[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Wilkins 3-2-1964 by Ord. No.
324; amended in its entirety 12-28-1998 by Ord. No. 917 (Ch. 85 of the 1998 Township
Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the discharge of
firearms in the Township of Wilkins thereby creating conditions promoting
the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the residents of
the Township of Wilkins.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any gun which discharges metal missiles through a smooth
barrel and derives its force from a spring which is set by a cocking
device.
Any rifle, shotgun, carbine, revolver, pistol, bow and arrow,
compound bow or crossbow or any other mechanism capable of firing
a percussion cartridge and ejecting a projectile therefrom.
Every natural person, corporation, partnership or association.
No person shall fire or discharge any firearm or air gun anywhere
within the Township of Wilkins.
The parent or legal guardian of any person within the jurisdiction
of the Juvenile Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, who knowingly
permits such child to violate the provisions of this chapter, shall,
upon conviction, be subject to the penalties herein provided.
It shall be the duty of the municipal police or the Ordinance
Enforcement Officer employed by the Township of Wilkins to enforce
the provisions of this chapter and to make information and arrests
for violations thereof.
For each and every violation of the provisions of this chapter,
any person violating the same shall, upon summary conviction before
any Magisterial District Judge of said Township, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of the payment thereof, shall be sentenced and committed to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
