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City of Salem In the year Two Thousand and Twenty-two An Ordinance to regulate weapons in City buildings. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Salem, as follows: SECTION 1. A new section of the City of Salem Code of Ordinances, Chapter II- Administration, Article IX. - Public Property, Division 1, Section 2-1532, Regulation of Weapons in Public Buildings is hereby enacted as follows: “Section 2-1532. Possession of Weapons in City Buildings No person, other than a sworn officer of the Commonwealth, a member of the military service on active duty, or a sworn municipal or county public safety official having a license to carry firearms, shall in any part of City Hall or other municipal buildings, have possession of any dangerous weapon, which term shall include any firearm, and any item described in paragraphs or of Section 10 of Chapter 269 of the General Laws, unless authorized by the Director of Public Property or the Chief of Police. Any person violating the provisions hereof shall be punished by a fine of two hundred ($200.00) dollars.” SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by City Charter. In City Council September 15, 2022 Adopted for first passage and referred to the Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs co-posted with the Committee of the Whole ATTEST: ILENE SIMONS CITY CLERK Adv: 09/28/2022