Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
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2023-04-25
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The Code
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Chapter 31 Hunting and Firearms
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Affordable Housing
- Ch 3 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 3A Alarm Systems
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 5 Animals, Prohibited
- Ch 6 Automobile and Motorcycle Racing
- Ch 7 Background Checks
- Ch 8 Board of Health
- Ch 10 Borough Personnel
- Ch 12 Cable Television
- Ch 13 Cats
- Ch 14 Claims Procedure
- Ch 15 Cooperative and Condominium Association Registration
- Ch 16 County Services, Contracts for
- Ch 16A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 16B Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 17 Development Fees
- Ch 18 Dogs
- Ch 18A Dogs and Cats, Excessive Number of
- Ch 18B Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 19 Drug-Free Zone Map
- Ch 20 Entertainment, Licensed
- Ch 21 Excavations and Dredging
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Filming
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 26 Fire Prevention
- Ch 27 Floodplain Management
- Ch 27A Curfew
- Ch 28 Hazardous Waste Materials
- Ch 29 Health Code
- Ch 31 Hunting and Firearms
- § 31-1 Purpose.
- § 31-2 Discharge of firearms prohibited; exceptions.
- § 31-3 Repealer.
- § 31-4 Violations and penalties.
- § 31-5 Severability.
- § 31-6 When effective.
- Ch 31A Illicit Connections
- Ch 32 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 32A Land Use Procedures
- Ch 32B Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 32C Landscaper Registration
- Ch 33 Library
- Ch 33A Lightning Warning System
- Ch 34 Littering
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 35A Mobile Telephones
- Ch 36 Municipal Court
- Ch 37 Insurance Certificate Registry
- Ch 38 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 39 Official Map
- Ch 39A Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 39B Paintball Guns and Devices
- Ch 40 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 43 Pet Waste
- Ch 44 Plumbing Code
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Property Maintenance
- Ch 47A Public Contracting Pay-To-Play Reform
- Ch 48 Public Scavengers
- Ch 49 Public Works Department
- Ch 50 Refrigeration Equipment, Water-Cooled
- Ch 51 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 51A Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 52 Recycling
- Ch 53 Salaries
- Ch 54 School Zone Map
- Ch 55 Sewage Disposal: Individual Systems
- Ch 56 Sewers
- Ch 56A Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 57 Shade Tree and Beautification Committee
- Ch 57A Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 58 Sidewalks, Curbs and Streets
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Snow, Ice, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Social Media and Public Outreach Policy
- Ch 63 Soil Movement
- Ch 63A Soil Importation
- Ch 64 Solid Waste
- Ch 65 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 66A Stormwater Control
- Ch 66B Stream Corridor Protection
- Ch 67 Swimming Pools
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Taxicabs
- Ch 71 Temporary Storage Units
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Towing Services
- Ch 75A Transient Merchants
- Ch 75B Trees
- Ch 76 Trees in Highways
- Ch 76B Trees, Bamboo
- Ch 76C Trees, Protection of
- Ch 77 Uniform Construction Code Department
- Ch 79 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 80 Volunteer Incentives
- Ch 81 Water and Water Rates
- Ch 82 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Zoning
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Education for Government Officials
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Ho-Ho-Kus 8-24-1965 by Ord. No. 416.]
This chapter is enacted as a measure to safeguard the residents
of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus and to protect their property.
No person or persons, while engaged in hunting, target shooting,
practice shooting or otherwise within the limits of the Borough of
Ho-Ho-Kus, shall at any time fire or discharge, or cause to be fired
or discharged, any pistol, shotgun, rifle or other firearms. However,
nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of firearms for the
protection of life, person or property, or by any law enforcement
officers, and provided further that the provisions hereof shall not
apply to any pistol or rifle range equipped with proper safeguards
for the protection of life and property and approved by the Chief
of Police.
Ordinance No. 231, entitled "An Ordinance to Prohibit Hunting
within the Limits of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus," passed September 30,
1946, and any other ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with
the terms of this chapter be and the same are hereby repealed.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding
$50 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days in the county
jail for each offense, or both.
In the event that any section or part of this chapter shall
be held invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section
or part so adjudged, and the remainder of said chapter shall be deemed
valid and effective.
This chapter shall take effect when passed and published as
required by law.
