HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07132010 - SD.4RECOMMENDATION(S):
INTRODUCE Ordinance No. 2010-12, which would amend Chapter 44-4, Weapons, of the
County Ordinance Code by adding Section 44-4.012, prohibiting archery and bow hunting
in certain areas of Contra Costa County, and changing the title of Section 44-4.006 from
"Firearms-Enforcement Officer" to "Enforcement Officer"; WAIVE reading, and FIX July
27, 2010 as the date to adopt the ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Currently, Chapter 44-4 of the County Ordinance Code does not include limitations on bow
hunting and archery within the county. Ordinance No. 2010-12 amends Chapter 44-4 to
include the prohibition of archery and bow hunting in certain areas of the County.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/13/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:See Addendum
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Eileen Devlin,
925-335-1557
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 13, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 4
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Warren Rupf, Sheriff-Coroner
Date:July 13, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-12, "PROHIBITION OF ARCHERY AND BOW
HUNTING"
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speakers: Jack Goon, resident of Alamo; Robert Yerman, resident of Martinez; Jason
Rhine,California Outdoor Heritage Alliance; John Erickson, Briones Archers; Vlade
Dobrohotoff, resident of Martinez; Robert Speck, resident of Martinez; Pete Budding,
Diablo Bowmen, Northern California Field Archery Association, California Bowmen
Hunters & State Archery Association; Joe Brown, resident of Concord; Rick Enriquez,
resident of Walnut Creek; katherine budding, Northern California Field Archery
Association; Jill Langston, resident of Orinda; Jim Waters, California Outdoor
Heritage Alliance; Ralph Hoffman, resident of Walnut Creek. REFERRED the issue
of local and state code in regard to safety in the matter of archery and bow-hunting in
unincorportated Contra Costa County to the Public Protection Committee for
consideration on its August 16, 2010 agenda.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance No. 2010-12
ORDINANCE NO. 2010-12
PROHIBITION OF ARCHERY AND BOW HUNTING
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical
footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance
Code):
SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance amends Chapter 44-4 of the County Ordinance
Code, Weapons, by adding a new section, Section 44-4.012, prohibiting archery and bow hunting
in certain areas of Contra Costa County. This ordinance also changes the title to Section 44-
4.006.
SECTION II. Section 44-4.012 is added to the County Ordinance Code, to read:
44-4.012 - Archery and Bow Hunting.
(a) No person shall discharge any arrow or arrowhead from any bow in any public place or
adjacent to or in the direction of any public place.
(b) No person shall discharge any arrow or arrowhead from any bow in any private place
located in a residential or commercial zoning district.
(c) As used in this section, “bow” includes, but is not limited to, compound bows, recurve
bows, longbows, crossbows, and cable-backed bows, as well as any other bowed device
designed to shoot arrows, or similar projectiles, whether for archery or hunting.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any person who shoots or discharges any arrow or arrowhead from any bow at a
public or private target range that is permitted by law;
(2) Any person who uses, shoots, or discharges an arrow from a bow when necessary to
destroy, kill, distract, scare, or immobilize any predatory or dangerous animal that poses
an immediate threat of great bodily injury or death to any person or persons, including the
shooter; and
(3) The discharge of any arrow or arrowhead from any bow where the discharge is
otherwise authorized by law. (Ord. 2010-12 §2.)
SECTION III. The title of Section 44-4.006 is amended, to read:
44-4.006 - Enforcement officer.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage,
and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of supervisors voting
for or against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper published in this County.
PASSED on ___________________________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: DAVID J. TWA, _____________________________
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Board Chair
and County Administrator
By: ______________________ [SEAL]
Deputy
CJR:
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