HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 84-222 - Recommendations Regarding Issuance of Permits for Hunting - 09/04/1984 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY , MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO . 84-222
WHEREAS, a citizens' committee was appointed to study and make
recommendations concerning the issuance of permits to discharge firearms
in connection with hunting activities and the committee has made certain
recommendations ; and,
WHEREAS, some of the recommendations are or will be incorporated in
City Code Chapter 9, Section 9.40 , and others more appropriately considered
by resolution of this Council ,
NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in connection with the issuance
by the Public Safety Department, in its discretion, of permits to discharge
fi rea ems as authorized by Section 9.40 of the City Code , the following criteria
shall be considered by the Department of Public Safety:
1 . No permits shall be issued for the discharge of firearms on
Mitchell Lake or property contiguous thereto after 1984.
2 . Permits for the discharge of shotgun shotshells and bows and
arrows only , on or within the flood plain of Purgatory Creek lying between
State Highway Ni . 5 on the North and County Road 1 on the South , may be
issued subject to the following:
a) No shotgun shell shall be discharged between
the hours of 9:00 a .m. and the legal shooting
time of the day following from September 29
through October 20 .
b) No more than -ten ( 10) permits shall be issued
for each of two areas.
c) No more than five (5) permits shall be issued
for the discharge of bows and arrows .
d) Hunting (for which permits -for the discharge of
bows and arrows are given) shall be from desig-
nated tree stands.
e) Issuance of any permit shall be on condition
that the holder may discharge a shotgun shot
shell or bow and arrow only on land posted with
signs around its entire perimeter , situated not
more than 1000 feet from each other , prohibiting
hunting without permission of the owner.
f) The discharge of such firearms may be only
in areas approved by the Department of Public
Safety.
g) Upon completion of Technology Drive, no permits
shall be -issued for the discharge of shotgun
shot shells or bows and arrows within the area
described in #2 above .
3. Permits for the discharge of firearms or dangerous weapons
for that area known as Appleside Orchard described as follows :
Unpl atted 30 116 22 , SE-1, of NE 4 ex road ; and Unpl acted 30 116 22, NE 4
of NE-.; ex road; and Unpl atted 19 116 22 com at a pt i n S 1 i ne of SE-4 of
SE-1, d i s 305 ft W from SE cor thof th N 341 ft th W 20 ft th N -to S line
of Co Road No 1 th Swly along said road line to W line of SE14 of SE14 th
S to SW cor thof th E to beg ex road.
shall be subject to the following provisions : A signature card must be
turned in -to the Department of Public Safety indicating authorized sign-
atures for shooting permits and all authorized shooting must be done within
fenced area of orchard. The owners of Appleside shall post the remaining
40 acres outside the fence with "NO HUNTING" signs. Shooting permits within
the fenced area shall be limited to eight (8) .
ADOPTED by the City Council on August 28, 1984.
gang .jPezel ,, Mayor
ATTEST SEAL
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—�.a_fie , Clerk
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