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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
SECTION 9.34.030 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE
RELATING TO DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS, AND CREATING A "NO SHOOT"
AREA EXEMPTION FOR WILDLIFE DEPREDATION
CONDUCTED AT THE AUBURN MUNICiPAL
AIRPORT
WHEREAS, the City of Auburn (the "City") owns and operates the Auburn
Municipal Airport / Dick Scobee Field (the "Airport"), located within its city limits;
and
WHEREAS, 4he Airport has become one of the top-ten busiest general
aviation airports in the State of Washington, based on numbers of take-offs and
landings by helicopters and small planes; and �
WHEREAS, the Airport is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration
(the "FAA"), which may impose requirements upon airport operations and
facilities to promote the public's safety; and
WHEREAS, the FAA has prompted the City employ a wildlife biologist to
study and report upon the hazards posed to the Airport's operations by waterfowl
and other wildlife on the grounds and in the vicinity of the Airport; and
WHEREAS, the City has developed a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan
to govern wildlife management techniques used to reduce the potential for strikes
between wildlife and aircraft operating at the Airport; and
WHEREAS, the City has obtained a mig�atory bird depredation permit
issued by the U.S. Fish 8 Wildlife Service, authorizing the taking of birds
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otherwise protected under the Mig�afory Bird Treaty Act in combination with a
regimen of non-lethal measures to control birds at the Airport; and
WHEREAS, the Auburn City Code provides that fhe entire area of the City
is designated as a "no-shoot area" in which it is unlawful to discharge a firearm
except under statutorily authorized exceptions such as self-defense or defense of
others.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to Citv Code. That Chapter 9.34 of the
Auburn City Code, "Firearms, Dangerous Weapons, Explosives," is amended at
Section 9:34.030 to read as follows:
9.34.030 Discharge of firearms in city prohibited.
The entire area of the city is a "no shooY' area. It is unlawful to shoot or
discharge any firearm, pistol, rifle or similar device anywhere within the corporate
limits of the city exceat as provided herein ^'�°• ��^^ f^� '"° ^��•~^°°° ^F
+�e ..u�� ..;s;e.� o��ni oe ,a non For the purpOSeS Of this
section, "pistol" and "rifle" shall include but are not limited to pellet guns, B-B
guns, air-propelled guns and similar devices. This qrohibition.shall not applv to
the followinq:
A. The exercise of riqhts soecified in RCW 9A.16.020: or
B. The discharQe of a firearm at the Auburn Munici�al Airoort, orovided
that such discharqe mav oniv be conducted.bv Citv officials or aqents
in compliance with the provisions of a Wildlife Hazard Manaaement
Plan accepted bv the Federal Aviation Administration, and provided
further that for anv bird species protected bv the Miaratorv Bird Treatv
Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712) the shootinq activities shall complv with the
terms of a current Miqratorv Bi�d Depredation Permit issued bv the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Anv discharqe of firearms at the
Auburn Municipal Airport shall be documented and shall be conducted
so as to minimize the risk of iniunr to persons or to reaL or personal
ro e
(Ord. 5682 § 1, 2002.)
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Section 2. Imalementation. The Mayor is hereby authorized to
implement such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the
directions of this legislation.
Section 3. Severabilitv. The provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence,
paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of
the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons
or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as
provided by law.
INTRODUCED: AU6 2 4 2015
PASSED: AUG 2 4 2015
APPROVED: AUfi 2 4 2015
CITY OF AUBURN
ATTEST:
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6 �� NANC CKUS, MAYOR
Da 'elle E. Daskam, City Clerk
APP VE S TO FORM:
Da 'el B. id, i Attorn
Published: ���-7�/s
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