As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FIREARM
Any rifle, shotgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, revolver, pistol,
gun, airgun or air rifle, or any similar weapon or combination thereof.
RANGE
A place for shooting firearms at inanimate targets.
The shooting or discharge of firearms is prohibited in the Borough,
except in strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to:
A. Duly appointed law enforcement officers of the Borough or other governmental
agencies in the performance of their official duties in the Borough;
B. Persons using firearms on a lawfully licensed and operated target,
skeet or trap range;
C. Persons lawfully engaged in hunting under the Pennsylvania Game Code,
where, if hunting on the property of another person, the hunter has
obtained the written permission of the owner and has such permission
in his possession; and
D. Persons engaged in the necessary defense of person or property where
such person has a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania permit for possessing
and carrying such firearm or is exempt from such permit regulations
by reason of carrying and possessing the firearm in his or her place
of abode.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the Allegheny County correctional facility for a period
not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu
of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter
in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.