[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 1]
As used in this Part, the term "Firearm" shall include shotgun,
air gun, air pistol, spring gun or pistol, rifles and pistols of any
caliber, or any implement which implies a pellet of any kind with
sufficient force capable of causing property damage or bodily harm.
[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 2; as amended by Ord.
1992-7, 5/13/1992, § 1]
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of any firearm
by any person who is properly licensed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission
and who is acting in compliance with the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife
Code during the official Pennsylvania game season, or the use of any
firearm on an approved target range, as provided in § 203,
hereof, or the use of any firearm by any person licensed to carry
and use a firearm for law enforcement purposes.
[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 3]
It shall be permissible to use and otherwise to discharge a
firearm under the following conditions and circumstances in an Agricultural
(A-1) District or a Conservation (C-1) District of Kingston Township
as follows:
1.
The use of a firearm in a zoning district designated as "Agricultural"
or "Conservation" during any official Pennsylvania game season, provided
that said firearm is not discharged within 200 yards of any building
or structure, and that said firearm is used in accordance with the
game laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
2.
The use of any type of firearm on a target range, as approved by
the Board of Supervisors of Kingston Township and for which a special
permit has been issued by the Manager of Kingston Township, in a zoning
district designated as "Agricultural" or "Conservation" by the Kingston
Township Zoning Ordinance (i) while under adult supervision, and (ii)
only for target shooting, and (iii) only during the hours from noon
until dusk; and
3.
The use of firearms by any person or persons licensed to carry and
to discharge such firearms for law enforcement purposes.
[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 4; as amended by Ord.
1992-7, 5/13/1992, § 2]
Any police officer of the Township of Kingston, lawfully engaged
in his law enforcement duties within the Township of Kingston, is
hereby authorized to seize any firearm, as defined herein, which shall
be fired or discharged or used generally in violation of this Part.
Upon such seizure, the Police Department of the Township shall issue
to the owner of the firearm a written receipt stating the make, model,
caliber and serial number of said firearm. The firearm shall be held
by the Police Department of the Township of Kingston, and it shall
be disposed of in the manner ordered by any court in any proceeding
brought before the court under § 205 hereof.
[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 5; as amended by Ord.
97-3, 11/12/1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and,
in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 86-2, 5/14/1986, § 7]
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this Part is for
any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this Ordinance. It is hereby declared as the intent of
the Township of Kingston that this Part would have been adopted had
such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section
or part thereof not been included herein.
