Borough of Pennsburg, PA
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2023-12-12
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 48 Firearms and Weapons
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 4 Auditor
- Ch 6 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 8 Fire Companies
- Ch 10 Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Ch 12 Personnel
- Ch 13 Planning Commission
- Ch 14 Police Services
- Ch 16 Police Pension Program
- Ch 19 Retirement Plan, Municipal Employees'
- Ch 21 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 24 Sewer Authority
- Ch 26 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 28 Alarms, Security
- Ch 29 Animal Control
- Ch 32 Brake Retarders
- Ch 34 Building Construction
- Ch 34A Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 35 Cable Television
- Ch 36 Code Enforcement
- Ch 36A Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 37 Curfew
- Ch 38 Disorderly Conduct; Noise
- Ch 38A Donation Bins
- Ch 39 Drainageways and Watercourses
- Ch 40 Dumpsters and Temporary Portable Storage Units
- Ch 41 Electrical Standards
- Ch 42 Property Maintenance
- Ch 44 Explosives
- Ch 46 False Alarms
- Ch 47 Fees
- Ch 48 Firearms and Weapons
- § 48-1 Discharge of firearms restricted.
- § 48-2 Use of slingshots and bows restricted.
- § 48-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 49 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 51 Fire Prevention
- Ch 51A Fireworks
- Ch 52 Floodplain Management
- Ch 53 Grading
- Ch 54 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 57 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 57A Hazardous Materials
- Ch 58 Holding Tanks
- Ch 60 Junkyards; Property Maintenance; Littering
- Ch 63 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 67 Parades and Motorcades
- Ch 68 Parks
- Ch 70 Peddlers and Street Vendors
- Ch 75 Plumbing
- Ch 78 Poles
- Ch 82 Refuse Collection and Disposal
- Ch 83 Rental Unit Inspections
- Ch 84 Residential Property, Sale of
- Ch 85 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 86 Sewers
- Ch 89 Shade Trees
- Ch 92 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 93 Solid Waste
- Ch 94 Stormwater Management
- Ch 95 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 96 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 98 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Taxation
- Ch 102 Tenant Registration
- Ch 104 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 106 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 107 Video Surveillance
- Ch 108 Water
- Ch 110 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pennsburg 12-17-1959
by Ord. No. 133. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall, except in necessary defense of person or property,
fire or discharge any gun or other firearm or any air rifle or air pistol
within the Borough of Pennsburg.
No person shall, except in necessary defense of person or property,
have, use, possess, operate, shoot or discharge any slingshot or bow and arrow
within the Borough of Pennsburg.
[Amended 4-4-1977 by Ord. No. 2-77]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and costs
of such proceedings or, upon default in payment of such fine and costs, by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 30 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense,
and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
