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DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
Request for
City Council Action
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT-
REQUESTOR:
MEETING DATE'
Planning
City Planner Licht
23 September 2013
PRESENTER(s):
REVIEWED BY,
ITEM #:
-City Planner Licht
City Administrator Johnson
5,1— No Discharge Map
AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION,
City staff recommends the no change to the Firearms No Discharge Map for 2013 and 2014 but does
recommend adoption of an amendment to the City Code establishing a 500 foot setback from public
parks for discharge of a firearm outside of the No Discharge Zone.
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BACKGROUNDIJUSTIFICATION:
Chapter 5, Section 2 of the City Code establishes regulations regarding the use of firearms
within the City. The City Code includes designation of a No Discharge Zone whereby use of
firearms as defined by the City Code) is prohibited except under the limited circumstances
allowed by Section 5-2-3 of the City Code. The No Discharge Zone is established by
publication of a map graphically depicting areas to be subject to these restrictions.
The No Discharge Zone map may be updated by resolution of the City Council and is reviewed
annually. This review typically includes the addition of new areas to the No Discharge Zone for
which development approvals have been granted changing the character of the area from rural
to urban and causing potential public safety issues related to the discharge of firearms. The
current No Discharge Zone map was established in 2010.
There have been no new developments approved since 2010 that would cause additional area
to be added to the no discharge zone. The City Council did approve a special hunt for parcels
south of 78 1h Street and north of 7 OM Street between Odean Avenue and Quaday Avenue within
the No Discharge Zone. City staff has had discussions with a developer regarding
reestablishment of preliminary plat approvals for these properties and development may be
expected to begin in the Spring 2014. As such, we would not recommend removal of these
parcels from the No Discharge Zone as part of this update. No other changes to the No
Discharge Zone map are recommended.
Section 5-2-7.A of the City Code provides that unless an update of the No Discharge Zone map
is approved by the City Council and published the prior map remains in effect. As such, this
item is for City Council discussion and no action is required.
City staff also discussed the need for an additional buffer zone around City parks following a
property owner target shooting to the south of Prairie Park this summer. All of the City's parks
except Prairie Park are in areas surrounded by the No Discharge Zone whereas Prairie Park's
south boundary is the border of the No Discharge Zone. To address this situation, City staff
recommends an amendment to Section 5-2-4 of the City Code to add a minimum 500 foot
setback from public parks and open space for the permitted use of firearms outside of the no
-discharge zone.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: ci ATTACHED ii NONE
A. No Discharge Zone map
B. Ordinance 2013-14
POSSIBLE MOTION
Please word motion as you would like it to appear In the minutes.
Motion to adopt Ordinance 2013-14 amending the City Code to establish a 500 foot setback from public
parks for the permitted use of a firearm outside of the No Discharge Zone.
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NO DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS ZONE MAP
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This map is published pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the City Code
establishing regulations pertaining to the discharge of firearms and
hunting in the City of Otsego, Minnesota. For more information, please
call City Hall at (763) 441-4414.
No Discharge Zone; No person may discharge
By: Tami Loff, City Clerk any firearm within the No Discharge Zone except
as allowed by Section 5-2-3 of the City Code.
Published: Elk River Star News on: 28 August 2010 Outside of the No Discharge Zone, no person may
Posted- Otsego City Hall on: 24 AucLuat 2010 discharge a firearm within 500 feet of any building
— or livestock without the owner's written permission
carried on their person in accordance with Section
5-2-4 of the City Code.
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ORDINANCE NO.: 2013-14
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH A 500 FOOT
SETBACK FROM PUBLIC PARK PROPERTY FOR THE PERMITTED USE OF
FIREARMS OUTSIDE OF THE NO DISCHARGE ZONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TSEGO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 5-2-4 of the City Code is hereby amended to add the
following provision:
F. By any person using projectiles for target practice or hunting provided that the
discharge occurs at least five hundred (500) feet from any property line abutting
public park property not including wildlife management areas or other State
owned land on which hunting is allowed).
Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and publication.
MOTION BY:
SECONDB :
ALL IN FAVOR:
THOSE OPPOSED:
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 23rd day of
September, 2013.
CITY OF OTSEGO
Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST:
Tarni Loff, City Clerk