Town of Elsmere, DE
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 99 Firearms and Weapons
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Article V Concealed BB Guns, Air Guns, and Toy Guns in Public
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Budgetary Evaluation Program
- Ch 9 Cable Television Rates
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Elections
- Ch 21 Emergency Operations
- Ch 27 Finance Committee
- Ch 29 Finance, Department of
- Ch 31 Incident Management
- Ch 34 Officers and Employees
- Ch 36 Personnel Policies
- Ch 38 Planning Commission
- Ch 45 Police Pension Fund; Retirement Plans
- Ch 48 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 60 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 63 Alarm Systems
- Ch 67 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 76 Building Construction
- Ch 79 Burning, Open
- Ch 83 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 87 Curfew
- Ch 93 Excavations and Grading
- Ch 95 Explosives and Fireworks
- Ch 98 Fines, Payment of
- Ch 99 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 99 Art V Concealed BB Guns, Air Guns, and Toy Guns in Public
- § 99-11 Possession of concealed BB gun, air gun, gas-operated gun, spring gun or realistic toy gun prohibited.
- § 99-12 Violations and penalties.
- § 99-13 Forfeiture of weapon.
- Ch 102 Floodplain Management
- Ch 103 Floodplain, Notification of Lessees in
- Ch 107 Garage and Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 110 Graffiti
- Ch 116 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 123 Lawn Care Companies
- Ch 127 Dumping of Yard Waste and Refuse
- Ch 131 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 135 Loitering
- Ch 143 Noise
- Ch 145 Nuisances
- Ch 148 Parades and Special Events
- Ch 152 Parking of Certain Vehicles
- Ch 155 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 159 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Police Service Fees
- Ch 167 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 169 Professional Fees
- Ch 171 Property Maintenance
- Ch 182 Rental Licenses
- Ch 184 Satellite Dish Antennas
- Ch 186 Smoking or Use of Tobacco Products
- Ch 187 Solid Waste
- Ch 189 (Reserved)
- Ch 190 Stormwater Management
- Ch 192 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 196 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 199 Swimming Pools
- Ch 204 Taxation
- Ch 206 Tax-Delinquent Property
- Ch 209 Vacant Property
- Ch 211 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 215 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vehicles, Off-Highway
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A230 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-14-2007 by Ord. No. 479]
No person within the Town of Elsmere shall conceal about their
person, except within his or her own domicile, any BB gun, air gun,
gas-operated gun, spring gun, or any realistic toy which a reasonable
person would believe is a real gun in a public area.
Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $250 for the first
offense, and not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each subsequent
offense. Each violation shall be a separate offense.
Every person convicted of this violation shall forfeit to the
Elsmere Bureau of Police the weapons or instruments so involved in
the violation of this article.
