CHAPTER 678 – WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES
678.01 INTENT OF CHAPTER
The intent of this chapter is to further promote the safety and security of the public and the safeguarding of property.
678.02 SALE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS TO MINORS PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, or corporation to sell or to offer or expose for sale within the Township of Lawrence Park to any minor under the age of eighteen years any rifle or air pistol (commonly known as a BB gun), slingshot, or similar device.
678.03 POSSESSION OF CERTAIN WEAPONS BY MINORS PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to use or to possess with intent to use within the Township of Lawrence Park any rifle or air pistol (commonly known as a BB gun), slingshot, or similar device.
678.04 PERMITTING USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS BY MINORS PROHIBITED
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having in his or her custody any rifle or air pistol (commonly known as a BB gun), slingshot or similar device, or to permit any minor under the age of eighteen years to use the same within the Township of Lawrence Park.
678.05 SEIZURE AND DESTRUCTION OF WEAPONS
The Chief of Police of the Township of Lawrence Park is hereby authorized to seize, remove, and destroy any rifle or air pistol (commonly known as a BB gun), slingshot, or similar device, which may be used or discharged within the Township by any minor under the age of eighteen years, or which may be found in his or her possession with intent to be used within the Township.
678.06 SALE OR USE OF FIREWORKS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS
It shall be unlawful for any person, co-partnership, association, or corporation within the Township of Lawrence Park to sell, expose, or offer for sale, give, discharge, fire, use, set off, or explode any rocket, blank cartridge, pistol for the use of blank cartridges, torpedo, Roman candle, squib, firecracker, sparkler, or other fireworks of any kind whatsoever, or any substance or explosive intended for pyrotechnical display, provided, however, that with the special consent of the Board of Commissioners, evidenced by resolution, pyrotechnical displays may be properly stored and conducted at such times and places within the Township as the Board of Commissioners may designate.
678.07 DISCHARGING FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS
(a) Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a rifle, gun, pistol, arrow, or other projectile from a bow or sling shot within 450 feet of a dwelling house, school, park, or other occupied structure, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Exceptions.
(1) A person may discharge a rifle, gun, pistol, arrow, or other projectile from a bow or slingshot within 450 feet of a dwelling house, school, park, or other occupied structure, if such person has the approval of the owner of every such dwelling house, school, park, or other occupied structure within 450 feet, and if the projectile shall remain on the property for which permission has been obtained.
(2) A person may discharge a rifle, gun, pistol, arrow, or other projectile from a bow or sling shot inside a totally enclosed structure which would not permit the projectile to exit such structure.
678.99 PENALTY
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of Sections 678.01 through 678.05 shall, upon each violation and conviction thereof, pay a penalty of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), with costs, and upon default of the payment of penalty and costs, the person or persons convicted may be committed to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days.
(b) Any person, partnership, association, or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of Section 678.06 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than thirty days.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of Section 678.07 shall be subject to prosecution and a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) nor less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Each day’s continuation of such violation shall constitute a separate offense punishable by a like fine.