " means any explosive or 111ccnd i ..1ry dev i ce or
molotov cock La il as clef ined in sect ion 9-7-l03 , Co lorado
Rev i sed Statutes , which is not spec ifically designed for
lawful and legitimate us in Ll11..• harx:ls of I Ls po ssessor.
J . "r~1r eu r m" 1oc \.m S u pisto l , r evo l ver , 1111 0 , shotq un ,
or o 111:r ha rd v.\.~<-1pon o f a ny descn pt i on , lo ac.k<l or
un 1 o,-:1ded , frcxn vAi 1ch .1 ny shot , bu I J l·t , t 11 o lh r miss i I e
can be J i sch,1 rqc<l by ct n e x p l os 1 v ch,1 r ql .
4 . "G. is qun " n1<..•,rns .:J Jev tc<.-Ues l<Jneu I 0 1 proJect 1ng
1.1s-l 1 llc-•d p1.0 Jt'Cll l es whi ch r e l Pdse ttw 11 contents a(L<!r
h .. iv1nq been pro J ec l ed fran the rlcv i c..:-arxl inc ludes
f1r0JC'Cl 1 lc:s dcs i r_J nc<l f o r usP i n such a dev icP .
5 . "Gr,w 1t y knife" mea ns 1ny kn1fC! Lh.i t h<Js u b l ad e
r,:>lt1<1S<..d fran the hn ndl e o r sheath LhP r eo f by th force
o f r1 r ,1v1ly o r the upp li ca ti on o f ct·nt riruqal fo rce , that
wt'\('n r elcc1sl.~-J 1s lockC\.l in place l>y mP.i ns o( .:i button ,
s pr 1 rY], l l•ver , o r o ttwr elev 1c •
fJ . 11 Knift " mc\.m s <-m y daqyer , d irk , knife-, or s tile llo
with __i blt1de ove r thrE'(;, a nd one-llill l inc he s in l e ngth , or
iny ou11...•1 Llu TltJ<.•rous i nst rume n t c.-.1 ,.,,_1b l t 1 o l 1nflictin•,J
cutt 1ncJ , s labbing , o r Lea ri r¥J vJOunds , but does not
inc lude ,1 hun ing o r fish in(J knife c a rried (or s ports
U ZL . ·nll.: i ssue t h..1 L ... 1 kni f c i s a hun lt ¥J or (i sh i ng
kn1(e must be rai s ed ns an a ffirma t i ve de f e nse .
7 . "Nun c hu ka (nunchuka s)" mea ns an i nstrumen t cons i s i ng
o f two or mor e s tic ks , cl ub s , bar!:i , o r rod s o be used as
ha nd l es connect ed by a ro , rord , wire , or chai n, which
i s in Lhc de siyn of a weapon used in co nnection with t he
prc1 c 1-1ce o t. a sys ten of se l f-de f nse .
8 . "Switchblade knife" mea ns any kni(P , the blade of
whi c h op:,ns a utanat ica l ly by hand pressure appl i cd to a
button , s p r inq , or othe r d e vice in its hilndlc .
9 . 11 'M1r o wing s t a r" mea ns a d i sc haviny sharp rudiating
poinLs o r any di sc-shaped bladed obj ect whi c h i s hand
hPl.d and thr own und ..... hich i s in th des ign o f a ....eapon i n
connection with th pract i c e o( a sys tem of se 1 f -de f e nse .
10 . "Sp i ke s " mruns a ny d e vi ce canp:,sed of l eathe r or
othe r mater i a l impr eg nated with sp ikes capabl of be i ng
wor n around any part o( the hum an body (such as a wri st
band , over the hand , around the head , neck , etc .) wtlich
has m t u l I ic s pikes Jltolruding o ut (ran Lh e I 'athe r or
o ther mnl c rial , but does not inc l ude any bona fide item
of we a ring a ppa r e l us ed in a recognized cJnd organi zed
sport s uc h dS <JOlf s hoes , cleated footb 11 or baseba ll
shoe s . 'I'he i s s ue o ( wh e ther the i tern was a go l (,
football , or base ba l l sh may be r a i sed as an
a (f irma tiv de fense .
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7-hC-I : CTJIICEALED \'1FJ\ I
A. J l shil 11 be unlawful for a ny person , with 11'1 th l 1m its of
Ell(Jlcw'OO..i , knowingly to ca rry cone a led upon his person
. ..1 ny knife o r firea rm .
IL It !.ih~1l I be ,,n 1(t 1rmuuve d"'(c nse ·hat Lhc d e f endan was :
I . 1 1x~r son in his own d ~l l 11¥) or pl~cc of business o r
on p , 01 1 Ly owned o r und r 111 s cont ro I Jt the t ime of the
.ict 0 1 c.:<-1 rr y 1nq ; o t
2. .:i pet son in a private autanobi IL or other pri vate
rru....:.m s o f conveyuncc who carr 1cs 1 ',,l('.1 pon (or lawful
protcc.·t I un of h 1 s or anothe r 's per son o r pr ope rty 'N111 le
t1 tlVc>l 1nn ; or
J . ,, person who , pr ior to the time o f c.:ir rying a
conct•.i l cd vA...->apon , has been i ssued c1 wri tten rmit
pursuant to Section l8-l2-l0 5 , C.R.S., to carry the w.eapon
by Lhc chief of pol i c of a city or city a nd county , o r
the she ri f f of ;i county ; or
4 . "peac,.. o [ficer , JS defined i n section l8-l-901 (3)(l)
c .n.s .; or
5 . .:, m nbe r of the a rmed fo r ces of the United States or
t h Color ado Nationa l Guard nc ing in the l awfu l n:scharge
o f h i s dut i es .
