Lancaster County Learning the Law

[streaker69]

Ephrata Borough

Found some interesting stuff:

http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=EP1497

No person shall fire or discharge any firearm within the Borough of Ephrata, subject to the following exceptions:
A. The use of firearms shall be permitted by any duly appointed law officer in the course of his or her official duties.


B. The use of firearms shall be permitted when necessary for the preservation of human life, as authorized in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.).


C. The use of a bow and arrow or crossbow shall be permitted on property owned by the Borough of Ephrata, where so designated by Ephrata Borough Council.

The borough itself has a no discharge ordinance. Under the Parks and Recreation area:

E.
To hunt or to possess within any recreation area any air gun or bow and arrow unless such area has been set aside for such purpose and then only according to special regulations for such particular area. The possession and use of any firearm within any recreation area shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act of 1995, Title 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101 et seq. as the term "firearms" is therein defined.
[Amended 4-13-2009 by Ord. No. 1454]

Possession and usage is allowed as defined in the UFA.

[streaker69]

Akron Borough is not in compliance.

http://www.keystatepub.com/keystate-...Recreation.pdf

D. Carry, have in possession or discharge any firearm.

This borough is a little backwards, anyone up there wanna challenge them on this?

[streaker69]

West Earl Township has some issues.

http://www.westearltwp.org/west_earl...%2C_Use_of.pdf

E. No person shall carry, have or discharge firearms, explosives, bows and arrows, air or spring rifles or slings unless authorized by the Supervisors. No person shall throw stones, missiles, golf balls or similar objects.

Parks would be considered township property. They have no mention of this in their Parks and Recreation file, but it's listed here. I may be wrong, but the way this is worded and how it's listed under Township Property, couldn't that also apply to roads that belong to the township?

Here's how they have Township Property Defined:

TOWNSHIP PROPERTY — Any real estate owned or leased by the township, including but not limited to the West Earl Lion and Lioness Club Park, Neidermyer Park (also called Stone Quarry Road Park), the lot upon which is located the Township Building and the township property on Locust Street.

Not all the roads would be owned by the state, some of them would be owned by the township, and wouldn't that be considered "real estate" or are roads under some other definition? It also sounds as though they're prohibiting firearms from public meetings.

[streaker69]

East Cocalico Township is not in compliance.

http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=EA2191

No firearms of any sort (including, but not limited by enumeration to, air rifles, sling shots, and bows and arrows) or firecrackers or other explosive devices shall be permitted in a park, nor shall the discharge or explosion of same be permitted within a park.

[streaker69]

Adamstown Borough is not in compliance.

http://www.adamstownboro.co.lancaste...recreation.pdf

6 . Possession or discharge of any type of . firearms, bows and arrows,
airguns, slingshots, air rifles, fireworks, or explosives is prohibited .

[streaker69]

East Petersburg Borough is not in compliance

http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=EA0872

No one is permitted to carry, have or discharge firearms, bow and arrows, air or spring rifles, slings or any other weapon in the park, except in designated areas.

[streaker69]

Millersville Borough appears to be good.

http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=MI2395

J. Discharge any firearm, as that term is defined by Section 6120(b) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act,
Editor's Note: See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6120(b).

except for the justifiable use of force as authorized by Chapter 5 of the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Editor's Note: See 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 501 et seq.

or use or possess any bow and arrow, slingshot, air rifle, paintball gun, or any other device (other than firearms as defined above) capable of throwing any projectile of any sort, including the hand throwing of rocks or stones intended to be used as weapons. This Subsection J shall not be operative in any specific area now designated or to be designated in the future by the Borough as a rifle range, archery range, or any other specific area whose purpose is to allow the activities otherwise prohibited by this subsection.[Amended 10-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-2]

[streaker69]

Strasburg Borough is not in compliance

http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/strasb...es_4_21_06.pdf

5. No person shall carry, have or discharge firearms, explosives, bows and arrows, air or spring rifles or slings unless authorized by the Borough or appropriately licensed. No person shall throw stones, missiles, golf balls, hit golf balls or similar objects.

[streaker69]

Lititz Borough

I couldn't find anything listed in their ordinances related to firearms, and only one brief mention on one of their park pages:

http://www.lititzspringspark.org/lspcontact.html

3. No firearms or fireworks

Since there's no ordinance I guess the most they could do is trespass you, but even that wouldn't stand. I'm not 100% sure that this park is actually property of the township, it might be one of those private property public parks.

[streaker69]

Warwick Township appears to just have a no discharge, but carry is ok.

http://www.warwicktownship.org/warwi...egulations.pdf

2. No person shall discharge weapons or firearms including, but not limited to, rifles, explosives, bows and arrows, or slingshots.