[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of North Haven 8-4-1986 by L.L. No. 3-1986. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, air gun or bow and
arrow which discharges a bullet, cartridge, shell, shot, arrow, bolt
or other missile propelled by the burning or explosion of gunpowder,
by high pressure from pumping or other means, by a spring which is
set by a cocking operation or by the application and release of tension
or pressure to a bowstring attached to such weapon or instrument.
No person shall discharge any firearm in the
Village of North Haven unless such person is a police officer acting
in the discharge of duty or unless it is reasonably necessary for
the protection of life or property.
[Amended 3-21-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995; 10-7-2014 by L.L. No. 4-2014]
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to upland shooting by any person who has obtained the appropriate
permits to hunt deer during a special deer season established by the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. This exception
shall apply only to upland shooting in areas designated by the Board
of Trustees at the time of establishment of the special deer season.
In no event shall the provisions of this chapter apply under any circumstances
to persons shooting nuisance and depredating deer pursuant to a nuisance
deer permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation. In all events, any person authorized by the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation shall also be authorized
by the Village, and no person shall discharge any bow and arrow or
similar weapon except while carrying a permit issued by the Village
of North Haven.
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The
repetition of an offense against the provisions of the chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is repeated, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
