[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Florence
12-21-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-12 as Ch. 73 of the 1983 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semiautomatic
rifle or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which
may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile
or bullet or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing by means of a cartridge
or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or
explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any firearm
which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon
of similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band,
carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air or
is ignited by compressed air and which ejects a bullet or missile smaller
than 3/8 of an inch in diameter with sufficient force to injure a person.
Any weapon which fires a projectile by means other than a cartridge
or shell or the action of an explosive or the igniting of a flammable or explosive
substance, including, but not limited to, bow and arrow, crossbow, slingshot,
dart gun.
[Added 10-16-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-28]
Anything readily capable of lethal use or of inflicting serious bodily
injury.
[Added 10-16-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-28]
[Amended 11-1-2000 by Ord.
No. 2000-23; 5-2-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-8; 10-16-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-28]
No person shall discharge any firearm or projectile weapon or cause
a firearm or projectile weapon to be discharged in so much of the Township
of Florence as is encompassed within the following designated area: beginning
at the mouth of Craft's Creek in the point where it joins the Delaware River,
following Craft's Creek and up the several courses and distances thereof to
the point of intersection with the northern border of the Township of Mansfield,
then southerly along such border to its intersection with the Pennsylvania
Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, then westerly along the southern side
of the Pennsylvania Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike to its intersection
with New Jersey State Highway Route 130, then southwesterly along the southeasterly
side of the New Jersey State Highway Route 130 to the Burlington Township
Line then northerly to the Delaware River then following the New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Border to the starting point at the mouth of Craft's Creek.
[Amended 10-16-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-28]
A.
This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the use
of any firearm or projectile weapon in the defense of one's person or property.
B.
This chapter shall not apply to any bona fide members
or guests of bona fide members of any pistol or rifle club or archery or bow
and arrow club shooting on a range or by any person on a site which has been
approved, in writing, as to safety by the Chief of Police of the Township
of Florence.
C.
This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the discharge,
by an official, of a blank gun for the purpose of signifying the start or
finish of an authorized athletic event.
[Amended 10-16-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-28]
No parent, guardian or other person standing in loco parentis to any minor child shall suffer or permit any such minor child to discharge any firearm or projectile weapon or cause any firearm or projectile weapon to be discharged within the area defined in § 73-2 of this chapter.
[Amended 12-1-1993 by Ord.
No. 1993-32]
Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90
days or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination
thereof.
[Added 11-1-2000 by Ord.
No. 2000-23; amended 5-2-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-8]
