02-01-2015, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bernomatic
I did some checking on a website, I believe this is the actual law the Cleveland Metro-Parks to show how a law can interpreted in various ways....
549.02 THROWING OR SHOOTING MISSILES.
(a) No person shall throw, shoot or propel an arrow, missile, pellet, stone, metal or other similar substance capable of causing physical harm to persons or property, in or on any public place, in or on the property of another, or from any private property into or onto any public place or the property of another. This section does not apply to authorized ranges or instruction nor when otherwise lawfully authorized.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent offense. (ORC 1545.99)
In my opinion, you could be ticketed for skipping stones under this ordinance.  |
...Or even for engaging in dwarf-tossing. :-) I get the impression that the writer(s) of that ordinance were thinking about horizontally-projected ballistic missiles such as rocks, arrows, BBs, bullets, and so forth, which could strike people and pets at high velocities and cause injury. Model rockets fly upward rapidly, but descend slowly (even nose-blow/break-apart recovery model rockets can be caught by hand safely)--and model airplanes fly horizontally, supported by their wings' lift--so exemptions/clarifications covering them could easily be added to the ordinance. |