Borough of Franklin Lakes, NJ
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2022-11-22
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 254 Firearms and Hunting
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Council
- Ch 23 Court, Municipal
- Ch 29 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Environmental Commission
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 50 Health, Board of
- Ch 64 Mutual Aid
- Ch 71 Officers and Employees
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 84 Personnel Policies
- Ch 89 Police Department
- Ch 95 Public Works Department
- Ch 101 Purchasing and Payroll
- Ch 107 Recreation and Parks Department
- Ch 112 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 118 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 124 Volunteer Incentives
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 135 Affordable Housing
- Ch 137 Aircraft, Small Unmanned
- Ch 140 Alarm Systems
- Ch 144 Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
- Ch 151 Amusement Devices
- Ch 157 Animals
- Ch 162 Bamboo
- Ch 172 Blasting
- Ch 186 Business Hours
- Ch 193 Cemeteries
- Ch 199 (Reserved)
- Ch 208 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 225 Curfew, Limited
- Ch 228 Drug-Free School Zone
- Ch 230 Dumpsters and Other Refuse Containers
- Ch 247 Fees
- Ch 248 Fertilizer
- Ch 250 Filming
- Ch 254 Firearms and Hunting
- § 254-1 Hunting and trapping restrictions.
- § 254-2 Size of missile limited; exceptions.
- § 254-3 Discharge of firearms near houses or public streets; exception.
- § 254-4 Discharge of firearms by police or other authorized persons.
- § 254-5 Purpose.
- Ch 259 Fire Prevention
- Ch 264 Fire Zones
- Ch 272 (Reserved)
- Ch 276 Games of Chance
- Ch 279 Garage Sales
- Ch 283 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 287 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 300 Land Use and Development
- Ch 306 Library
- Ch 308 Limousines
- Ch 311 Littering
- Ch 318 Loitering
- Ch 323 Motorized Sport Bikes and Related Vehicles
- Ch 329 Noise
- Ch 335 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 347 Parking
- Ch 356 Parks and Public Lands
- Ch 362 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 370 Property, Rehabilitation of Abandoned
- Ch 373 Property Maintenance
- Ch 377 Public Utilities
- Ch 390 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 393 Small Cell Wireless Facilities
- Ch 395 Smoking
- Ch 404 Soil Removal
- Ch 408 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 411 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 415 Special Assistance List
- Ch 420 Stormwater Control
- Ch 425 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 437 (Reserved)
- Ch 446 Towing
- Ch 453 Trees
- Ch 461 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 470 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 478 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 489 Water
- Ch 492 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 495 Zoning Permits
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 500 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 505 Animals
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Ch 523 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 529 Housing
- Ch 536 Laundries and Dry Cleaners
- Ch 542 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 547 Sanitation in Public Places
- Ch 554 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 563 Water Systems
- Ch 570 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A580 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Franklin Lakes 2-14-1990 by Ord. No. 893 as
Sec. 3-7 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall go upon lands of another for
the purpose of hunting upon such lands within the territorial limits
of the Borough, and no person shall take or attempt to take any animals
of any type, including birds and fowl, by means of a steel or other
trap, or set a steel or other trap for any animal, including birds
or fowl, within the territorial limits of the Borough, except that
these prohibitions shall not apply to the owner or other occupants
of the lands or to any other person having in his possession the written
permission of the owner or occupant thereof to hunt or trap thereon.
The permit shall not extend beyond the calendar year for which it
is issued.
No person shall fire or discharge or cause to
be fired or discharged any missile larger than No. 4 fine shot; provided,
however, that this limitation shall not be applicable to any pistol,
rifle or firing range equipped with proper safeguards for the protection
of life and property.
[Amended 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 1576]
A.
No person shall discharge a shotgun or other firearm, or hunt with
a firearm, or kill, trap, or catch any game animals or fowl within
300 feet of any dwelling house, public street, or highway; provided,
however, that this shall not prohibit the use of firearms for the
protection of life, person, or property.
B.
No person shall discharge an arrow from a bow within 150 feet of
residential property or a public roadway.
This chapter shall not be intended to include
any person authorized to discharge a firearm by reason of his membership
in any Police Department or any law enforcement agency in the line
of duty or training therefor, or any public officers or other persons
authorized by law to carry and discharge firearms in the performance
of their duties or for any other lawful purpose.
This chapter is adopted for the purpose of maintaining
the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Borough and
their property within its territorial limits.
