This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Shooting Ordinance of Willistown Township."
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
APPROVED RANGE A place for shooting weapons having a natural or artificial barrier of sufficient size and density to stop any projectile or pellets fired into it, approved and designated of record by the Willistown Township Chief of Police as an approved range.
AUTHORIZED RANGE SHOOTING Shooting upon an approved range in a manner consistent with safety of persons and property as authorized by the Chief of Police in approving such range, under the supervision of the owner or occupant of the land or his duly designated representative.
SHOOTING The discharge or release of a projectile or pellets from any weapon, including the shooting of a pointed arrow from a bow.
WEAPON Any shotgun, rifle, air rifle, Flobert rifle, pistol, revolver, pellet gun or weapon of similar type, and any bow used to propel a pointed arrow.
The careless or improper use of any weapon tending to imperil the safety of persons or engender disorderly practice is prohibited.
Any person violating any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and costs, and, in default of payment of fine or costs, undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Legible signs giving public notice of the essential provisions of this chapter shall be posted at or near the public highways at the boundaries of Willistown Township.