[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Coventry 11-12-1991 by Ord. No. 9-91-0181 as Ch. 11, § 11-7,
of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peace and good order — See Ch. 180.
The discharge of firearms and other deadly weapons
is hereby prohibited in the following areas:
A.
That area located within the Town which is within
the following boundaries: from the intersection of Tiogue Avenue (RI
Route 3) and Arnold Road, running easterly to the intersection of
Tiogue Avenue and North Road, thence running southerly along North
Road to Tiffany Road, thence running southeasterly along Tiffany Road
to New London Turnpike, thence running southwesterly along New London
Turnpike to Arnold Road, thence running northerly along Arnold Road
to the point and place of beginning.
B.
That area within the Town which is located within
the following boundaries: from the intersection of Sandy Bottom Road
and Tiogue Avenue (RI Route 3); thence running northerly along Sandy
Bottom Road to Main Street (RI Route 117), thence running easterly
along Main Street (Washington Street) to the boundary between the
Town and the Town of West Warwick, thence running southerly along
the towns' boundary to Tiogue Avenue, thence running westerly along
Tiogue Avenue to the point and place of beginning.
A.
This section shall not apply to law enforcement officers
or military personnel engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
B.
Shotguns may be used in other unposted and open areas
of the Town in the pursuit of game during the hunting season designated
by the state. The pursuit of game shall be in conformity with all
of the hunting laws, rules and regulations of the state and its agencies.
No firearm or deadly weapon of any type may be carried upon the highway
while loaded, and no shotgun or other deadly weapon shall be discharged
within 250 yards of any occupied dwelling, house, park, playground,
public road, posted land or other building occupied by human beings,
or any barn, stable or other building used in connection therewith.
