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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE 0262-1975CITY OF KENAI ORDINANCE NO. 262-75 A~I ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI AMENDING THE KENAI CODE BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 5.06.110, DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alakka: Section 1. The Code of the City of Kenai is hereby amended by adding §5.06.110, Discharge of Firearms within the City Limits, to read as follows: 5.06.110 Discharge of firearms within the Cit~ limits. A flrea~n may be discharged at any place within the City limits which the Council specifto.~dly designates by resolution as being a proper place for the discharge of figaro'ms. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in any place within the City limits other than in an area specifically dest~mated as provided above. CITY OF KENAI ATTEST: City Clerk FIRST READING SECOND READING EFFECTIVE DATE CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO. 75-38 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, AS AMENDED, DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PLACE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS BEING A PROPER PLACE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai is enacting Ordinance No. 262-75 which declares that it sL~._!! be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in any place within the City !!~its other than in an area specifically designated by Council, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai, pursuant to Ordinanoe 262-75 may designate by resolution areas or places within the City limits where a firearm may be discharged, and WHERF, AS, the Council of the City of Kenai has found the following area within the City limits, with the exceptions noted hereafter, to be a proper place for the discharge of firearms. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of l(ermi, Alaska, as follows: Section 1. A shot~,un may be discharged in the following described area only for the purpose of taking water fowl, with the exceptions set out in Section 2: Beginning at the centarline of the mouth of the Kenai River where the westerly line of Section 5, RllW, TSN, Seward Meridian crosses the Kenai River, thence easterly along the eenterline of the Kenat River to the e~st line of Section 5, RllW, TSN, thence southerly along the eentarline of the Kenai River to a point 100 yards upstTeam of the small boat loading ramp on the Kenai River, thence easterly to the living natural lree line, thence following the now natural living tree line to within 100 yards of the Kenai River Bridge erosst, ng road, thence southerly, m~in~.~intng .......... - ,vo yards ,,-~,,,, the ~,~:~. Rive~, Bridge i~oad and parallel to said road to the north high water bank of the Kenai River, thence easterly along the north high water bank of the Kenai River to a point 100 yards east of the Kenal River Bridge crossing thence northerly maintaining a I00 yard distance from the Kenai River Bridge crossing road to a point where maximum high fide waters reach, thence following this tide line easterly to a point where the tide line intersects the west bank of the Kenai River downstream of the Loretta Knackstedt residence, thence easterly to the eentarline of the Kenai River, thence northerly on the centerline of the Kenal River to a point where the river then flows east to west thence easterly along the eenterline of the Kenai River to a point where the Kenai River flows ~outh to north, thence easterly to the west line of Section I1, RllW, TSN, thence on a line due east to the next west bank, upstream, of the Kenal River, thence following the natural maximum high water bank of the Kenai River upstream, including all sloughs, backwaters end in-flowing tributaries, as far as navigable from the main stream of the Kenai River, to a point where the Kenal City limits crosses the Kenai River on the ~outh line of Section 7, RIOW, TSN, thence following the City limits line on south side of the Kenai River to a point where the City limits termtna'Ies at the tide line of Cook Inlet (section line dividing Section ?, RIlW, TSN, a~ad Seeiloii 18, RIIW, TSN). It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm other than a shotgun in the above-described Section 2. Within the area above-described, it shall be unlawful to discharge a shotgun at any point which is within lO0 yards of a residential or commercial structure or of a maintained street or highway. Section 3. Nothing contained herein shall preclude the retrieval of wounded water fowl by normal migratory bird hunting methods and means from the areas designated as closed to shooting, with regard to safe and prudent use of firearms within these areas while retrieving wounded birds. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this ,~--g day of September, 1975. ATTBST: gue/C. Pete~, City Clerk RESOLUTION NO. ?5-38 - Page Two CITY OF KNNAI 1118 A. ~.LSON, I~¥0R o · I-' 'GO 0 g' CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO .7 $ - 4 1 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PLACE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS BEING A PROPER PLACE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai is enacting Ordinance No. 262-75 which declares that it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in any place within the City limits other than in an area specifically designated by Council, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai, pursuant to Ordinance 262-75 may designate by resolution areas or places within the City limits where a firearm may be discharged, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Kenai has found the following area within the City limits, with the exceptions noted hereafter, to be a proper place, for the discharge.of fine. ms. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, as ~ollows: Seotion 1. .A firearm may be discharged at any place within that area which is bounded as follows, with those exceptions set out in Section 2. Beginning at a point being approximately Mile 6 on the Kenal Spur, thence north on the City limits line to the north City limits, then west along the north City limits line to the intersection of Marathon Road and the City limits, thence southwest along the easterly edge of Marathon Road to the interseation of Marathon Road and a line drawn from the inter- seation of Davidson Drive and the Kenai Spur at right angles to the end of the runway of the Kenai Municipal'Airport, thence southeasterly along such line to the intersection of Davtdson Drive and the Ken~i Spur, thence east along the no~ther!~ edge of the Kenai Spur to the point of b. eginning. Section 2. It shall be unlawful to discharge a firearm at any point which is within 100 yards of a residential or comme, rclal structure or of a maintained street or highway. PASSI~D BY TI-lB COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this ~-~ day of September, 1975, ATTEST: 8f~/~. Peter, Ciiy Clerk JAMES A. ELSON, MAYOR .1 'C 0 0 ~t. . ! CITY OF KENAI RESOLUTION NO.7 $ - 41 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PLACE WITHIN THE CIT'/' LlMITS AS BEING A PROPER PLACE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. WHP-REAS, the Council of the City of Kenai is enacting Ordinance No. 262-75 which declares that it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm in any place within the City limiis other than in an area specffieally designated by Council, and WHI~REAS, the Council of the City of Kenai, pursuant to Ordinance 262-75 may designate by l'esclution areas or places within the City limits where a firearm may be discharged, and IglffiRF. AS, the Council of the City of Kenai has found the following area within the City limits, with the exceptions noted hereafter, to be a proper place for the discharge of firearms. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED bi' the Council of the City of Kenai, Alaska, as follows: Sscflon 1. A firearm may be discharged at any place within that area which is bounded as follows, with those exceptions set out in Section 2. Beginning at a point being approximately Mile $ on the Kenai Spur, thence north on the City limits line ~ the north City limits, then west along tho no~h City limits line to the intersection of Marathon Road and the City limits, thence southwest along the easterly edge of Marathon Road to the intersection of Marathon Road and a line drawn from the inter- section of Davidson Drive and the Kenal Spur at right angles to the end of the runway of the Kensi Municipal Airport, thence southeasterly along such line to .the inters~tion of David?,on Drive and the Kenai Spur, thence east along the northerly edge of the Kenai Spur to the point of beginning. Section 2. It shall be unlawful to discharge a firearm at any point which is within I00 yards of a residential or commercial structure or of a maintained greet or highway. PASSED BY TIlE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this c.~/}~'~ day of September 1975. ' ' ATTI~ST: Peter, City Clerk /'~ JAMES A. ELSON, MAYOR *CO°t .