Source: https://ecode360.com/7032791
Timestamp: 2019-12-12 13:33:20
Document Index: 764668499

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 97', '§ 1441', '§ 97', '§ 97']

City of Lewes, DE Firearms and Explosives
§ 97-1 Use restricted.
§ 97-2 Permitted uses.
§ 97-3 What constitutes "use."
§ 97-5 Exceptions; hunting near buildings.
§ 97-6 Seizure of weapons.
§ 97-7 Possession of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or explosives in municipal buildings and police stations prohibited.
Chapter 97 Firearms and Explosives
No person shall, except in necessary defense of person or property, use any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, gun, air rifle, CO2 pistol, air gun, bow and arrow, slingshot or any firearm or weapon from which a shot or other is discharged, within the City of Lewes, except as herein provided.
No person shall, except in necessary defense of person or property, fire or discharge any pistol or revolver, rifle, shotgun, gun, air rifle, CO2 pistol, air gun, bow and arrow, slingshot or any firearm or weapon from which a shot or other object is discharged, within the City of Lewes, except in hunting season or during regular hunting season while actually hunting on his or her own property or on the property of another where he has obtained permission from the owner. It shall be lawful for properly licensed persons to hunt, pursue, chase, shoot or take wild birds and wild animals, reptiles, amphibians or frogs within the City of Lewes, provided that such person or persons are in complete compliance with all game laws and fish laws of the State of Delaware.
Pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, air rifles, CO2 pistols, air guns, bows and arrows and slingshots shall be deemed to be used within the terms of this chapter if they are carried, loaded or discharged by any person, except as permitted in § 97-2, or where a permit for carrying has been issued by a county or city of the State of Delaware. The transporting of said firearms by automobile or other conveyance through the City, which firearms are not loaded and are being transported, shall not be deemed to be a violation of this section. It shall be unlawful at any time for a person or persons to hunt, shoot or otherwise attempt to take any wild bird, animal, reptile, amphibian or frog not covered by the game or fish laws of the State of Delaware.
Editor's Note: Former § 97-4, Rifle ranges, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of rifles or firearms by police officers or military personnel in the performance of their duties, in target practice or any other function of their employment, nor by any property owner hunting on his own property in the City of Lewes.
It is unlawful for any individual to hunt or trap within 150 yards of occupied buildings without the specific permission of the landowner, provided that the 150 yards will extend beyond any occupied building regardless of ownership.
The police officers of the City are hereby authorized to seize and retain any rifle, air rifle or air gun of any description, ammunition or pellets for the same, or any bows and arrows, slingshots, guns or any firearms or weapons from which a shot or other object is discharged, which shall be used, discharged or possessed within the City in violation of this chapter, until disposition of the case.
[Added 7-13-2015[1]]
Prohibition. Except as set forth in Subsection E below, possession of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or explosives in municipal buildings and police stations is prohibited.
"Municipal building" defined. For purposes of this section, "municipal buildings" are defined as any building where the City meets in its official capacity, or any building containing the offices of elected officials and of public employees actively engaged in performing governmental business, but excludes any parking facility. The definition of "municipal building" also includes any non-City owned or leased building where the City is meeting in or occupying such a building, but only during the time that the City is meeting in or occupying such a building.
Exemptions. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the following in municipal buildings or police stations:
Carrying firearms and ammunition by persons who hold a valid license pursuant to either § 1441 or 1441A of Title 11 of the Delaware Code so long as the firearm remains concealed except for inadvertent display or for self-defense or defense of others;
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former § 97-7 as § 97-8.