§ 13.44.200. Guns, dangerous instruments and fireworks prohibited - Exceptions.

A.

No person, except an authorized city employee or a peace officer, shall bring into a city park or possess, use or discharge therein any of the following articles or instruments: Any firearm or ammunition, any explosive, dynamite cap, fireworks (except as otherwise provided in this section), airgun, pellet gun, spring gun, slingshot, crossbow, bow and arrow (except as otherwise provided in this section), any weapon or instrument by means of which any missile can be propelled, any instrument which can be loaded with blank cartridges, any kind of trapping device, any poisonous substance, any incendiary bomb or material, any smoke or stink bomb, any tear gas or other disabling chemical or agent, any inflammable liquid except motor vehicle fuel contained in the fuel tank of a vehicle, lantern or camp stove, and not more than one gallon of liquid fuel in a closed metal container, or any acid or caustic substance.

B.

No person shall shoot any of the above-described weapons or instruments into the park limits from outside the limits of a park.

C.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of bows and arrows for archery conducted in areas and at times designated for such use by the director of the department of recreation, parks and community services. Nothing herein shall prohibit the use of firearms at a firing range maintained in a city park by the director or the chief of police, at such times and subject to such conditions as may be designated by or conducted under the supervision of the director.

D.

No fireworks shall be discharged in any public parks except as allowed by San José municipal ordinance.

(Prior code § 4402.10; Ords. 18841, 23170.)