Ordinance amending Chapter 54 Section 54-4 (firearms prohibition)
approvedStatus set at City Council Meeting on Oct 28, 2025
- ProposedJul 8, 2025
- Under review
- approvedOct 28, 2025
Summary
This ordinance amends Chapter 54, Section 54-4 of the City Code to expand and clarify the municipal firearms prohibition. Key changes include: adding a prohibition on firearms at City-permitted events and adjacent rights-of-way, clarifying existing park prohibitions, and increasing the penalty from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor. The ordinance was introduced at the July 8, 2025 City Council meeting (5-0, with Councilmember Amos absent), with the first reading waived and a public hearing scheduled for September 30, 2025. It was subsequently enacted at the October 28, 2025 meeting unanimously (6-0), with the council amending the effective date forward to January 1, 2026, rather than the originally proposed July 1, 2026.
Full history
[6i] Ordinance introduced with first reading waived; adds prohibitions at City-permitted events and adjacent rights-of-way, clarifies park prohibitions, and increases the penalty from a Class 4 to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Public hearing scheduled for September 30, 2025.
passedIntroduce the ordinance amending Chapter 54, Section 54-4 pertaining to firearms prohibitions, waive the first reading, and set the public hearing for September 30, 2025.✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson· Amos[10b] Enacted unanimously (6-0) with an effective date of January 1, 2026 (amended from the proposed July 1, 2026 delayed date). Adds a prohibition on firearms at City-permitted events and adjacent rights-of-way, clarifies park prohibitions, and increases penalty from Class 3 to Class 1 misdemeanor.
passedEnact the ordinance amending Chapter 54, Section 54-4 (firearms prohibition), with an amended early effective date of January 1, 2026.✓ Amos✓ Bates✓ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson