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~l~i ~ ~~~ v ~~ ice' <br />Chapter 2-9 <br />OFFENSES-MISCELLANEOUS* <br />Art. I. In General, §§ 2-9-1-2-s•lr <br />Art. II. Discharge of FSrearms, §§ 2-9-16-2-9-35 <br />Art. III. Noise, § § 2-9-36-2-9-43 <br />ARTICLE I. 1.N GENERAL <br />Secs. 2-9-1-2-9-15. Reserved. <br />ARTICLE II. DISCIHARGE OF FIREARMSt <br />Sec. 2-9-16. On public streets or highways. <br />It shall be unlawful for an3~ person to discharge or fire any <br />firearm of any description on or from the traveled portion of any <br />public street or highway, or to discharge a firearm in such a way <br />as will result in the load thereof passing across a public highway. <br />(Ord. of 5-4-81, § 1) <br />Sec. 2-9-17. Within one thousand feet of a dwelling. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner or <br />lessee of a dwelling or a member of the immediate family actually <br />residing in such dwelling to discharge a firearm within one thou- <br />sand (1,000) feet thereof without the written permission of the <br />owner or lessee of such property or to discharge a firearm in such <br />a way as will result in the load thereof impacting or passing <br />through such a dwelling. <br />(Ord. of 5-4-81, § 2; Ord. of 8-21-89, § 1) <br />Cross references-General penalty; continuing violations; alternate reme- <br />dies, § 2-1.13; penalty not exclusive, § 2-1-14; cruelty to animals, § 2-3.5; nuisance <br />animals prohibited from running at large, §§ 2.3.6, 2-3-7 control of vicious ani- <br />mals, § 2-3-9; motor vehicles violations, Ch. 2-S. <br />State law references-Criminal law, G.S. Ch. 14; defense- of county officers <br />and employees, G.S. § 160A•167. <br />tState law references-Discharging certain weapons into occupied property, <br />G.S. § 14.34.1; regulation of firearms by counties, G.S. § 153A•129. <br />Supp. No. 3 1115 <br />