Restricted areas
DCC > Deschutes County > Discharge of Firearms > 9.08.050
(A) This provision applies to restricted areas formed through the petition process. A restricted area formed by petition may be formed in the following areas, subject to petition and signature requirements set forth in 9.08.060 (Petitions; requirements), provided that the properties within a single proposed district are contiguous:
(1) Recorded subdivisions or town plats OR
(2) Individual lots outside of recorded subdivisions or town plats, where such lots are contiguous to a subdivision or town plat in an existing or proposed restricted area or are contiguous to other lots included within an existing or proposed restricted area OR
(3) Any combination of the above
(B) No subdivision or town plat is eligible for such designation unless 60 percent of the registered voters within such subdivision or combination of subdivisions sign the petition proposing such district.
(C) No individual lot not covered by a town plat or recorded subdivision plat will be eligible for inclusion in a proposed restricted area unless the owner of such lot signs a petition requesting such designation. Determination of ownership will be made using the most recent property tax assessment roll. Recent purchasers must provide a certified copy of a deed.
(D) Except as set forth in paragrapg (B), no individual lots owned by a political subdivision of the State of Oregon or special district will be eligible for inclusion in a proposed restricted area unless such governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity shall have passed an ordinance consistent with the provisions of DCC 9.08 restricting the discharge of firearms on such property.
(E) Any area eligible to be included in a restricted area under this ordinance may annex onto an existing firearms district by following the formation procedures set forth in DCC 9.08.
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