Town of Waterford, NY
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2021-12-28
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 84 Firearms
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Article II Firearms Discharge
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Alternate Members of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 5 Board of Assessment Review Meetings
- Ch 7 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 9 Drug-Free Workplace
- Ch 12 Environmental Conservation Commission
- Ch 14 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 18 Investment Policy
- Ch 24 Personnel Policies
- Ch 26 Planning Board
- Ch 28 Police Department
- Ch 30 Procurement Policy
- Ch 31 Public Safety Commissioner
- Ch 36 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 40 Town Clerk
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 47 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 48 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 49 Alarm Systems
- Ch 50 Amusement Devices
- Ch 52 Animals
- Ch 58 Bingo
- Ch 61 Building Code Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 63 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 65 Cannabis
- Ch 68 Curfew
- Ch 77 Dumps and Dumping
- Ch 81 Fair Housing
- Ch 84 Firearms
- Ch 84 Art II Firearms Discharge
- § 84-5 Title.
- § 84-6 Activities prohibited.
- § 84-7 Exceptions.
- § 84-8 (Reserved)
- § 84-9 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 86 Fire Lanes
- Ch 88 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 95 Games of Chance
- Ch 98 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 101 Littering
- Ch 104 Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 106 Noise
- Ch 115 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 118 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 122 Records
- Ch 126 Sewers
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 138 Solid Waste
- Ch 141 Storm Sewers
- Ch 142 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 143 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 148 Taxation
- Ch 153 Trailers and Trailer Courts
- Ch 156 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 158 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 158A Vehicles, Inoperable, Abandoned, Junk and Oversized
- Ch 159 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 161 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A165 Building Sewer Installation Rules
- Ch A166 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch A167 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-3-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also superseded L.L. No. 4-2011,
adopted 10-4-2011, prior to its inclusion in this chapter.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Firearms
Discharge Law of the Town of Waterford."
It shall be illegal within the Town of Waterford to discharge
a center fire/rim fire weapon other than a shotgun.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to the following:
A.
Peace officers in the performance of their duty nor to any citizen
when lawfully defending his person or property.
B.
The discharge of rifles on target ranges maintained and operated
by any association affiliated with the National Rifle Association
or by any duly organized fish and game club, association or membership
corporation.
A violation of this article and/or any of the regulations herein
contained is hereby declared a misdemeanor and shall be punishable
by a fine and imprisonment or, in the alternative, a fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $500.
