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If you care about this show up. Following are the Kitsap County shooting restrictions.
http://www.codepublishing.com/wa/kitsapcounty/ Under Title 10
Article 3 – No-Shooting Areas
10.24.080 Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of the ordinance codified in this article:
(1) “Firearm” means any weapon or device by whatever name known which will or is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosion. The term “firearm” shall include but not be limited to rifles, pistols, shotguns and machine guns. The term “firearm” shall not include devices, including but not limited to “nail guns,” which are used as tools in the construction or building industries and which would otherwise fall within this definition.
(2) “Shoreline” means the border between a body of water and land measured by the ordinary high water mark.
(3) “Ordinary high water mark” means that mark on all lakes, streams and tidal water which will be found by examining the bed and banks in ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual and so long continued in all ordinary years as to mark upon the soil a characteristic distinct from that of the abutting upland in respect to vegetation; provided, that in any area where the ordinary high water mark cannot be found the ordinary high water mark adjoining salt water shall be the line of mean higher high tide.
(4) “Range” means a place set aside and designated for the discharge of firearms for individuals wishing to practice, improve upon or compete as to their shooting skills.
(Ord. 50-C (1993) § 1, 1993: Ord. 50-B (1993) § 1, 1993: Ord. 50-A (1985) § 1, 1985)
10.24.090 Discharge of firearms – Areas where prohibited.
(a) The discharge of firearms is prohibited within five hundred yards of any shoreline in the unincorporated areas of Kitsap County.
(b) The discharge of firearms in the unincorporated areas of Kitsap County is further prohibited in the following instances:
(1) In any area designated as a “no shooting” area pursuant to Section
10.24.107 of this chapter; specifically:
(A) Section 23, Township 25, Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian, Kitsap County, Washington, except for the following area: The southwest quarter except that portion lying northeast of the Seabeck Highway, of Section 23, Township 25, Range 1 West, Willamette Meridian;
(B) That area bounded on the west by Bethel-Burley Road, on the north by Burley-Olalla Road, on the east by Bandix Road, and on the south by the Kitsap County/Pierce County line;
(C) That area bounded on the west by a line that begins at the southwest corner of tax parcel number 252301-4-012-1009, thence in a straight line northeasterly to the northeast corner of tax parcel number 252301-1-019-1008, thence north along the east boundary of tax parcel number 252301-1-018-1009 to its intersection with the south boundary of tax parcel number 252301-4-013-1009, thence west along said south boundary to the southwest corner of said tax parcel, thence north along the western boundary of said tax parcel to the intersection of Southwest Lake Flora Road, thence easterly along the southerly right-of-way of said road to its intersection with J. M Dickenson Road Southwest, thence southwesterly along the westerly right-of-way of said road to its intersection with the eastern boundary of tax parcel number 252301-4-018-1003, thence north along said boundary to the northeast corner of said parcel, thence west along the northern boundary of said parcel to the Alpine Lake No-Shooting Area.
(2) On any parcel of land less than five acres in size;
(3) Towards any building occupied by people or domestic animals or used for the storage of flammable or combustible materials where the point of discharge is within five hundred yards of such building;
(4) From one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise;
(5) Within five hundred yards of the following lakes located, in whole or in part, in the unincorporated areas of Kitsap County: Long Lake, Kitsap Lake, Wildcat Lake, Panther Lake, Mission Lake, Tiger Lake, William Symington Lake, Tahuya Lake, Island Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Carney Lake, Wye Lake, Buck Lake, Fairview Lake and Bear Lake.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted as abridging the right of the individual guaranteed by Article I, Section 24 of the state Constitution to bear arms in defense of self or others.
(Ord. 270 (2002) § 1, 2002: Ord. 50-F (2000) § 1, 2000: Ord. 50-C (1993) § 2, 1993: Ord. 50-B (1993) § 2, 1993: Ord. 50-A (1985) § 2, 1985)
10.24.100 Exceptions.
The provisions of Section
10.24.090 shall not apply to the discharge of firearms:
(1) By law enforcement officers, including Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife officers, or security personnel in the course of their official duties;
(2) On a range, provided that any such range shall comply with the criteria for ranges adopted by the Kitsap County board of commissioners pursuant to Section
10.24.103 of this chapter;
(3) In the course of farm slaughter activities;
(4) Pursuant to RCW 77.12.265;
(5) When such discharge is pursuant to and in compliance with any other valid state or federal law.
(Ord. 50-C (1993) § 3, 1993: Ord. 50-B (1993) § 2, 1993: Ord. 50-A (1985) § 3, 1985)