7-6C-2 : fOSSESSI ON OF" ILLEGAL WF"..11 1:0NS :
A. I t s ha ll be unlawfu l fo r any person to possess a n illegal
weapon .
n . i\s uscc1 in this sect io n , the tetm "illegal upon 11 mea ns a
bl ,1ckjack , oonb , g;is g lD'l , z i p gun , meta l lic knuckles ,
gr,1v i ty knife , o r s wi tchbl ade knife .
C. It s ha ll be an a ffirmative d e f e nse to this sect i on that a
pe r son has a va l id peanit a nd li cense pursua nt to the
United Slates COOe (or such wea pon , o r that a person 1s .J
peace o(f icer , or a marber of the United Sta t es Armed
l-~orces , or the CO l orado Nationa l QJard acti ng in the
l a wful discha r ge o( h i s duties .
7-bC-J : PR011113 !TED USE OF WEAr<lNS :
A. IL snall 1llt<Jul fo r .i I •rson lo us1..• or I sst•ss 1
weapon , r:
I • :10 knowi nq I y ~ncl un l i1w[u 11 y ,11ms ,1 I I LL'd L1TI al ,1 nolher
['-'I :jQ11 ; 01
• ..._. l L"'Cklcss ly o r wtlh c u m1n.1l n1.:\:Jliy1~11c:c-d1scharqes u
I lt t.;,ll111 OL sl\ools ,1 bow d11tl ,1rrow 0 1 blow-d.1 11 wropon ; or
L r'k...: n.1s 1r his possess i on .,1 ttrl'.inn ....t11 l t.• h is under
lhl: influ:mcc. oi 111tox1cdting 11quo 1 o r al ., c:o ntrollccl
substu ncc , ,1s de! int-xi in ncc u on 12 -2.l-303(7) C.H.S.
Po sse:::si on of il (X!rmil i ssuf'cl under SL'<"L i on 18-1.2-1 05.1
C.1·.~·. 1s no lefl•nsi · to ,1 VJOl.1llon a t Lh1 s subs&:tion
(1); 01
4 . he knowiny l y .itms , sw iiKJ S , o r throws ,21 nunchuk0
(nuncnuk,,.s) or .. 1 tl1row iny Sld r , us dC'f ined in sections
7-oC -0 (6) drx.l (8), at another person , or he knowingly
[ ssesscs ~1 Lh rowiny star or nunchuka (nunchuk ,1s ) in u
1:..,bl 1c pl~cc e xcepL or t he 1:..,rpose of presenting a [Xlblic
Uanonstra tion or e xhibition a uthorized by the chief o(
rx,I ice , or pursuant Lo ins truct i on in ronJunct i on with a n
organ 1 z school or class . Whe n trans1X)rt i ng throwing
star s or nunchuka (nunchukas) (or a public danonstr .J.t i on
or exh ibiti on or for a school or c l ass , they s hal l be
Lransportccl in a c l osed , nonacce ssible conta iner .
5 . he knowi ngl y hits at , swings , or uses a ny device
cani:oscd of l e<1 the r or othe r maler i 111 s impt c<J nated wi th
sp ikes a t a nother i:erson , or he knowingly poss -sses a ny
device com1:x>sed of 1 a th r or other materia l impregnated
with spik s as clP[i ncd in section 7-G C-l (9) in a public
place e xcept for Lhe purpose of pr senting a denonstration
or exh ibition a uthorized by the chi e f of I_X)lice . ~·Jhe n
Lrans port i ng any devi ce c<1nrxised o[ l ea the r or other
material im preg nated with sp i kcs for u p.1bl ic denonstra-
t ion or exh ibit i on , they sha ll be tt t.msported in a closed ,
nonaccess i blc cc,nta i ne r .
In roch.JCL--=-d , read in fulJ , a nd passed on firsl rcadirKJ on the
th day o[ October , J 986 .
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Puhl 1shc'U .1s .J B111 to r .J n Ord m ,:mc'-' on lhl• Bth diJy o[
Oc:lob<•t , I 'l8b .
Re.J,i by Li t l C' ,ll"K.I J"\_1 SScd on fin ,d r e.1clrnq on lhC' 20th lay o(
Oe toh .. ·1 , 19fH,.
Puhl 1shL'U by t 1tl0 dS Orc.lin.1nct · No . 0b._, :ll..~r 1cs of 1986 , on
t Ill 22n. I l 1y o t Ck-Lober , I <JAG .
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P,1 lt 1e 1d IL row , City C l e rk
l , Pc1tr1cia II. Crow , City Clerk of the City o( Englew"()(X),
Co l or,1do , hereby certify th.:it the above and (orcgo ing is a true
c omplete copy of he Ordin.Jnce p..1sscq _cyi finu l r cud incJ and
pub li s hed by tit l e as Ord1 nanc No . .!Q.l!2..,, seri es o [ 1986 •
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Patricia II. Crow
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