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City Council Meeting 2-16-99
Santa MOnica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1935
(City Council Senes)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA REPEALING ONE CHAPTER AND
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE WAITING PERIOD FOR THE
SALE OF RIFLES, REPLICA FIREARMS, AND THE SALE
AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. KNIVES AND OTHER
DEVICES BY MINORS
WHEREAS, various proVISions of the Santa MOnica Municipal Code relating to the
waiting period for the sale of rifles, replica firearms, and the sale and possession of
firearms, knives and other devices by minors are now regulated by state law,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAI N AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 Santa Monica MUnicipal Code Sections 3 24.040,3 24 050,3 24.060,
and 324070, and Chapter 332 of the Santa MOnica MUnicipal Code, are hereby repealed
In their entirety
SECTION 2 Any provIsion of the Santa Monica MUnicipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent With the proVisions of thiS Ordinance, to the extent of such
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inCOnsistencies and no further, IS hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
effect the provIsions of thiS Ordinance
SECTION 3 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of thiS
Ordinance IS for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a deciSion of any court
of competent JUriSdiction, such deCISion shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions ofthls Ordinance The City Council hereby declares that It would have passed thiS
Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared Invalid or unconstitutional Without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance
would be subsequently declared Invalid or unconstitutional
SECTION 4 The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of
thIS Ordinance The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once In the offiCial
newspaper Within 15 days after Its adoption ThiS Ordinance shall become effective 30
days from ItS adoption
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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MARSHA J$NES MOUTR'IE....
City Attorney
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State of Cahforma )
County of Los Angeles) ss
Cay of Santa MOllIca )
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I, Mana M Stewart, Cay Clerk of the Cay of Santa Moruca. do hereby certIfy that the foregomg
Ordmance No 1935 (CCS) had Its first readmg on February 2, 1999 and was adopted on
February 16. 1999 by the followmg vote
Ayes
CouncIl members
Femstem. Genser, McKeovvn, O'Connor
Noes
CouncIl members
None
Abstam
CouncIl members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
Holbrook. Rosenstem
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