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Council reviews ordinance to ban bows, airguns and other projectile discharge in city open space

Cottonwood Heights City Council · May 7, 2025
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Summary

A proposed amendment (Ordinance 4-38) would expand the city's discharge restriction beyond firearms to cover bows, air guns and similar projectile devices in parks and foothill open space, with exceptions for licensed ranges, designated safe zones, and self-defense; violation would be a class B misdemeanor.

Council discussed Ordinance 4-38, a staff-drafted amendment to Cottonwood Heights code that would widen the existing prohibition on discharging firearms in certain city areas to explicitly include bows and arrows, air guns and other devices that discharge projectiles. A public-safety staff representative told the council the current ordinance…

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