[Adopted by Ord. No. 12-1-50]
35.1.1.
The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall
have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
35.1.2.
FIREARM — Shall mean any pistol, revolver, rifle or shotgun
which discharges bullet, cartridge, shell, shot or other missile propelled
by the burning or explosion of gunpowder.
35.1.3.
AIR GUN — Shall mean any gun which uses air under pressure
from pumping or other means to discharge missiles [through a rifled
barrel at a muzzle velocity in excess of 200 feet per second].
35.1.4.
TOY AIR GUN — Shall mean an air gun which does not contain
air under high pressure from pumping or other means but which derives
its force from a spring which is set by a simple cocking operation
and discharges missiles through a smooth barrel at a muzzle velocity
of less than 200 feet per second.
[Amended by Ord. No. 45-10-50]
35.2.1.
From and after the effective date of this amendment to Ordinance
No. 12-1-50, no firearms or air guns as defined in the ordinance to
which this is an amendment shall be fired or discharged any-where
within the corporate limits of the Borough of Bethel Park, except
under proper supervision at duly established target ranges, and except
by those persons and in those circumstances permitted by the Act of
the General Assembly of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, as amended, or any
other law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and except by duly
licensed hunters hunting in strict compliance with the game laws of
Pennsylvania and limited to small game and the use of shotguns using
not larger than No. 4 shot.
35.2.2.
The use of all rifles, pistols, revolvers as well as shotguns using
single pellets, slugs or "pumpkin balls" are specifically prohibited.
No hunting shall be allowed within two hundred yards of any occupied
dwelling, house, residence or other building or camp occupied by human
beings, or any barn, stable or other building used in connection therewith,
the area within said distance being hereby designated as a safety
zone, nor shall anyone shoot at any wild bird or wild animal while
it is within such a safety zone.
35.3.1.
From and after the effective date of this ordinance, no toy air gun
as defined in this ordinance shall be fired or discharged within the
corporate limits of the Municipality of Bethel Park, except under
supervision at duly established target ranges, and except where the
firing or discharge of the toy air gun and the flight of its missile
are confined entirely to the user's own property or the premises
of another with his express consent.
35.4.1.
Any parent of a child who has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday,
who knowingly permits such child to violate the provisions of this
ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties hereinafter
provided.
35.5.1.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be subject to summary conviction and shall be subject to a fine not
in excess of $100 for each and every offense, and in default of payment
thereof, may be compelled to undergo imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 30 days.
35.6.1.
Any ordinance or part of ordinance conflicting with the provisions
of this ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed so far as the
same affects this ordinance.
