[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 6-101, Discharge of Firearms
Prohibited, adopted 9/23/1996 by Ord. 907, was repealed 3/23/2015
by Ord. 1024.
[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-202; as amended by Ord. 1024, 3/23/2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, bow and arrow, crossbow 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 § 6-103 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. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-203]
1.
This Part 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.
[Ord. 907, 9/23/1996, § 6-204; as amended by Ord.
1005, 5/23/2011]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, 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 30 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.
