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OCEAN CITY, MD 21842
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ORDINANCE 2014 -.$ 5
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 58,
OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY,
MARYLAND
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY THAT CHAPTER 58, ENTITLED OFFENSES AND
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY,
MARYLAND BE, AND IT IS HEREBY, AMENDED BY ADDING THE DEFINITION OF
ASSISTED OPENING KNIVES TO SEC. 58 -121, AND BY REPEALING AND
REENACTING WITH AMENDMENT SECTION 58 -123, AS FOLLOWS:
Sec. 58 -121. Definitions
Assisted opening knife. An assisted opening knife is a knife which uses an internal
mechanism (spring, tension spring or other mechanical device to fully open the blade
once the user has depressed the flipper or thumb stud attached to the blade.
Sec. 58 -123. Prohibited acts.
It shall be unlawful for any person to display, possess, sell, barter, offer to sell,
distribute, manufacture, give away, transfer or dispose of an assisted opening knife,
nunchaku, a fighting knife, a throwing star, a spiked wristband, a spiked fistband, a spiked
glove, a flail mace, a butterfly knife, a spiked belt, a spike ring, metal knuckles, baton,
fighting ax, fighting sword, pistol crossbow, or any part thereof, assembled or
unassembled. As used herein, "person" includes individual, partnership, corporation or
any other entity. The prohibitions relative to assisted opening knife and baton do not apply
to officers of the Ocean City Police Department, The Maryland State Police, the Natural
Resources Police, the Worcester County Sheriff's Department and any allied police
department providing assistance in Ocean City. The prohibition relative to assisted
opening knife does not apply to members of the Ocean City Fire Department and EMS,
while on duty.
INTRODUCED at a meeting of the City Council of Ocean City, Maryland held on
May 19, 2014.
ADOPTED AND PASSED, as an emergency, by the required vote of the elected
membership of the City Council and approved by the Mayor at its meeting held on May
19, 2014.
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Approved as to Form:
GUY R. YA R�S-F , Solic for
MARY P KNIGHT, cretary