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CITY OF LANGFORD - BYLAW NO. 1875 (Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452, 2013 Amendment No. 1)
Amendment No. 1 to the City of Langford Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452 (Bylaw No. 1875) updating the citation, adding definitions (including axe and knife), adding regulation for controlled axe/knife throwing activities and renumbering sections.
Key facts
- Bylaw amends Bylaw No. 1452 to include regulation of axes and knives and to change the bylaw citation to 'City of Langford Firearms, Bow, Axe and Knife Use Bylaw, No. 1452, 2013'
- Readings: Read first, second and third readings on October 21, 2019
- Contains textual additions: definitions for 'Axe' and 'Knife' and provisions for organized axe/knife throwing or licensed business events
- Agenda status: listed for Adoption (item 7.d)
CITY OF LANGFORD
BYLAW NO. 1875
A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 1452 BEING THE “FIREARMS AND BOW USE BYLAW NO. 1452, 2013.”
The Council of the City of Langford in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:
Bylaw No. 1452 cited as “Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452, 2013” is amended by:
a) Deleting the current top of page bylaw subtitle and replacing it with “A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND BOWS AND THE THROWING OF AXES AND KNIVES
b) Inserting to Section 1, the following definitions:
- f) “Axe” means a tool consisting of a metal blade attached at a right angle to a handle, often used for chopping wood, and can include a hatchet or tomahawk.
- g) “Knife” – means a cutting instrument consisting of a blade fastened to, or equipped with a handle and can include a spike, shuriken or similar weapon.
c) Adding a new Section 3 to read as follows:
No person shall throw, propel or cast, for target or any other purpose, an axe or a knife within the City of Langford except as herein provided:
i. Indoors only as a member of an organized axe or knife throwing Association or League; ii. By any person participating as the customer or client of a licensed business which hosts controlled axe and knife throwing events.
d) Renumbering Sections 3 to 5 to become Sections 4 to 6 respectively.
e) Deleting the bylaw citation and replacing it with “City of Langford Firearms, Bow, Axe and Knife Use Bylaw, No. 1452, 2013”
This Bylaw may be cited as the “Firearms and Bow Use Bylaw No. 1452, 2013 Amendment No. 1, Bylaw No. 1875.”
READ A FIRST TIME this 21st day of October, 2019
READ A SECOND TIME this 21st day of October, 2019
READ A THIRD TIME this 21st day of October, 2019
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of, 2019.
MAYOR
ADMINISTRATOR