[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Westampton
3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 1-1985. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words shall have the following definitions when used in
this chapter:
Any gun, shotgun, rifle, pistol, revolver, bow and arrow, air gun
or other device from which a bullet, shot, ball, slug, pellet, solid projectile
or other missile or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing is propelled, including
but not limited to BB guns or slingshots.
A.
No person shall fire or discharge any firearm or carry,
transport or possess a loaded firearm within 450 feet of any dwelling, store,
garage, filling station, airport, industrial or commercial establishment or
within 1,000 feet of any public or school playground, house or grounds, any
athletic field or church or similar institution or public park.
B.
An owner, or any person with his permission, or lessee
of property may fire or discharge any firearm and may transport a loaded firearm
or possess same within 450 feet of his own dwelling or garage and anywhere
else on his property, but not within 450 feet of another dwelling, store,
garage, filling station, airport, industrial or commercial establishment or
within 1,000 feet of any public or school playground or park, any athletic
field during school hours, school grounds, church or similar institution.
C.
No person shall fire or discharge any firearm upon or
across any state, county or municipal road or highway.
The prohibitions set forth in § 124-2 shall not apply to the following:
The township shall provide for the posting of appropriate signs on all
major roads which provide access to the township advising the general public
that there are areas within the township where firearms shall not be discharged.
Each and every person violating any provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment
in a county jail for a period of not more six months, or both, in the discretion
of the Judge. Each day that the offense occurs shall be deemed to be a separate
offense.