Ordinance 80-2240ORDINANCE NO. 80-2240
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 80-2236 REGULATING THE
POSSESSION OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY; PRO-
VIDING FOR PASSAGE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 Section 3 of Ordinance No. 80-2236 is hereby
amended to read:
SECTION 3 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. It shall be unlawful
for any person to have in his possession in this
City any firearm, as defined above, unless said firearm is
registered with the Miami Beach Police Department in accordance
with §25-109 et. seq. Miami Beach Code. er-4s-preperly-registere4
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SECTION 2 Section 4 of Ordinance No. 80-2236 is hereby amended
to read:
SECTION 4 CARRYING OF FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS. It
shall be unlawful for any person to carry on his
immediate person, whether concealed or otherwise, any firearm
as defined above;, or to conceal under his clothing or about
his person, or to display in a threatening manner, any firearm
or other lethal weapon including but not limited to bowie knives,
daggers, machetes, blackjacks, or switchblades.. provided
however that this section shall not apply to persons licensed
or permitted by any governmental entity to carry firearms or
other weapons on or about their persons.
SECTION 3 Section 5 of Ordinance No. 80-2236 is hereby amended
to read:
SECTION 5 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS -MOTOR VEHICLES. It
shall be unlawful for any person to carry within
any vehicle in the City of Miami Beach a firearm, as defined
above, unless said firearm: fl}-s-preperly-registered-with-the
Miami-Beeeh-Peiee-Bepartment-er-with-Bade-Eettntp-as-spee€ied
in-Seeten-3-abeve; -er;-{�}-}s-fully-dsassembled-ase -unleaded;
or-if-assemb+ed-and-leaded;-is-seeured-leeked-wthin-the-gleve
compartment; -trunk -er-ether-leeked-eezpart>ent-within-such-Meter
vehele- (A) is properly registered with the Miami Beach Police
Department, or; (B) the person possessing the firearm possesses
a valid permit to do so from Dade County or a State or Federal
agency; (C) the firearm is disassembled and unloaded, or; (D)
the firearm is securely locked within the glove compartment,
trunk or other locked compartment within the vehicle.
SECTION 4 Section 6 of Ordinance No. 80-2236 is hereby amended
to read:
SECTION 6 EXCEPTIONS. This ordinance shall not apply to
officers of the Miami Beach Police Department or
other authorized local County, State or Federal law enforcement
personnel. This ordinance shall not apply to persons situated
within their own homes or within their own place of business
where there is a reasonable need to possess firearms or other
weapons for self-defense purposes.
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SECTION 5 EFFECTIVE DATE. This is an emergency ordinance and
shall take effect immediately.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of November , 1980.
ATTEST:
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Passed and Adopted as an Emergency Measure -November 5, 1980
APPROVED
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CODING: Words in struek-threugh type are deletions from existing
law; words in underscored type are additions.
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