[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Corning 6-4-2018. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to New York State Home Rule Law, the City Council, in order to ensure the proper protection, health, safety and welfare of persons in the City, finds it to be in the public interest to prohibit the discharge of firearms or other dangerous weapons within the city limits.
This chapter is made and enacted pursuant to the legislative authority vested in the City Council of the City of Corning by the provisions of General City Law, Municipal Home Rule Law, and the City Charter of the City of Corning, as amended.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
BOW
A weapon consisting of a bow, string, and either compound or recurve limbs.
CITY LIMITS
The geographic boundary lines of the City of Corning, New York.
CROSSBOW
A weapon consisting of a bow, string, and either compound or recurve limbs mounted on a stock.
FIREARM
Any rifle, shotgun, or other weapon defined in § 265.00 of the Penal Law of the State of New York, or any weapon described in § 265.05 of the Penal Law of the State of New York.
No person, other than in self-defense or in the discharge of official duties, shall willfully discharge within the City Limits any firearm or any bow or crossbow as defined in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Law.
The following uses shall not be limited by this chapter:
A. 
An indoor licensed facility designated and constructed as a shooting range, as authorized by the applicable section(s) of the Code of the City of Corning and properly approved and permitted by the City of Corning and all other required agencies.
B. 
Any firearm using blanks discharged in a ceremonial function as approved by the Director of Public Safety or his/her designee.
The Police Department shall bear primary responsibility for enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
A. 
The Police Chief, Fire Chief, Code Enforcement Officer and their designees are authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
The Police Chief, Fire Chief, Code Enforcement Officer and their designees are authorized to issue appearance tickets for a violation of this chapter as provided in Chapter 5 of the Code of the City of Corning.
Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.