The Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie, being fully cognizant of the fact that because of the limited confines of areas within the Village of Valatie 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 should be subject to control by the Village of Valatie, intends, by the enactment of this chapter, to regulate the discharge of firearms within the Village of Valatie.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 4-22-1980 by L.L. No. 9-1980 (Ch. 64 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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, shotgun or firearm, as defined in § 265.00 of the Penal Law, within the boundaries of the Village of Valatie.
The prohibitions contained in this chapter shall not apply to any officer of law while engaged in the protection of the safety of the people of the State of New York, nor shall they apply to 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.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuance of an offense for each day (24 hours) shall be deemed a distinct and separate violation.
Nothing contained in § 161-4 of this chapter shall prevent the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie from maintaining an action or proceeding in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or restrain by injunction the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder.