[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Maybrook as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fireworks — See Ch. 103.
[Adopted 4-23-1979 by L.L. No. 6-1979 as §§ 51.25
and 51.26 of the 1979 Municipal Code]
No person shall at any time discharge any firearms,
air guns, spring guns or other instruments in which the propelling
force is a spring or air, any gun or any instrument or weapon in or
upon which any loaded or blank cartridge may be used, any fireworks
or explosives within the corporate limits of the Village of Maybrook,
New York, except as expressly provided and regulated. Nor shall anyone
string and shoot any bow and arrow or load and shoot any slingshot
within the corporate limits of the Village of Maybrook, New York,
except as expressly provided and regulated.
No person shall carry any loaded pistol, rifle,
shotgun or other firearms upon any public street or in any public
place within the corporate limits of the Village of Maybrook, New
York, except as authorized by law, and no person shall engage in the
hunting of wild animals or game within the corporate limits of the
Village of Maybrook, New York.
[Amended 12-9-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
[Adopted 6-8-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
Any paintball or paint pellet device (including but not limited
to guns, pistols, rifles, shotguns, and grenades) which is designed
or intended to carry, or to expel a projectile containing, paint,
ink, or similar material which has the potential to cause injury to
persons or property shall be recognized as a nuisance device and shall
be subject to this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
To physically hold or have under exclusive or mutual control
a firearm as defined herein.
The expulsion of a projectile from a firearm or the throwing
of a grenade by manual or mechanical means.
Any device which is designed and intended to expel a projectile
by action of gunpowder, any other explosive, compressed air, compressed
gas or mechanical device, including but not limited to guns, pistols,
rifles, shotguns, grenades, BB guns, paintball or paint pellet devices,
and air rifles.
A gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun, grenade or like devices in
appearance or function, capable of and designed for discharging and
propelling paint, ink or other similar material directly upon a targeted
person or property, or enclosed within a pellet or pellet-like device,
capsule or capsule-like device, that is intended to break upon impact
with a targeted person or property.
No person within the limits of the Village shall, on any public property, including but not limited to public parks, public streets, public rights-of-way, playgrounds, open space, recreation facilities other than those set forth in § 95-7, or any other public facility:
A.
Carry or be in possession of a paintball or paint pellet device,
unless it is being transported unloaded to or from a permitted location
in the Village for such devices and is accompanied during such transport
by someone 21 years of age or older.
B.
Discharge or cause to set off a paintball or paint pellet device.
The carrying and discharge of a paintball or paint pellet device
may occur in or on a recreational facility designed and legally operated
for the purpose of discharging paintball or paint pellet devices during
the facility's hours of operation and subject to the rules of
such facility.
The carrying and discharge of a paintball or paint pellet device
shall be permitted on private property contingent upon having the
permission of the owner of the property, and provided further that
the use of the paintball or paint pellet device is limited to targets
and areas on such private property and conducted in such a manner
so as to protect by an appropriate barrier other persons and other
private property from paint or other damage. In no event shall paintball
or paint pellet devices be permitted to be discharged at animals,
or aimed or discharged at other human beings not wearing adequate
protective gear.
