HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-057 Public Safety / Firearm • ORDINANCE NO. 94 57
AN ORDINANCE: relating to public safety; exercising the City of Yakima's
statutory authority to exempt the City of Yakima from
prohibitions against carrying a firearm enacted in RCW
9.41.050(4)
WHEREAS, RCW 9.41.050(4) prohibits a person from carrying a firearm
unless it is unloaded and enclosed in an opaque case or secure wrapper except
under certain conditions; and,
WHEREAS, RCW 9.41 050(6) provides that a city may enact an ordinance
to exempt itself from the prohibition of Subsection (4); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yakima deems it in the best
interest of the residents of the City of Yakima that the City be exempt from the
prohibition of RCW 9 41 050(4), now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1 The City of Yakima is exempt from the prohibitions to
i carrying a firearm found in RCW 9 41 050(4)
Section 2 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after
its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City
Charter
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 27th day of
September , 1994
ATTEST Mayor
City Clerk
Publication Date: 9/30/g4
Effective Date: 10/30/94
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