[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of New Hartford as Ch. 16 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 9-11-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994]
No person, firm, corporation or association shall, within the
limits of the Village of New Hartford, fire or discharge or permit
to be fired or discharged any gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, cannon
or firearm of any description, whether loaded with blank or full charge.
This section shall not apply to any military exercises nor to members
of a police department in the course of duty or while participating
in practice or exercises in connection with police duties, nor shall
this section apply to persons who shall fire or discharge a firearm
at a firing range while such range is under the supervision of a member
of the Police Department of the Town of New Hartford. This section
shall also not apply to persons who lawfully possess or carry a firearm
while using such firearm for purposes of protection of life or property.
No person, firm, corporation or association shall, within the
limits of the Village of New Hartford, fire or discharge or permit
to be fired or discharged any gun, pistol, revolver, rifle, cannon
or implement or apparatus of any kind which uses as a propelling force
a spring or air and which is capable of ejecting a missile with sufficient
force to injure the person.
No person, firm, corporation or association shall, within the
limits of the Village of New Hartford, store, fire or discharge or
permit to be stored, fired or discharged any rocket, implement, apparatus
or contrivance loaded with explosive or combustible material unless
permission to do so shall first be had and obtained from the Mayor
and Village Board.
[Amended 9-11-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994[1]]
Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
