Township of Swatara, PA
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2019-08-14
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 286 Weapons
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 9 Auditor
- Ch 13 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 18 Board of Commissioners
- Ch 21 Council of Governments
- Ch 27 Fire and Rescue Services Board
- Ch 31 Fire Marshal
- Ch 35 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 40 Health Officer
- Ch 46 Manager, Township
- Ch 52 Pensions
- Ch 56 Planning Commission
- Ch 60 Police Department
- Ch 65 Reapportionment
- Ch 74 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 77 Tax Collector
- Ch 79 Treasurer
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 90 Adult Uses
- Ch 97 Alarms
- Ch 100 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 104 Animals
- Ch 117 Cable Television
- Ch 125 Claims, Municipal
- Ch 128 Code Enforcement
- Ch 132 Curfew
- Ch 139 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 147 Fees
- Ch 150 Fireworks
- Ch 156 Floodplain Management
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 165 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 169 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 186 Massage Parlors
- Ch 191 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 195 Noise
- Ch 203 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 216 Public Places, Access to
- Ch 220 Real Property, Abandoned
- Ch 223 Rental Property, Registration of
- Ch 227 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 231 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 244 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Stormwater Management
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 253 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 257 Swimming Pools
- Ch 261 Taxation
- Ch 266 Trees
- Ch 271 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 275 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 279 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 286 Weapons
- § 286-1 Discharge of bow and arrow and air gun prohibited; exceptions.
- § 286-2 Target shooting restrictions.
- § 286-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 295 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Swatara 5-13-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Ch. 286, Weapons,
adopted 8-11-1967 by Ord. No. 1967-8, as amended.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to discharge
any bow and arrow or air gun, except in defense of person or property,
or while engaged in lawful hunting, within the limits of Swatara Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in
any form of target shooting with any bow and arrow or air gun, except
at designated times and in areas designated and approved by the Swatara
Township Board of Commissioners.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $30 nor more than $600 and costs of prosecution, or, in
default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days. Every day that a violation of this chapter
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
