[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Pomona 10-21-1969. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Pomona,
being fully cognizant of the fact that considerable damage has been
done to the property of the residents of the Village of Pomona and
being also aware of the limited confines of areas within the Village
of Pomona and the close proximity of residential and other structures
and property inhabited and used by residents of the Village, and being
further aware that the use of firearms in the Village is a matter
affecting the public health, safety and welfare which should be subject
to control by the Village of Pomona, intends by the enactment of this
chapter to regulate the discharge of firearms within the Village of
Pomona.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L.
No. 1-1988]
No person shall fire or discharge or cause to
be fired or discharged any pistol, rifle, shotgun or any type of firearm
within the boundaries of the Village of Pomona, except as authorized
by state law.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L.
No. 1-1988]
The prohibitions contained 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.
[Amended 2-8-1988 by L.L.
No. 1-1988]
Nothing contained in § 70-4 above shall prevent the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pomona from maintaining an action or proceeding in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with, or restrain by injunction, the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
