[Ord. No. 357, 10/16/1991, § 6-201]
Except in necessary defense of person and property and except as provided in § 6-203 of this Part, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, fire, or discharge any gun or other firearm within the Borough.
[Ord. No. 357, 10/16/1991, § 6-202]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, bow and arrow, or similar device, or any implement that is not a firearm but which impels a pellet of any kind with a force that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm, at any place within the Borough, except as provided in § 6-203 of this Part, and except on a target range which is properly constructed to trap or stop the projectile as ascertained by the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 357, 10/16/1991, § 6-203; as amended
by Ord. No. 501, 8/15/2012]
This Part shall not apply to any discharge of a firearm lawful
under the laws of the commonwealth or to any law enforcement officers
when used in the discharge of their official duties or to persons
licensed to hunt in this commonwealth while actually engaged in hunting
where and as permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. No. 357, 10/16/1991, § 6-204; as amended
by Ord. No. 501, 8/15/2012]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
