DATE:
March 8, 2022
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
City Attorney’s Office and Police
TITLE: Ordinance Requiring the Safe Storage of
Firearms in Residences and Vehicles
(Second Reading)
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Adding Article V to Chapter 21 of the Mountain View City Code Relating to the Safe Storage of Firearms in Residences and Vehicles in the City of Mountain View, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Coun cil report). (First reading: 7-0)
SUMMARY
On February 22, 2022, the City Council introduced an ordinance requiring the safe storage of firearms in residences and vehicles. The ordinance requires firearms to be stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock when stored in residences. Firearms stored in unattended vehicles must be stored in a locked container in the trunk of a vehicle or in a permanently affixed locked container for vehicles without trunks. Firearms may never be stored in an unattended vehicle overnight. Violations of the ordinance may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
The City Council approved the ordinance by a seven-to-zero vote. This is a Second Reading of the ordinance requiring the safe storage of firearms in vehicles. If approved, the ordinance will become effective on May 7, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT
Any fiscal impact is limited to staff time required for enforcement and prosecution.
Ordinance Requiring the Safe Storage of Firearms
in Residences and Vehicles (Second Reading)
March 8, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICING
Agenda posting. The ordinance was published at least two days prior to adoption in accordance with City Charter Section 522.
Prepared by:
Megan Marevich
Assistant City Attorney
Wahed Magee
Police Lieutenant
Approved by:
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager/
Chief Operating Officer
MM-WM/KB/4/CAM
018-03-08-22CR
201804
Attachment: 1. Ordinance