§ 13-144. Firearms in city buildings or on posted private property.

Concealed firearms prohibited, city buildings, and other posted locations.

(1)

No person, including persons who have been issued a concealed carry endorsement by the Missouri Director of Revenue under Missouri Revised Statutes, or who have been issued a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms issued by another state or political subdivision of another state, shall, by authority of that endorsement or permit, be allowed to carry a concealed or unconcealed firearm in any portion of a building owned, leased, or controlled by the city, or onto or into any property posted as being off-limits to concealed or unconcealed firearms as defined in subsection (c) below. For purposes of this section, the term "building" shall include any facility owned, operated, leased, or controlled by the city including any facility where access is controlled with a fence or gate and a partial or fully enclosed structure exists thereon.

(b)

No person, including persons who have been issued a concealed carry endorsement by the Missouri Director of Revenue under Missouri Revised Statutes, or, who have been issued a valid permit or endorsement to carry concealed firearms issued by another state or political subdivision of another state, shall, by authority of that endorsement or permit be allowed to carry a concealed or an unconcealed firearm onto any private property whose owner has posted a sign as described in subsection (c) below, in a conspicuous place.

(c)

The sign(s) required pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) above, shall be placed on the premises in a conspicuous place with a minimum size of eleven (11) inches by fourteen (14) inches with the writing thereon in letters of not less than one (1) inch stating that the carrying of firearms is prohibited on the premises. If the property posted is open to the public, signs shall be posted at each public entrance.

(d)

No city employee, except police officers and other such persons as may be authorized by the mayor, shall carry any weapon in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the city or in any city vehicle.

(e)

This section shall not apply to buildings used for public housing by private persons, highways, or rest areas, firing ranges, or private dwellings owned, leased, or controlled by the city.

(f)

No person who has been issued a certificate of qualification which allows the person to carry a concealed firearm before the director of revenue begins issuing concealed carry endorsements in July, 2004, shall, by authority of that certificate, be allowed to carry a concealed firearm or to openly carry a firearm in any building or portion of a building owned, leased, or controlled by the city, or upon any other properly posted property as described in subsection (a) above.

(g)

Any person carrying such a concealed weapon who, after request, refuses to leave any properly posted premises and a peace officer has been summoned, shall be punished upon conviction or plea of guilt thereof, but in no case shall the fine exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second offense if within six (6) months of the first citation, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third offense if within one (1) year of the first citation.

(h)

The city may temporarily permit the open carrying of weapons by any person or employee in any building or portion of a building owned, leased or controlled by the city, or onto or into any city property posted as being off-limits as defined in subsection (a) above. Such temporary permission may be granted only after a review and approval of the city administrator and mayor based on educational, historical, ceremonial or animal control needs of the city.

(Ord. No. 03-69, § 1, 12-9-2003; Ord. No. 17-20, § 1, 6-13-17)

Editor's note

The former Section I of Ord. No. 6129, adopted May 10, 1988, repealed § 13-144, which pertained to unlawful use of weapons and derived from Code 1978, § 240.680.