Town of South Hadley, MA
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2023-05-10
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Division 1: Bylaws
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 145 Firearms and Weapons
- Division 1: Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 18 Elections and Elected Officials
- Ch 24 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 39 Officers and Employees
- Ch 46 Penalties and Enforcement
- Ch 61 Records and Reports
- Ch 65 Revolving Funds
- Ch 72 Town Meetings
- Ch 77 Town Property
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 115 Amusement Devices
- Ch 120 Building Construction
- Ch 123 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 136 Residential Short-Term Rental Units
- Ch 138 Farming
- Ch 141 Fees and Charges
- Ch 142 Redemption of Tax Title Real Estate
- Ch 145 Firearms and Weapons
- § 145-1 Discharge of firearms; archery.
- § 145-2 Discharge of air, pellet or paint-ball guns.
- Ch 153 Ice Cream Truck Vendors
- Ch 158 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 166 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 171 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 175 Marijuana
- Ch 177 Mobile Food Vendors
- Ch 179 Nuisances
- Ch 190 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 194 Pets and Domesticated Animals
- Ch 196 Plastic Bags
- Ch 200 Stormwater Management
- Ch 207 Tag Sales
- Ch 218 Trailers
- Ch 223 Trees
- Ch 230 Vehicles
- Ch 235 Vending Machines
- Ch 237 Water
- Ch 240 Wetlands
- Ch 245 Earth Removal
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Division 2: Regulations
- Ch 300 Board of Health
- Ch 305 Conservation Commission
- Ch 310 Council on Aging
- Ch 315 Department of Public Works
- Ch 335 Library Trustees
- Ch 345 Planning Board
- Ch 350 Recreation Department
- Ch 360 Subdivision Regulations
- Division 3: Policies
- Ch 400 Benefits
- Ch 401 Certified Abutters List Fee Policy
- Ch 402 Complete Streets
- Ch 403 Criteria for Land Acquisition or Acceptance
- Ch 406 Damage Claims
- Ch 407 Deferrals/Continuations of Public Hearings
- Ch 408 Departmental Receipts and Turnover Policy
- Ch 414 House Numbers
- Ch 418 Inspectional Services
- Ch 427 Library Policies
- Ch 429 Lot Splits and Subdivision Policy
- Ch 431 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Abatement Filing Policy
- Ch 439 Personal Property Policies
- Ch 441 Personnel Policy
- Ch 451 Rear Acreage Land Valuation Policy
- Ch 452 Restricted Land Valuation Policy
- Ch 453 Social Media
- Ch 457 Trees
- Ch 460 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 472 Vehicles, Town-Owned
- Ch 478 Workplace Policy Manual
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Acceptances
- Ch A501 Special Acts Applicable to Town
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of South
Hadley 1-11-2017 STM by Art. 14. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Town-owned land. No person shall discharge a firearm or arrow on
any land owned by the Town, except on land designated by the Selectboard
and on file with the office of the Town Clerk.
B.
Private property. No person shall hunt or discharge a firearm on
posted private property without the permission of the owner, pursuant
to MGL c. 131.
C.
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the lawful defense of
life or property, or to any discharge of firearms in accordance with
law enforcement, at any military exercise, for the purpose of construction
or sport shooting at an established gun-sporting club.
No person shall discharge an air, pellet, paint-ball or other
weapon used to shoot projectiles on Town-owned land, public ways,
or on private property other than said person's own property
or the property of the person's parents, children, grandparents
or their respective spouses without permission of the owner of the
land upon which discharge of such weapons will take place.
