[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of East Brunswick 11-2-57 and as Sec. 4-8 of the Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall hunt or kill wild birds or animals, other than destructive
animals and birds as defined in the fish and game laws of New Jersey,
within one thousand (1,000) feet of the shores of those bodies of
water commonly known as "Farrington Lake," "Weston's Mill Pond" and
"Lawrence Brook."
B.
No person shall hunt or go for the purpose of hunting upon the lands
of another person, except with the written permission of that person.
Such permits shall not extend beyond the calendar year for which they
are issued.
[Amended 2-10-86 by Ord. No. 86-730]
A.
No person shall discharge a firearm within six hundred (600) feet
of any dwelling, house, school, place of worship, playground, public
street or highway, barn, out-building, field where domestic animals
are grazing, commercial or industrial development, parking area, or
any other place where people or animals customarily congregate. This
section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of firearms for
the protection of life, person or property or the discharge of firearms
on any firing range equipped with proper safeguards for the protection
of persons and property. Any firing range which is constructed in
accordance with range plans provided by the National Rifle Association
shall be considered as having proper safeguards.
B.
No firearms may be carried in a loaded condition or discharged in
any part of East Brunswick Township except in the following designated
areas.
(1)
Northwest of Fresh Ponds Road to the Public Service High Tension
Electric Line, bounded on Southwest by Irelands Brook, the boundary
line with South Brunswick Township; bounded on the Northeast by the
Henry Street Conservation Area and the end of Hillcrest Avenue; and
on the Southeast by Helair Drive.
(2)
West of Crescent Avenue bounded on the South by Miller Avenue and
the boundary line of the Boro of Helmetta and on the North by Old
Stage Road to Helmetta Boulevard, and all property Southwest of Helmetta
Boulevard bounded on the Southeast by the Boro of Helmetta boundary
line, on the Northwest by Cranbury Road and along the boundary lines
between the Township of East Brunswick and the Township of South Brunswick
to the boundary line between the Township of East Brunswick and the
Township of Monroe.
(3)
East of Edgeboro Road and Weston Place between Brick Plant Road and
the South River to the Southeast, the Raritan River to the Northeast
and North and the Lawrence Brook to the North.
(4)
Southeast of Fresh Ponds Road to the New Jersey Turnpike bounded
on the Southwest by Hardenburg Lane; and on the Northeast by Bog Brook,
the boundary line with the Borough of Milltown.
(5)
From the intersection of Irelands Brook and Dunhams Corner Road along
the Easterly side of Dunhams Corner Road South-Southeast to Cranbury
Road, then 3,000 feet Northeast to the County Fairgrounds, then in
a North by Northwest direction to Irelands Brook, following the same
back to its intersection with Dunhams Corner Road.
(a)
No person shall possess or have under his control any arrow
with an explosive tip or poison arrow or any bow which is drawn by
mechanical means, unless he can establish that such bow or arrow is
possessed because of its historical or similar value and is not intended
for use.
(b)
No person shall discharge any arrow within three hundred (300)
feet of any dwelling, house, school, place of worship, playground,
public street or highway, barn, out-building, field where domestic
animals are grazing, commercial or industrial development, parking
areas, or any other place where people or animals customarily congregate,
except upon an archery range equipped with proper safeguards for the
protection of persons and property.
(c)
No bow shall be carried with an arrow strung or discharged in
East Brunswick Township, except in those areas enumerated in Section
2-B.
[Amended 2-10-86 by Ord. No. 86-730]
A.
No person shall possess or have under his control any arrow with
an explosive tip or poison arrow or any bow which is drawn by mechanical
means, unless he can establish that such bow or arrow is possessed
because of its historical or similar value and is not intended for
use.
B.
No person shall discharge any arrow from a longbow within 350 feet
of any dwelling, house, school, place of worship, playground, public
street or highway, barn, out-building, field where domestic animals
are grazing, commercial or industrial development, parking areas,
or any other place where people or animals customarily congregate,
except upon an archery range equipped with proper safeguards for the
protection of persons and property.
[Amended 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-28]
C.
No bow shall be carried with an arrow strung or discharged in East
Brunswick Township, except in those areas enumerated in Section 2-B.
D.
Within the confines of the Township, crossbows may only be discharged within the area described in § 221-2B(2). No person shall discharge any arrow or bolt from a crossbow within 450 feet of any dwelling, house, school, place of worship, playground, public street or highway, barn, out-building, field where domestic animals are grazing, commercial or industrial development, parking areas, or any other place where people or animals customarily congregate, except upon an archery range equipped with proper safeguards for the protection of persons and property.
[Added 12-14-2020 by Ord. No. 20-28]
[Added 2-10-86 by Ord. No. 86-730]
Nothing in this section shall apply to the following activities:
[Added 2-10-86 by Ord. No. 86-730]
The Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for posting
signs on each road entering the Township indicating to persons entering
the Township by way of such roads that there are designated areas
of the Township in which the discharging of firearms is prohibited.
