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Township of Nether Providence, PA
Delaware County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nether Providence as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
[Amended 9-9-1999 by Ord. No. 639; 10-9-2008 by Ord. No. 732]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm, rifle, shotgun, pistol, air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, bow and arrow, paint ball gun, slingshot or similar device or any implement that is not a firearm but which impels a shot, bullet, ball or pellet of any kind with a force of an explosion that can reasonably be expected to cause bodily harm within or into the boundaries of Nether Providence Township except:
A. 
A police officer in the proper execution of his or her duties;
B. 
A private citizen defending his or her life or property as defined by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Title 18.
C. 
A private citizen in the destruction of a suspected rabid animal when the discharge of such firearm poses no danger to the life or property of another.
D. 
An enrolled participant as part of an authorized or sponsored school program.
E. 
A licensed and insured expert hunter for the purposes of deer population management acting pursuant to a political subdivision control permit issued to the Township by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, conditioned on:
(1) 
Compliance by such hunter and the landowner of the property on which the hunt shall occur with all terms of the political subdivision control permit obtained by the Township from the Pennsylvania Game Commission; and
(2) 
execution of an agreement by the landowner and hunter agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Township, its officers, employees and public officials.
Any person or persons, associations or corporations violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Art. II, Violations and Penalties, § 1-16, Building, health and safety violations.
[Adopted 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
It shall be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited for any person, persons, firm or corporation to use, store, sell, offer or expose for sale at retail or have in their possession with intent to sell or with intent to use within the limits of the Township of Nether Providence any air gun, air pistol, spring gun or any implement not a firearm which impels with force a pellet of any kind. "At retail" shall mean any sale of less than one dozen such articles or any sale to anyone not a bona fide dealer therein.
The Police Department of the Township of Nether Providence is hereby authorized to seize, remove and destroy any air gun, air pistol, spring gun or any implement not a firearm which impels with force a pellet of any kind which shall be used or discharged within the Township of Nether Providence or which shall be held and possessed in violation of this article.
Any person or persons, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Art. II, Violations and Penalties, § 1-16, Building, health and safety violations.