[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rye 9-18-1930. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to store, sell, offer or
expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or
to use, discharge or cause to be discharged, ignited, fired or otherwise
set in action within the limits of the Town of Rye outside the incorporated
Villages of Port Chester, Rye[1] and Mamaroneck, any fireworks, firecrackers, rockets,
sparklers, torpedoes, Roman candles, fire balloons or other fireworks,
or substances of any combination whatsoever, designed or intended
for pyrotechnic display. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge
within said portion of the Town of Rye any rifle, gun, pistol, revolver,
cane or other appliance, whether projecting or exploding any bullet,
cartridge, blank cartridge, cap or otherwise or any explosive substance
or mixture of chlorates or nitrates except as hereinafter provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: Now the City of Rye.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to articles of
the kind and nature herein mentioned which shall be in the possession
of railroads or transportation companies for the purpose of transportation
unless the same shall be held voluntarily by such railroads or companies
as warehouse men; nor to signaling devices used by railroad companies
nor to high explosives used for blasting or similar purposes, nor
to any proper and lawful use of any rifle, gun, pistol or revolver
by any person duly authorized by law to have or use the same nor to
any lawful display or use of fireworks on the fourth day of July,
commonly known as Independence Day.
No person, other than a duly authorized railway or railroad
employee, shall place upon any street or other railway or railroad
tracks, within the said portion of said Town, under any circumstances
or at any time, any torpedoes, bomb or other thing containing any
substance of any explosive nature.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, joint stock companies, societies
and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
[Added 1-18-1977 by L.L.
No. 1-1977]
A fee of $25 to be collected by the Town of Rye Police Department
for services performed by the Rye Town Police Department in the investigation
of those persons seeking to obtain a gun or pistol permit.
Any person who, himself or itself or by his or its agent or
employee shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or any
order, code, rule or regulation made in pursuance thereof, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding in any one case of violation $50
to be recovered with costs, and shall upon conviction of such violation
be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50 or to
imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 50 days, or to
both such fine and imprisonment, and each day on which such violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Any ordinance or part of any ordinance inconsistent with the
provisions of this chapter is hereby repealed.
This chapter shall take effect at the earliest date allowed
by law.
