Source: https://www.ecode360.com/14028141
Timestamp: 2017-12-11 02:04:57
Document Index: 478510069

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73', 'Art. 735', '§ 73', '§ 73', '§ 73']

Township of Rochester, PA FIREARMS
Ch 73 Art I General Prohibition Against Discharge
§ 73-2 Discharge of firearms prohibited.
§ 73-3 Use of air rifles, bows and arrows or similar devices restricted.
Ch 73 Art II Discharge in Industrial Zones
§ 73-6 Regulation of discharge of firearms.
§ 73-7 Exceptions.
Chapter 73: FIREARMS
General Prohibition Against Discharge (§ 73-1 — § 73-5)
Discharge in Industrial Zones (§ 73-6 — § 73-8)
Chapter 73 : FIREARMS
Article I General Prohibition Against Discharge
Article II Discharge in Industrial Zones
Article I: General Prohibition Against Discharge
[Adopted 6-18-1985 by Ord. No. 309 as Art. 735 of the 1985 Codified Ordinances; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Use of air rifles, bows and arrows or similar devices restricted.
Except in necessary defense of person and property and except as provided in § 73-4 of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, fire, or discharge any gun or other firearm within the Township.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, bow and arrow, or similar device, or any implement that is not a firearm but which impels a pellet of any kind with a force that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm, at any place within the Township, except as provided in § 73-4 of this article, and except on a target range which is properly constructed to trap or stop the projectile as ascertained by the Chief of Police.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Article II: Discharge in Industrial Zones
[Adopted 11-15-1988 by Ord. No. 321]
Regulation of discharge of firearms.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use, fire or discharge any gun, air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun or any other type of firearms within the area which is zoned industrial according to the Zoning Ordinance
Editor's Note: See Ch. 162, Zoning.
in effect in Rochester Township, except as provided under § 73-7 of this article.
Any law enforcement officer using said weapon in the discharge of his/her official duty.
An individual who discharges a firearm when there is an intruder who has entered into his/her residence.