[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Narberth 4-10-1950 by Ord. No.
400 (Ch. 45 of the 1986 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful and it is hereby prohibited for any person,
persons, firms or corporations to store, sell, offer or expose for
sale at retail or have in their possession with intent to sell at
retail or with intent to use within the limits of the Borough of Narberth
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 of such articles or any sale to anyone
not a bona fide dealer therein.
The Mayor or police are 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 Borough of Narberth, or which shall
be held and possessed in violation of this chapter.
[Amended 9-8-1986 by Ord.
No. 761; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.
