[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Stonycreek 5-14-1957 by Ord. No. 236. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall discharge any firearm or other deadly weapon within a distance of 150 yards of any occupied dwelling house, residence or other building occupied by human beings or any barn, stable or other building used in connection therewith without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof.
[Amended 6-11-1957 by Ord. No. 237]
No person, without a permit, shall have in his possession a loaded firearm or firearm from the magazine of which all shells and cartridges have not been removed in or on any vehicle or conveyance or its attachments while standing upon or along or being driven upon or along any public highway.
No person shall shoot at any mark or target with a firearm of any kind except at a properly constructed target or mark or a dead tree protected by natural or artificial barrier so that the ball or bullet cannot travel more than 15 yards beyond the target aimed at, after making due allowance for deflection in any direction, not to exceed an angle of 45°.
No person or group of persons shall erect or operate any range for the discharge of firearms or shall conduct any shooting match target practice or exhibition without obtaining written permission from the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall not grant any permit for the same until he has ascertained that the discharge of firearms to be undertaken by said persons or person will not endanger the inhabitants and other persons within the Township or be a nuisance to said inhabitants and other persons within the Township.
The provisions of these sections shall not be construed to apply to a public police officer engaged in the performance of his official duty.
[Amended 9-10-1991 by Ord. No. 494]
Any person violating the preceding sections of this chapter shall, upon summary conviction before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs of prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for not more than five days.