Chapter 127

PEACE AND GOOD ORDER

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Chestertown 3-19-1973 (Article 11, Sections 11.1 and 11.2, and Article 9, Section 9.5 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted where applicable]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Fire prevention -- See Ch. 78.

Littering -- See Ch. 108.

~ 127-1. Discharging firearms.

A. Restrictions, It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly authorized police official, to fire, shoot off or discharge in any manner any gun, rifle, pistol, cannon, air rifle, sling shot, bow and arrow or other firearm within the limits of the Town of Chestertown.

B. Violations and penalties. A violation of the terms of this section shall be considered a municipal infraction subject to a penalty as provided in ~ C11-4B of the Charter.

~ 127-2. Destroying, removing or damaging public property.

A. Prohibited acts enumerated.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely remove or in any manner deface any sign or to damage in any manner any public property belonging, in whole or in part, to the Town of Chestertown.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to, at any time or in any manner, deface or injure or remove any tree, fence, gate, railing, porch, building or other structure upon public property and within the corporate limits of the town by writing, cutting or any other process.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully break any streetlight within the corporate limits of the town or cut or break any streetlight posts, parking signs, traffic signs or traffic signal devices in said town.

B. Violations and penalties.

(1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in ~ C11-4 of the Charter.

(2) Each day that such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.

~ 127-3. False alarms.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly give a false alarm by activating any device designed to warn the public of danger due to fire or to summon fire-fighting equipment or personnel or by announcing in any manner the existence of a dangerous or potentially dangerous fire when no such dangerous or potentially dangerous fire in fact exists.

B. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in ~ C11-4A of the Charter.