Shafter Zoning Code § 11.310 Adequate Storage of Firearms

Purpose

The purpose of this section is to regulate the adequate storage of firearms within Zone Districts permitting firearms sales and repair to prevent burglary and theft.

2. General Requirements

No person shall engage in the business of selling, offering for sale, or displaying for sale, or storing preparatory for sale, any firearms within the City of Shafter unless the person has fully complied with the following:

The seller shall have obtained a permit from the Chief of Police authorizing the storage of firearms within the City of Shafter. The permit shall be issued only upon a showing that the seller has taken steps to ensure the safety of his or her firearms from burglary and theft.

3. Fee

To be set and adjusted by City Council action. The fee shall be paid at the time the application is obtained from the Chief of Police and is nonrefundable.

4. Revocation

A permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be revoked by the Chief of Police upon proof to his satisfaction of a violation by the holder of such permit of this chapter, or any ordinance of the City of Shafter or law of the state regulating or establishing standards for the commercial sale of firearms.

Specific Use Development Standards

11-70

CITY OF SHAFTER DEVELOPMENT CODE

CHAPTER 11

Appeal of Suspension or Revocation

Any such person, whose permit issued under the provisions of this chapter having been so suspended or revoked, shall have the right to appeal to the City Council in writing within three (3) days after notification of such suspension or revocation, or within thirty (30) days after denial thereof, and to be heard by the City Council with relation thereto at its next regular or regular-adjourned meeting, or at a special meeting of the City Council called for such purpose, and the action of the City Council upon such appeal shall be final and conclusive with respect to the suspension or revocation of such permit.

Specific Use Development Standards

11-71