Ordinance no. 400, §§ 1-6, ORANGE, COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY (sine nomine 1940) (Law Passed 1939).

“ORDINANCE NO. 400
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS IN CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF THE UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

    The Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California, does ordain as follows:

    SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a peace officer acting in his official line of duty, to shoot, fire or discharge, or for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit to be shot, fired, or discharged, in the unincorporated territory lying within the boundaries of any district hereinafter in this section defined, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, or firearm, except when it may be necessary so to do to protect life or property, or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal:
    (a) DISTRICT NO. 1.
    All that portion of the unincorporated territory of the County of Orange within the following described boundaries:
    Beginning at the intersection of the North boundary of Ocean Avenue with the Los Angeles County-Orange County line; thence in a Northerly direction along said County line to its intersection with the South boundary of Katella Avenue; thence along the South boundary of Katella Avenue, Easterly, to its intersection with the West boundary of Los Alamitos Boulevard; thence South along said West boundary of Los Alamitos Boulevard to the North boundary of Ocean Avenue; thence Westerly along said North boundary of Ocean Avenue to the point of beginning.
    SECTION 2. That the provisions of this Ordinance shall not be deemed nor construed to prohibit, within any district created under the provisions of this Ordinance, the establishment, or maintenance, of any pistol, rifle, or target range, nor to prohibit the discharge at any target thereon, by any person using such range, of any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, or firearm in or on such range, in the event that such range is so installed, constructed, safeguarded, equipped, and used as to adequately prevent any bullet, shot, or missile from being projected beyond the confines of such range.
    SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a peace officer acting in his official line of duty, to shoot, fire or discharge or for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit to be shot, fired, or discharged, upon, along, or across any public highway, road, street, or way in the unincorporated territory of said County, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, or firearm, except when it may be necessary so to do in the protection of life or property.
    SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
    SECTION 5. If any section, sub-section, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more of the sections, sub-sections, sentences, clauses or phrases thereof be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
    SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its adoption, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the adoption thereof shall be published for at least one week in the Huntington Beach News, a newspaper published in the County of Orange, State of California, together with the names the members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same.”