Township of Haverford, PA
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2024-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 83 Firearms, Fireworks and Other Weapons
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Article I Discharge of Firearms
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Cooperative Agreements
- Ch 18 Emergency Management Plan
- Ch 19 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 20 Financial Policies
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Pensions and Employee Benefits
- Ch 32 Police Department Civil Service Rules and Regulations
- Ch 35 Senior Citizen Advisory Council
- Ch 37 Wards and Precincts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Air Pollution
- Ch 45 Alarm Systems
- Ch 47 Amusements and Entertainments
- Ch 49 Animal Control
- Ch 53 Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 55 Bicycles, Skateboards and Roller Skates
- Ch 58 Building Construction
- Ch 60 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 63 Collection Procedures
- Ch 67 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 73 Electrical Standards
- Ch 76 Environmental Performance Standards
- Ch 78 Erosion and Sediment Control; Stormwater Management
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Fair Housing
- Ch 83 Firearms, Fireworks and Other Weapons
- Ch 83 Art I Discharge of Firearms
- § 83-1 Discharge prohibited; reporting of lost or stolen firearms; exceptions.
- § 83-2 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 86 Fire Prevention
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Food and Drink
- Ch 95 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 97 Graffiti
- Ch 99 Health and Safety
- Ch 101 Helicopters
- Ch 104 Housing Standards
- Ch 106 Insurance
- Ch 108 Liquor License Transfer
- Ch 111 Littering
- Ch 117 Noise
- Ch 119 Nuisances
- Ch 123 Parades and Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 126 Parks, Playgrounds and Township Property
- Ch 128 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 130 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 Plastic Regulations
- Ch 136 Police Services
- Ch 138 Property Maintenance
- Ch 143 Restoration Services Providers
- Ch 149 Sewage and Drainage Facilities
- Ch 153 Shopping Carts
- Ch 154 (Reserved)
- Ch 154A Slope Control
- Ch 154B Smoking
- Ch 155 Speed-Timing Devices
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 160 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 165 Taxation
- Ch 167 Telecommunications
- Ch 169 Traffic Calming Devices
- Ch 170 Trees
- Ch 175 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 178 Vehicles, Disabled
- Ch 179 Warrantless Arrest
- Ch 180 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 181 Wells
- Ch 182 Zoning
- Ch 183 Human Relations Commission; Enforcement of Antidiscrimination Policy
- Ch 184 Neighborhood Blight and Revitalization
- Appendix
- Ch A186 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A187 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 7-8-2019 by Ord.
No. 2871]
A.
Definition.
The definition of "firearm," for purposes of this section, shall be
as stated in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6102, as amended.
B.
Discharge prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person within the Township to shoot or discharge, or cause to be discharged, a firearm, except as permitted by the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife Code and § 83-12 of this chapter. Hunting of game or wildlife shall be prohibited upon all properties owned by the Township of Haverford, with the exception of deer management by approved Township employees.
C.
Duty to
report. An owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm
within Haverford Township who suffers the loss or theft of a firearm
shall, within 24 hours of the discovery of the loss or theft, report
the loss or theft, including the facts and circumstances of the loss
or theft, to the Haverford Township Police Department or to the Pennsylvania
State Police.
[Amended 3-12-2012 by Ord. No. 2660]
Any person found guilty of violating any of
the terms of this article shall be subject to a fine of not more than
$600 and costs for each violation and, on default in the payment thereof,
shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days.
