Borough of Churchill, PA
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2023-12-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 188 Firearms
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditors, Independent
- Ch 9 Budgetary Reserve Fund
- Ch 13 Civil Service
- Ch 17 Claims, Municipal
- Ch 21 Cooperative Purchasing
- Ch 25 Council of Governments
- Ch 29 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Ch 37 Educational Service Agency
- Ch 41 Emergency Operations Plan
- Ch 45 Fire Company
- Ch 49 Health Department, County
- Ch 52 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 55 Life Insurance, Employee
- Ch 59 Manager
- Ch 69 Pension Plans
- Ch 73 Planning Commission
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 81 Records
- Ch 85 Recreation Board
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 97 Sanitary Authority
- Ch 101 Seal
- Ch 105 Social Security
- Ch 109 Water Authority
- Ch 113 Welfare Benefit Plan
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 128 Alarm Systems
- Ch 132 Animals
- Ch 133 Feeding of Wild Game
- Ch 138 (Reserved)
- Ch 142 Building Construction and Plumbing
- Ch 146 Building Permits
- Ch 154 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 160 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 166 Curfew
- Ch 170 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 176 Eating and Drinking Establishments
- Ch 180 Excavations and Grading
- Ch 188 Firearms
- § 188-1 Definitions.
- § 188-2 Discharge of firearms restricted.
- § 188-3 Hunting and trapping regulated.
- § 188-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 192 Fire Prevention
- Ch 196 Floodplain Management
- Ch 204 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 220 Nuisances
- Ch 228 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 232 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 236 Property Maintenance
- Ch 240 Rental Property
- Ch 242 Satellite Dishes
- Ch 246 Sewers
- Ch 252 Solid Waste
- Ch 260 Stormwater Management
- Ch 264 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 268 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 272 Swimming Pools
- Ch 276 Taxation
- Ch 286 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 292 Vector Control
- Ch 296 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 304 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Fee Schedule
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Churchill 5-13-2019 by Ord. No. 748.[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 188,
Firearms, adopted 3-10-1998 by Ord. No. 667.
When used in this chapter, the following term shall have the
following meaning:
Any pistol, revolver, rifle or shotgun which discharges a
bullet, cartridge, shall, shot or other missile propelled by the burning
or explosion of gun powder.
No firearm, as defined in this chapter, shall be fired or discharged
anywhere within the limits of the Borough of Churchill, except by
those persons and in those circumstances permitted by the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of the United States.
No person shall engage in hunting or trapping within the limits
of the Borough of Churchill, except in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States. No person
shall engage in hunting or trapping of any type of animal or game
on property owned or leased by the Borough except by special permit
for hunting authorized by the Borough Manager.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be
guilty of a summary offense and shall be subject to a fine of not
more than $1,000 for each offense, plus costs and attorneys'
fees, and/or imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
