29-17 Amend Sec 549.01 to Clarify Regulation of Weapons Offenses

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ORDINANCE NO. 29 -17 First Reading 7/17/17 and Referred to Public Safety Committee. Second Reading 9/5/17. BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 549.01, Definitions, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood in order to provide clarity for the regulation of weapons offenses with- in the Criminal Code. WHEREAS, Section 549.01 of the Code stands to be updated to make the crimi- nal code definitions coequal with those found in the Ohio Revised Code; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that it is in the best interest of the City to ensure its criminal code is immediately en- forceable; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 549.01, Definitions, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 549.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter; (a) "Automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or specially adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a single function of the trigger. (b) `Ballistic knife" means a knife with a detachable blade that is pro- pelled by a spring- operated mechanism.