Town of Chenango, NY
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2023-11-01
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 37 Firearms
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 2A Boards and Commissions
- Ch 3 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 4 Claims
- Ch 5 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 6 Defense and Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 8 Highway Department
- Ch 9 Local Laws, Adoption of
- Ch 11 Officers and Employees
- Ch 12 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 15 Planning Board
- Ch 17 Supervisor
- Ch 18 Town Clerk
- Ch 19 Fees
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 22 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 24 Bingo
- Ch 25 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 26 Buildings, Dangerous or Unsafe
- Ch 29 Curfew
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 34 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 36 Excavations
- Ch 36A Fair Housing
- Ch 37 Firearms
- § 37-1 Discharge of firearms restricted.
- § 37-2 Exceptions.
- § 37-3 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 39 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 41 Furnaces, Outdoor
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 44 Junk, Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 48 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 48A Nuisances
- Ch 49 Parking, Overnight
- Ch 50 Parks
- Ch 52 Peddling, Vending and Soliciting
- Ch 53 Property, Numbering of
- Ch 54 Public Assemblies; Mass Gatherings
- Ch 55 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 55A Records Management
- Ch 56 Sewers
- Ch 57 Sex Offenders
- Ch 57A Storm Sewers
- Ch 57B Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 58 Street Excavations
- Ch 60 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 62 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 65 Taxation
- Ch 65A Towing
- Ch 66 Transient Merchants
- Ch 67 Renewable Energy Systems
- Ch 68 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 71 Water
- Ch 72 Wireless Telecommunications
- Ch 73 Zoning
- Ch 74 Property Maintenance
- Ch 74A Smoking
- Ch 74B Vehicle Charging Stations, Electric
- Appendix
- Ch A75 Standard Specifications for Public Works
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Chenango 12-20-1976.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-3-1995 by L.L.
No. 2-1995]
On and after the effective date of this chapter, no person shall:
A.Â
Discharge a firearm in such a way as will result in a
shot, slug, load or other projectile therefrom passing over Hider Park, Wolfe
Park and any other park or any part thereof owned or maintained by the Town.
B.Â
Discharge a firearm within 500 feet of the boundaries
of Hider Park, Wolfe Park and any other park or any part thereof owned or
maintained by the Town.
A.Â
The authorized use of a pistol, rifle or target range
regularly operated and maintained by a Police Department or other law enforcement
agency or by any duly organized or nonprofit corporation or gun club or any
other sportsman club.
B.Â
The discharge of firearms by law enforcement officers
in the performance of their duties.
[Amended 10-3-1995 by L.L.
No. 2-1995]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation 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 continuation of an offense against
the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense
is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
