2002M19-AMEND CHAP 10 GUNS ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER10,
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PROVISIONS, ARTICLE IV, GUNS,
"BB" GUNS, PELLET GUNS, SECTION 10-70, UNLAWFUL TO FIRE,
AND SECTION 10-71, EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
THAT, Chapter 10, Article IV, Section 10-70 of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Schertz, Texas be amended to read as follows:
"It shall be unlawful to willfully or intentionally shoot a gun within the limits of the City,
excepted as provided in Section 10-71. It shall also be unlawful to throw stones or other
missiles, or to shoot or to discharge any stones or other missiles with or from a sling shot
of any kind. A person asserting an exception to prosecution under this Section shall be
required to prove same as a defense under the provisions of the Texas Penal Code and a
Code of Criminal Procedure.
A gun shall include specifically, but not exclusively, any shotgun, pistol, rifle, air rifle,
BB gun, bow and arrow and other mechanism that discharges or ejects any bullet,
buckshot, or any other metallic object of any size by force of combustion, mechanism, or
air gun.
A violation of this Section shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
punishable by a fine pursuant to the general penalty set forth in this Code. In addition,
the City may also direct the City Attorney to bring a civil action in a court of competent
jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Section.
THAT Chapter 10, Article IV, Section 10-71 of the Code of Ordinances. City of
Schertz, Texas be amended to read as follows:
Excepted from Section 10-70 are:
a. Shooting a shotgun upon a tract often (10) acres or more under one ownership, with
the effective consent of the owner(s) and any tenant(s) residing thereon, and not adjacent
to any developed area, provided that the shotgun is not discharged within 900
(nine hundred) feet of an occupied residence or structure other than the property owners
or tenants, or in such a manner as would reasonably be expected to cause any projectile to
cross the boundary of the tract onto other premises. "Shotgun" shall mean .410, 20 16 or
12 gauge shotgun with shot no larger than size 6.
b. Shooting a center fire or rim fire bullet or projectile from any rifle or pistol of any
caliber upon a tract of fifty (50) acres or more under one ownership, with the effective
consent of the owner(s) and any tenant(s) residing thereon and not adjacent to any
developed area, provided that the rifle is not discharged within 1 (one) mile of a platted
subdivision or structure other than the property owners or tenants, or in such a manner as
would reasonably be expected to cause any projectile to cross the boundary of the tract
onto other premises.
c. "One ownership" shall mean an unsubdivided parcel, which may be owned by a
person, corporation, or other entity, or by a combination thereof or as tenants in common.
d. "Written consent" means the prior written consent of a person authorized to act, or
whom the shooter reasonably believed was so authorized.
e. "Developed area" shall mean an area that is more than 50% residential, either a
platted subdivision or group of residences which are built and developed in close
proximity to each other on lots of less than 5 (five) acres.
f. "Adjacent" shall mean having a common border.
II
THAT all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are
hereby repealed."
Approved on first reading the~_~_~ o~~, 2002.
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P^SSm ,u,?~owr, ~,,_r, oP~'~o~~~
this the~day o /;~~, 2002.
Mayor, Ciiy ~ Schenz, Texas
ATTEST:
City'Secretary, City of Schertz, Texas
(SEAL OF CITY)
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Guadalupe /
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared
Tommy Crow , known to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on
his oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, a
· newspaper published in said county; that acopy of the within and foregoing notice was
published in said newspaper ~. time(s) before the return day named therein, such
publications being on the following dates:
SeDtgmber 11, 2002
and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached.
, A.D., 2002. ~
CAROL ANN AVERY ,~ --
:0 Notaw PUbliql Guadalupe County, Texas
*"ren please S?pt. 93-0025-CV, that. the AN (
13.~.:i.. & 15th. names of alita~ ~T ::iHET~
' units .which ,asse~ and ~
¢011e~ ~ on ~e Texas pr~l~ that ~UN'
pmpe~ heminaboVe' ~ ~e ~ ~ . ~AD~
de~i~, ho[.'made ~ ~e.~ of ~, ~e na~
r'HE STATE ,OF ' ~ies of this su~ am T~as ,be amen~ by a~o~
TE~S N~E. 'revising Ch~r' ~0, Te~, ~o~
P~intiff and ~ell' ot~er, m~el~e0us offenses g~ as-f~
,';T)fJ~ OF t~ing un~s Who' may ~-pmviS~ A~icle ~ie
~-[.I~ALUPE set up ~ ~m~' IV, ~'~""~;.~,. g~ns- lng, ~.and~ if
:n ~h~ r)ame and by ~e
~u~hor=~ of [he S~te of ~min ~k~e~ ~ *~la guns, ~ 1~ abo~ nam(
delinqu~t ~ad~'.~~ 70, q~a~:~o ~.~d ants ~ dea
Te~s, notice is'he~-:~S on*"~ ;~ S~ .~0:71,':ex~p. known ~im
~iven as follows: TO. . ~n~ve ~d; ~s; pr~dbg a ~al- all of ~d ab
[a,.gald0memjuana H.R'Gua~iola,GUa~i~ ~esand in a~0n ~to the~ ~u~; a~ ~m~ding persons w~
Apolonia . Santib~ez ' all-in~ .~n~ a ~ing ~u~. de~, .and th,
AKA Ap~inia Santiv~ t~s, ant ~allo~.' ~mv~ on,~ mad- heirs of the
nez, Alvino Guardiola by law them~ up tO lng ~ ~d ~y*ef Sep- heim of s~
and Ro~lin~ ~nf~a- and'i~uding ~ day of tear, ~2.. named pers
nez AKA. Rosalinda judgment heroin, and No~a~ouse ~e unknown
Santibanez ,(In' R~ the estabishment and C~S~e~ ownem of tt
' forecl~ure of liens, if PUBLIC NO~CE after descdt
Only),~ny or allif living~of the anda~veif any, ~cudng the pay- C~AT~N BY' PUBLI- and the exe(
~nt of ~, ~ p~ CA~ON ON APPL~A- ministratom,
'~amed defendants be vid~ W law.
4ead, the unknown ~ON .TO D~RMINE lega repre~
,e~rs of each or all of All paRies to this suit, H~HIP ESTATE OF legatees*and
including Plaintiff, De- PEDRO FRANCISCO of the a~v
~:onsSaid abOVewho maynamed~ dead,~r' f~d~ts, and Intewen- BA~VE, SR4 DE- pemons, and
nd the unknown heirs ers, shall take notice C~S~ alt other pe~
of said above named that clams not only for STATE OF ~S cluding adve~
any ~es which were COU~ OF GUADA. ants, the
persons, and the un* ~inquent on said LUPE .s~oldem c
known owner or ownem ~
*pro~~ at ~e ame ~iS To any unk~wn heirs fun~ ~mti
of the hereinafter de- su~ w~ filed but ali'S- Of PEDRO. FRANC~. su~ssors,
scribed land, and the
executors, adminiStra- es ~ming delinquent CO BASAVE, SR., De- a~igns, o~i~
thereon at ~y time
tors, guardians, legal ~er~ffer ~ to the ~y ~, ~eir ex~utom, lng or claimin~
adminbtrators, heirs gal, or
representatives, lega- of judgment, includi~ and assignees, and to m or I~n u~
tees and devisees of '
all interest, penalties all ~ns in~m~ed, in lowing deScriE
and ~t aUow~ by law the Estate of PEDRO e~, delinq[
ther~n, may, upon, r~ FRANCISCO BA- Plaintiff herein.
quest therefore, ~ re- SAVE, SR., Decea~d. es, all of said
covered herein without Know ye that an Appli- being located
fu~her citation or not~ cation to Determine Coun~ and
to any paRies herein,. Heimhip h~ ~en filed wit: West 62.1
and all said pa~ies by GLORIA L. BA- Lot 17, Bl~k2
shall~ take notice of and
p~ad and an~er to all SAVE, that the ~me is Additi~ to th(
n~ pending in the Seguin, G~
claims and' pleadings Coun~ CouR ~ Guada- Count, Tex~
' that prope~ n
now ~ file a~ ~ich lupe Count, Texas, un- . ticularly desc~
may hereafter be file~ der Docket Number
in ~d ~u~ all o~- 2~2-PC-13379, and' Volume 392, F
of D~ R~r
dalu~ Count, '
Wh~h *said pr(
delinquent to
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~ng amount:
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
:;, .- THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Guadalupe ...
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this date personally appeared
'l'ommv C~'o~/ , known to me, who, being by me duly sworn, on
his oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, a
newspaper published in said county; that acopy of the within and foregoing notice was
published in said newspaper j time(s) before the return day named therein, such
publications being on the following dates:
and a newspaper copy of which is hereto attached.
Swormto and subscribed before me this ~,/~2~ day of
'~ ~'~,~/~..Z,,,~ , A.D., 2002.
~ C~ROL ~'
e~ ~ ~ ~, ~ Nota~ Publi~,~ Guadalupe County, Texas
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