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r <br />ORDINANCE 2000-M <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE <br />DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. <br />WHEREAS, the State has regulated the discharge of firearms in public <br />(Section 790.15, F.S.); and <br />WHEREAS, said regulations, among other things, prohibit the discharge <br />of firearms over or on the right-of-way of any paved public roads; and <br />WHEREAS, Indian River County has a number of unpaved roads in <br />developed areas; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the public health, safety and welfare to afford this <br />protection to persons in the vicinity of unpaved roads, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, that: <br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT, <br />The Indian River County Code is hereby amended by the addition of a <br />new Section 306.13 to Chapter 306 of the Indian River County Code to read as <br />follows: <br />Section 306.13. Prohibition against discharge of Firearms <br />It is unlawful for any person to discharge a firearm on or over <br />the right-of-way of any public road, highway or street in Indian <br />River County whether paved or unpaved. This section does not <br />apply to a person lawfully defending life or property or performing <br />official duties requiring the discharge of a firearm or to a person <br />discharging a firearm on public roads or properties expressly <br />approved for hunting by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation <br />Commission or Division of Forestry. <br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. <br />If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this <br />ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such <br />holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it shall be <br />JULY 119 2000 <br />-58- <br />8K 1 14 PG 074 <br />