[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Winslow 8-28-70 by Ord. No. 0-11-70 as
Ch. 59 of the 1970 Code of the Township of Winslow.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusement devices — See Ch. 80.
Zoning — See Ch. 294.
Zoning within the Pinelands Area — See Ch. 296.
[1]
Editor's Note: This legislation was originally adopted 2-17-67
as Ord. No. 0-1-67 and amended 5-9-67 by Ord. No. 0-4-67 and 6-23-67
by Ord. No. 0-5-67.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
A person having a township license in full force and effect,
issued hereunder, for a shooting gallery or shooting range.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any structure in which firearms, air guns, beebee guns or
other weapons are fired or discharged and the entire act performed
occurs within a structure.
Any place, other than in a structure, where firearms, air
guns, beebee guns or other weapons are fired or discharged; however,
it includes any place where a portion of the entire act performed
occurs partly within and partly outside of a structure.
Includes any building, dwelling, tent or other enclosure,
whether permanent or temporary in construction, which has a roof or
other overhead covering or enclosure.
The Township of Winslow.
No person shall operate or maintain a shooting gallery or shooting
range within the township without first obtaining a license, as hereinafter
provided, from the Township Clerk.
[Amended 3-28-2000 by Ord. No. 0-1-2000]
Applications for licenses issued hereunder shall be made to
the Township Clerk by completing a form setting forth and containing
the following information:
A.
The name, home address and business address or proposed business
address of the applicant.
B.
The type of shooting range or shooting gallery which is to be operated.
C.
The identification of the block and lot numbers where the shooting
range or shooting gallery will be located.
D.
If an outdoor shooting range/gallery, a map or scale drawing identifying
the areas where the shooting will occur and the buffer areas to be
provided.
E.
The type of targets to be utilized and the protective devices utilized.
F.
A description of any procedure utilized for disposing of lead on
the site.
G.
A copy of the current insurance certificate identifying the types
of coverage provided, to include environmental liability protection.
The Township of Winslow should be named as an additional insured on
the comprehensive liability policy and the environmental policy.
General liability: $1,000,000 (occurrence); $2,000,000 (aggregate).
[Amended 9-27-2022 by Ord. No. O-2022-031]
H.
The signing of a Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement in favor
of the township.
I.
Any other conditions as determined by the Township Clerk/Administrator
for the issuance of the license.
The Township Clerk shall issue a license hereunder when he finds
that the requirements of this chapter and of all other governing laws
and ordinances have been met.
A license hereunder shall comply with the following regulations,
requirements and standards of operation:
A.
Except as provided herein, the licensee shall not permit the firing
of any firearms, air guns, BB guns or other weapons at any time other
than between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and dusk, local time, Monday through
Saturday. The licensee shall not permit any such firing on Sunday
or any day otherwise being a nationally observed holiday at any time
other than between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. or dusk, whichever
comes first, local time. In the event the licensee owns forty-nine
(49) or more contiguous and uninhabited acres, and said shooting gallery
or shooting range is at least three hundred (300) feet from the licensee's
property line and any residential or commercial property and at least
one hundred (100) feet from any public road, then the hours of firing
shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., local time, Monday through Saturday,
and 10:00 a.m. to dusk, local time, on Sunday or any nationally observed
holiday.
[Amended 10-18-94 by Ord. No. O-22-94; 4-28-98 by Ord. No. O-7-98; 2-28-17 by Ord. No. O-2017-004]
B.
The licensee shall not admit any minor under the age of fourteen
(14) years unless accompanied by and under the personal charge or
supervision of an adult person.
C.
The licensee shall not, either directly or indirectly, maintain,
operate or carry on, or knowingly permit to be carried on by any person,
on its premises, any form of gambling.
D.
No person who is or appears to be under the influence of any intoxicating
beverages shall be permitted in or on the licensee's premises, nor
shall there be any intoxicating beverages permitted on said licensee's
premises.
[Amended 10-18-94 by Ord. No. 0-22-94; 3-28-00 by Ord. No. 0-1-2000]
The license shall be issued to a successful applicant hereunder
after payment to the Township of Winslow, through the Township Clerk's
office a license fee of seventy-five dollars ($75). Said license shall
expire on December 31 of the year in which it is issued. All annual
renewals shall be at a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25). Any
inspection required of the facility and/or area to be used for the
shooting range as determined necessary to process the application
shall be at a cost of fifty dollars ($50).
A.
The Township Committee shall have the authority to revoke or suspend
a license issued hereunder when it finds that the licensee is operating
in violation of this chapter or any other governing law or ordinances
applicable thereto, after a written charge of such violation has been
made and a copy thereof served on the licensee and a hearing is set
and held thereon.
B.
Any refusal or denial by the Township Clerk to issue a license shall
be subject to review by the Township Committee upon written request
therefor by the applicant to the Township Committee, filed within
seven (7) days of such refusal or denial.
[Amended 10-18-94 by Ord. No. 0-22-94]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.) or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not
to exceed ninety (90) days, or both.
