Town of Bethlehem, NY
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2023-02-22
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 66 Firearms
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 11 Defense of Town Employees
- Ch 13 Board of Ambulance and EMS Commissioners
- Ch 16 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 22 Planning Board
- Ch 24 Police Department
- Ch 25 Procurement Policy
- Ch 26 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 28 Recycling and Composting, Department of
- Ch 29 Residency Requirements
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 35 Alarm Systems
- Ch 37 Amusements, Licensed
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Bicycles
- Ch 49 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 53 Building Construction and Fire Prevention Administration
- Ch 56 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 57 Cannabis
- Ch 58 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 61 Dogs
- Ch 66 Firearms
- § 66-1 Legislative intent.
- § 66-2 Discharge on Town property prohibited.
- § 66-3 Exceptions.
- § 66-4 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 69 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 72 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 76 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 79 Hunting
- Ch 80 Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
- Ch 81 Noise Abatement and Containment
- Ch 82 Off-Highway Motorcycles
- Ch 86 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 87 Pesticides
- Ch 88 Records
- Ch 91 Sewers
- Ch 94 Snowmobiles
- Ch 97 Solid Waste
- Ch 98 Stormwater Management
- Ch 100 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 103 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 Taxation
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Tobacco and Vapor Product Sales
- Ch 115 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 119 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 124 Water
- Ch 128 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Bethlehem 4-25-1973.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board is interested in promoting the health, safety and general
welfare of the Town, including the protection and preservation of the property
of the Town and of its inhabitants and of peace and good order.
No person shall carry or discharge a firearm in Town parks, Town playgrounds
or other Town-owned property.
The prohibition contained in § 66-2 shall not apply to a law enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties, nor to a person carrying an unloaded firearm fully encased or an unloaded firearm contained in the luggage compartment of a motor vehicle.
[Amended 3-23-1988 by L.L.
No. 2-1988]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty
of a violation under the Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
