[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Dallastown at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful to discharge or cause to be discharged,
ignited, fired or otherwise set in action on public property within
the limits of the Borough of Dallastown 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 also be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited for any
person, persons, firm or corporation to discharge any rifle, gun,
pistol, revolver, cane, cannon 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.
[Added 6-11-2018 by Ord. No. 591]
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause a bow and arrow,
including, without limitation, a cross-bow, to shoot, fire, or otherwise
project an arrow within the Borough, unless such use is restricted
to an archery practice site, or such use is performed while engaged
in the hunting of game, unprotected birds, or animals upon private
lands within the Borough of Dallastown pursuant to and in accordance
with the Game and Wildlife Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 101, et seq., and/or the regulations of the
Pennsylvania Game Commission. For the purposes of this section, an "archery
practice site" shall be defined as a designed area in which arrows
are shot at a fixed target which has either: 1) a backstop, with the
target centered thereon, of a minimum size of eight feet in length
and eight feet in width, and being of a material and thickness of
which no arrow, when shot from a bow, can duly penetrate; or 2) a
buffer zone of two hundred fifty feet from the target to any adjoining
landowner's property. All arrows used in an archery practice
site shall be equipped with target tips. No hunting or razor-type
tips shall be permitted.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$600, plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such
fine and costs by imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
