[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville 8-14-1979 by L.L. No. 2-1979. Amendments noted where indicated.]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville, being fully cognizant of the fact that considerable damage has been done to the property of residents of said Village, and being also aware that because of the limited confines of areas within said Village, and the close proximity thereto of residential and other structures and property inhabited and used by residents of the Village, and being further aware that the use of firearms in the Village is a matter affecting the public health, safety and welfare, which matter should be subject to control by the Village of Dansville, intends by the enactment of this chapter to regulate the discharge of firearms within the Village of Dansville.
No person shall, except in self-defense and when reasonably necessary for the protection of life or property, fire or discharge or cause to be fired or discharged any machine gun, rifle, pistol, shotgun, air rifle or pistol or other pellet gun, slingshot, bow and arrow or crossbow, as defined in § 265.00 of the Penal Law, or other projectile-firing weapon within the boundaries of the Village of Dansville.
A. 
The prohibitions contained in this chapter shall not apply to:
(1) 
Any officer of the law while engaged in the safety of the people of the State of New York;
(2) 
A member or guest of a gun club engaged in any shooting upon such gun club premises which, except for this chapter, is permitted by law;
(3) 
Any supervised school activity on school premises;
(4) 
The use of blank cartridges; and/or
[Amended 4-21-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
(5) 
Any person operating a firearms shop, licensed to do business in the State of New York and duly licensed under applicable federal statutes, who has improved an indoor space for the safe discharge of firearms in a controlled environment for the purpose of test firing a firearm, and which has been inspected and received written approval by the Chief of Police or the designee of the Chief of Police.
[Added 4-21-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
B. 
The Village Board of Trustees hereby delegates to the Village Chief of Police the power to permit the discharge of projectiles otherwise prohibited by this chapter, for individual recreation as well as for any appropriate public ceremony or need, provided that the conditions in Subsection B(1) and (2) directly below are complied with:
(1) 
Application is made in writing to the Village Chief of Police at least seven days before the proposed use of firearms, showing that a responsible adult will be in charge of the proposed use of firearms and further showing that precautionary measures for the protection of the public will be taken by the applicant;
(2) 
A bond, with sureties satisfactory to the Village Chief of Police, shall be filed with the application before the proposed use of firearms, in an amount satisfactory to the Village Chief of Police, conditioned for the payment of any and all damages to any person or to any property caused by the proposed use of firearms;
(3) 
Upon satisfactory compliance with the above conditions, the Chief of Police shall issue a written permit which shall be valid for no more than five days; any applicant, or resident of the Village of Dansville who feels aggrieved by a decision of the Chief of Police may appeal said decision to the Village Board of Trustees by serving written notice of intent to appeal, specifying the decision appealed from and date thereof, upon the Village Clerk-Treasurer within 10 days of said decision, otherwise said decision is final and binding upon said applicant and residents.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days or both such fine and imprisonment for each offense. Each discharge of a projectile in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
Nothing contained in above § 174-4, Penalties for offenses, shall prevent the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dansville from maintaining an action or proceeding in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder.