Township of Cheltenham, PA
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2023-04-26
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 143 Firearms
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Advisory Boards and Committees
- Ch 12 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 16 Consortium of Communities
- Ch 22 Fire Department
- Ch 26 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 40 Pensions
- Ch 44 Personnel
- Ch 48 Police Department
- Ch 52 Purchasing
- Ch 58 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 62 Task Forces
- Ch 66 Trusts and Agreements
- Ch 71 Wards
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 78 Advertising Materials
- Ch 82 Air Pollution
- Ch 86 Alarms
- Ch 90 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 94 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 105 Boxing
- Ch 110 Building Construction
- Ch 114 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 120 Claims
- Ch 135 Electrical Registration
- Ch 139 Explosives
- Ch 143 Firearms
- § 143-1 Definitions.
- § 143-2 Reporting of lost or stolen firearms required.
- § 143-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 147 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 151 Fire Prevention
- Ch 154 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 158 Garage Sales
- Ch 161 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 162 Single-Use Plastic Bags
- Ch 165 Housing Rehabilitation Program
- Ch 167 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Massage Establishments
- Ch 188 Nuisances
- Ch 193 Parades and Demonstrations
- Ch 194 Fireworks
- Ch 197 Parking Lots
- Ch 201 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 205 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 209 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 210 Wastewater Control
- Ch 211 Sump Pump and Groundwater Standards
- Ch 213 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 215 Property Maintenance
- Ch 217 Property, Sale of
- Ch 221 Quarries
- Ch 226 (Reserved)
- Ch 227 Rental Licensing and Inspection
- Ch 228 Records
- Ch 231 School Property
- Ch 234 Security of Buildings
- Ch 238 Sewers
- Ch 240 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 242 (Reserved)
- Ch 246 Smoking
- Ch 251 Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Sales
- Ch 253 (Reserved)
- Ch 255 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 260 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 264 Swimming Pools
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 271 (Reserved)
- Ch 273 Tobacco Sales
- Ch 276 Transportation Development District
- Ch 280 Trees
- Ch 283 Vacant Building Registry and Regulations
- Ch 285 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 290 Watershed Stormwater Management
- Ch 291 Watershed Stormwater Management for Wissahickon Creek Watershed
- Ch 292 Stormwater Management Ordinance and Fee Structure
- Ch 295 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A300 Fees
- Ch A301 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A302 Cable Television Rate Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Cheltenham 5-16-2018 by Ord. No. 2369-18.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Ch. 143, Firearms, adopted 12-29-1977
by Ord. No. 1431 as §§ 11-4 and 11-5 of the Cheltenham Code,
as amended, was repealed 12-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2293-14.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Shall have the definition given to it by 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6102.
If the definition of “firearm” set forth in 18 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 6102 is amended after the effective date of this chapter,
this definition shall be automatically amended to reflect the definition
of “firearm” in 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6102.
Verbal or written communication to the Cheltenham Township
Police Department that a firearm is lost or stolen and which results
in a written report prepared by the Police Department.
Any person who is the owner of a firearm, last known to be located
within Cheltenham Township, which is lost or stolen is required to
report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Cheltenham Township
Police Department within 72 hours after discovery of the loss or theft.
Failure to so report a lost or stolen firearm is a violation of this
section subject to the penalties set forth under this chapter.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be liable, upon conviction therefor for each firearm, to a penalty
not exceeding $1,000 for each count and every offense, and in default
of payment, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Such
penalties shall be prosecuted and collected before any Magisterial
District Judge as like penalties are now by law prosecuted and collected.
