[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Borough of Bellevue 5-6-1975 by Ord. No. 75-9. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FIREARM
Includes any rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol or any implement which impels a pellet or similar object of any kind with force that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm.
SIMILAR IMPLEMENT
Includes, but is not limited to, slingshots, bows and arrows and any implement used to impel with force any dart or arrow.
TARGET, SKEET, TRAP AND ARCHERY RANGES
Includes any shooting range where firearms or bows or slingshots are used, and the only object fired upon is inanimate.
[Amended 8-5-1975 by Ord. No. 75-11]
A. 
The use or discharge of any firearm, bow, slingshot or any implement used to impel with force any dart or arrow on private or public property or on the roads, streets, avenues, boulevards or alleys of the Borough is hereby prohibited, except by duly authorized law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties or by persons in defense of their property.
B. 
Except by duly authorized law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties or by persons in defense of their property, the carrying of a firearm or similar implement on his person or in a motor vehicle on the public roads, streets, avenues, alleys or other public areas of the Borough, unless said firearm or similar implement is not loaded or is in such a state as to not be prepared for discharge and in a secure bolster, case or other similar wrapper designed to store or transport firearms or similar implements in a safe manner, is prohibited.
This chapter shall not apply to:
A. 
Persons licensed to hunt in this commonwealth while actually engaged in hunting where permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
B. 
Members of any organization incorporated under laws of this commonwealth engaged in target shooting upon the grounds or property belonging to or under the control of such organization.
C. 
Any law enforcement officers when used in the discharge of their official duties.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)
The operation of a target, skeet, trap or archery range in the Borough is hereby prohibited except with a permit obtained as follows:
A. 
The person or organization proposing to operate said range shall make written application to the Borough for a permit.
B. 
Upon application, the Borough shall inspect the range or site selected to determine both the safety of the facilities and the adequacy of the supervision provided and whether said use is permitted by the applicable zoning ordinance.
C. 
Upon completion of the inspection, the Borough may issue a permit for the use of said range or site.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. This section shall not preclude the Borough of Bellevue from seeking further relief in law or equity in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).