Ordinance - 2078ORDINANCE NO. 2078
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING SECTION 15-32 OF ARTICLE II
OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING THE PROHIBITION OF SELLING SATURDAY NIGHT
SPECIALS
WHEREAS, in November 1996 the West Covina City Council adopted an
ordinance to prohibit the sale of certain firearms know as "Saturday Night Specials"; and
WHEREAS, the West Covina City Council prohibited the sale of "Saturday Night Specials"
in 1996 because the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 did not ban the selling of "Saturday Night
Specials" within the United States; and
WHEREAS, the West Covina City Council and cities throughout California passed similar
ordinances to prohibit the sale of "Saturday Night Specials" because of the increase in crimes
committed with "Saturday Night Specials" and to protect the public from poor manufacturing
typical of"Saturday Night Specials'; and
WHEREAS, the State of California SB-15 (Penal Code § 12125, et Seq.) in 1999 which
regulates "unsafe handguns" and supersedes Section 15-32 (Saturday Night Specials, Sales
Prohibited) of Article II (Firearms) of Chapter 15 (Mist. Provisions Relating to Public Health and
Safety) of the West Covina Municipal Code. Chapter 15.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Section 15-32 of Article II of Chapter 15 of the West Covina
Municipal Code, concerning the prohibition of "Saturday Night Specials" is repealed in its
entirety.
SECTION NO. 2: The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published as required by law, and it shall be effective 30 days from the
date of passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this 5°i day of February, 2002.
AT,TEST: Mayor Bent min Wong
J�C}ly Clerk Janet Berr
I, Janet Berry, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 2078 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 8°i day of January, 2002. That, thereafter, said ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5°i day of February,
2002.
• AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Herfert, Miller, Sanderson, Wong
None
Touhey
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman
City Clerk Janet Ber`r