29-19 - Amend Weapons ordinances

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(b) A printed form for a check or other negotiable instrument, which on its face identifies the drawer or maker for whose use it is designed or identifies the account on which it is to be drawn, and which has not been executed by the drawer or maker or on which the amount is blank; (c) A firearm or dangerous ordnance, as defined in Section 549.01; (d) A motor vehicle identification license plate, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.22, a temporary license placard or windshield sticker, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.182, or any comparable license plate, placard or sticker as prescribed by the applicable law of another state or the United States; (e) A blank form for a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to a motor vehicle, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4505.07; (f) A blank form for any license listed in Ohio R.C. 4507.01. is hereby repealed and new Section 545.03, Property Exceptions as Felony Offense, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, is hereby enacted to read as follows: 545.03 PROPERTY EXCEPTIONS AS FELONY OFFENSE. Regardless of the value of the property involved, and regardless of whether the offender has previously been convicted of a theft offense, a violation of Section 545.05 or 545.18 is not a misdemeanor if the property involved is any of the following: (a) A credit card; (b) A printed form fora check or other negotiable instrument, which on its face identifies the drawer or maker for whose use it is designed or identifies the account on which it is to be drawn, and which has not been executed by the drawer or maker or on which the amount is blank; (c) A motor vehicle identification license plate, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.22, a temporary license placard or windshield sticker, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.182, or any comparable license plate, placard or sticker as prescribed by the applicable law of another state or the United States; (d) A blank form for a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to a motor vehicle, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4505.07; (e) A blank form for any license listed in Ohio R.C. 4507.01. Section 2. Section 549.02, Carrying Concealed Weapons, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 549.02 CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS. (a) No person shall knowingly carry or have, concealed on his person or concealed ready at hand, any deadly weapon. (b) This section does not apply to officers, agents or employees of this or any other state or the United States, or to law enforcement officers, authorized to carry concealed weapons or dangerous ordnance, and acting within the scope of their duties. (c) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section of carrying or having control of a weapon other than dangerous ordnance, that the actor was not otherwise prohibited by law from having the weapon, and that any of the following apply: (1) The weapon was carried or kept ready at hand by the actor for defensive purposes, while he was engaged in or was going to or from his lawful business or occupation, which business or occupation was of such character or was necessarily carried on in such manner or at such a time or place as to render the actor particularly susceptible to criminal attack, such as would justify a prudent man in going armed. (2) The weapon was carried or kept ready at hand by the actor for defensive purposes, while he was engaged in a lawful activity, and had reasonable cause to fear a criminal attack upon himself or a member of his family or upon his home, such as would justify a prudent man in going armed.