Chapter 9.32
WEAPONS
Sections:
9.32.010 Discharge of firearms.
9.32.020 Carrying of firearms.
9.32.010 Discharge of firearms.
A. No person may discharge a firearm within the city except:
1. At the rifle range located on Airport Road north of the Valdez airport;
2. At the Valdez High School small bore range;
3. At the police shooting range located on Airport Road north of the Valdez airport;
4. At Robe Lake and adjoining wetlands, using shotguns only;
5. Within that enclosed area bounded on the west by the eastern shore of the Valdez Glacier Stream, on the north by Richardson Highway right-of-way (one hundred fifty feet south of the highway centerline), on the east by the western edge of the access road from the Richardson Highway (approximately two and one-half miles) to the mouth of the Robe River and on the south by the shoreline between the mouth of the Lowe River and the Glacier Stream, using shotguns only;
6. Within that enclosed area between Airport Road and the west bank of the Valdez Glacier Stream from a line parallel to the Richardson Highway beginning on Airport Road one-fourth mile north of the east junction of the Airport Road and Airport Terminal access road and ending on the west bank of the Valdez Glacier Stream, to the toe of the Valdez Glacier, using shotguns only;
7. By a law enforcement officer acting within the scope and authority of his employment;
8. In defense of persons;
9. While the person is assisting a law enforcement officer in the performance of duty; or
10. In any area of the city satisfying all of the following conditions:
a. Farther than one-half mile from the Richardson Highway or any inhabited subdivision or occupied industrial site; and
b. Outside of the area enclosed by a line described as follows:
Beginning at the west bank of the mouth of Mineral Creek then to the westerly end of the Mineral Creek bridge, then easterly to the two-thousand-foot elevation of the hill northeast of the water tower, then easterly following the two-thousand-foot elevation to a point on the east side of the Valdez Glacier, then to the westernmost point of Robe Lake, then along the northern shoreline to the northeast tip of Robe Lake, then along Deep Creek to the five-hundred-foot elevation to the point north of the Richardson Highway at Milepost 11, then south across the Richardson Highway to the north bank of the Lowe River, then straight northwesterly to the point of beginning.
B. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars for a first violation; two hundred dollars for a second violation; three hundred dollars for a third violation; and five hundred dollars for a fourth or any subsequent violation. (Ord. 17-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-06 § 1 (part): Ord. 04-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 94-14 § 1: prior code § 17-5)
9.32.020 Carrying of firearms.
A. No person may carry a firearm on his person where prohibited by AS 11.61.190 through 11.61.220 or as otherwise prohibited by state law.
B. Upon citation for violation of this section, court appearance is mandatory. (Ord. 17-03 § 1 (part))
9.32.030 Hunting.
A. No person shall take wildlife by any means within the area known as the Valdez duck flats, which is defined as that area bounded on the east by Mineral Creek Loop Road, on the west by the Richardson Highway, on the south by a line extending from the Valdez Container Terminal to and including Dock Point and on the north by elevation of one thousand feet.
B. No person shall take wildlife by any means within five hundred feet of the cross-country ski trails, located in Mineral Creek Canyon as designated on Exhibit A to Section 12.08.010.
C. No person shall take wildlife by any means within the area known as Mineral Creek State Park, which is defined as a fifty-acre parcel known as Tract A-2, ASLS 99-21; and a 91.68-acre portion of U.S. Survey 5113 bounded on the north by Raven Subdivision and Tract A-1, ASLS 79-117, on the east by Tract A-1, ASLS 79-117, on the south by Blueberry Subdivision and Port Valdez, and on the west by Tract A-2, ASLS 99-21.
D. “Take wildlife” means intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence pursing, hunting, fishing, trapping, or in any manner disturbing, capturing, or killing or attempting to pursue, hunt, fish, trap, or in any manner capture or kill fish or game.
E. Upon citation under this section, court appearance is mandatory. (Ord. 17-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-06 § 1 (part): Ord. 04-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 98-05 § 1. Formerly 9.32.020)
(Ord. 17-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 14-06 § 1 (part))