City of Rye, NY
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2023-06-14
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 95 Firearms
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Continuity of Government
- Ch 10 Committees
- Ch 12 Early Retirement Incentive
- Ch 15 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 22 Human Rights, Commission of
- Ch 31 Police Pension Fund
- Ch 32 Procurement Policy
- Ch 34 Sale of City Property
- Ch 35 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 36 Travel and Convention Expenses
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 45 Air Pollution
- Ch 46 Alarm Systems
- Ch 47 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 50 Amusements and Exhibitions
- Ch 52 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 53 Architectural Review
- Ch 56 Auctioneers
- Ch 61 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Boats and Harbors
- Ch 68 Building Construction
- Ch 69 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 71 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 72 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 73 Coastal Zone Management Waterfront Consistency Review
- Ch 74 Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program
- Ch 76 Dogs
- Ch 81 Electrical Standards
- Ch 83 Energy Conservation Financing: Pace Program
- Ch 84 Energy Conservation Financing: Open C-Pace Program
- Ch 87 Escrow Provisions
- Ch 88 Explosives, Blasting and Mechanical Rock Excavation
- Ch 89 Fats, Oils and Grease Abatement
- Ch 90 Fences and Walls
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Filming
- Ch 95 Firearms
- § 95-1 Discharge prohibited without permit.
- § 95-2 Use of terms.
- § 95-3 Exemptions.
- § 95-4 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 98 Fire Prevention
- Ch 100 Floodplain Management
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 Graffiti
- Ch 106 Helicopters and Other Aircraft
- Ch 108 Housing Standards
- Ch 113 Junk Dealers
- Ch 117 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 121 Laundromats
- Ch 122 Leaf Blowers
- Ch 125 Licenses
- Ch 128 Local Improvement Assessments
- Ch 133 Noise
- Ch 138 Parking Lots
- Ch 141 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Public Officers Indemnification
- Ch 147 Records Management
- Ch 149 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 153 Residential Care Facilities
- Ch 154 Retail Checkout Bags
- Ch 155 Retail Dispensary and On-Site Consumption Licenses Opt-Out
- Ch 157 Sanitary Regulations
- Ch 161 Sewers
- Ch 162 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 164 Shopping Carts
- Ch 165 Signs
- Ch 166 Smoking and Vaping
- Ch 166A Steep Slope Protection
- Ch 167 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 170 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 173 (Reserved)
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management
- Ch 176 (Reserved)
- Ch 177 Taxation
- Ch 180 Taxicabs
- Ch 183 Tax Liens, Disposition of
- Ch 185 Telecommunications
- Ch 187 Trees
- Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 194 Water
- Ch 195 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 196 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 197 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A201 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Rye 9-19-1945 as Art. 4 of Ch. 4 of the General Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
In the interest and protection of the inhabitants
of the City, the willful discharge of firearms therein is prohibited
unless an application is first submitted to and approved by the Chief
of Police and a written permit issued thereupon by him.
For the purpose of this chapter, the term "firearms"
as used herein is described as any weapon which expels the charge
by the combustion of powder or any other explosive and includes a
pistol, revolver, gun or rifle.
This chapter shall not apply to sheriffs, policemen
or other duly appointed peace officers in the discharge of their official
duties, nor to the members of duly authorized military or civil organizations
in the discharge of their duties as such, nor to the discharge of
firearms in self-defense.
