[Amended 7-3-2017 by Ord. No. 991; 12-2-2019 by Ord. No. 1024]
It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or cause to be fired any firearm, rifle, shotgun, pistol, pellet gun or gun of any kind within the corporate limits of the City of Havre de Grace, except:
A.
On approved fire ranges; or
B.
While waterfowl hunting as may be permitted by state or federal regulatory agencies in those waterborne areas on the southern side of Tydings Park Island depicted in Exhibit A to this Code section,[1] which areas of the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay were annexed by the City of Havre de Grace as part of the Tydings Park Island annexation; or
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the City offices.
C.
On property annexed into the City if such property at the time of annexation was an operating farm or agricultural business and continues to be used for farming operations or agricultural business after the annexation; and
(1)
Such firearm is limited to an air rifle or shotgun using birdshot ammunition (slugs or buckshot are not permitted), which shall not be discharged within 150 yards of any residential dwelling or building designed for human occupancy without permission of the owner or occupant or within 300 yards of any public or private school, regardless of whether such building or school is on abutting or adjacent property; and
(2)
The person intending to use a shotgun for farming or other agricultural business purposes first notifies the City Police Department prior to the discharge of any shotgun, when possible.