[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Honeoye Falls 2-9-1976 as L.L. No. 1-1976.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public order — See Ch. 124,
Art. I.
This chapter shall be known as the "Firearms
Local Law of the Village of Honeoye Falls."
[Amended 2-4-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985; 5-17-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
No person shall, except in self-defense and
when reasonably necessary for the protection of life or property,
fire or discharge or cause to be fired or discharged any projectile
fire ammunition from any firearm, as defined in 6 NYCRR § 180.3(a)
of the New York Administrative Code, within the boundaries of the
Village of Honeoye Falls.
A.
The prohibitions in this chapter shall not apply to
any officer of law while engaged in the protection of the safety of
the people of the State of New York, nor shall they apply to the use
of blank cartridges.
B.
The Village Board of Trustees may permit the discharge
of projectile firing ammunition from firearms upon any appropriate
occasion of public ceremony, provided that the following conditions
are complied with:
(1)
Application is made, in writing, to the Village Board
of Trustees at least seven (7) days before the proposed use of firearms
showing that a responsible adult will be in charge of the proposed
use of firearms and further showing that precautionary measures for
the protection of the public which are sufficient in the judgment
of the Village Board of Trustees will be taken by the applicant.
(2)
A bond, with sureties satisfactory to the Village
Board of Trustees, shall be filed with the application before the
proposed use of firearms, in an amount satisfactory to the Village
Board of Trustees, conditioned for the payment of any and all damages
to any person or to any property caused by the proposed use of firearms;
provided, further, that the Village Board of Trustees may, in its
discretion, dispense with the posting of any such bond in the case
of the firing of memorial salutes with rifles loaded with blank cartridges
by any veterans organization.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of no
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or imprisonment for not more
than one (1) year, or both, for each offense. Each discharge of a
firearm in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute
a separate offense.
