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The Corporation of the Township of Brock
By-law Number 2377-2011-PP
A By-law to Regulate the Use of Firearms within the Municipal Limits of the Township
of Brock
Whereas Section 119 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, as amended provides a
municipality with the authority to prohibit or regulate the discharge of guns or other
firearms, air-guns, spring-guns, cross-bows, long-bows or any other weapon for the
purpose of public safety;
And Whereas the Council of the Township of Brock deems it expedient to regulate
and limit the discharge of firearms within its boundaries for the purpose of public
safety;
Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Brock enacts as
follows:
I. Definitions
For the purposes of this by-law, the term:
(1) "Council" means the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Brock.
(2) "Firearm" shall refer to any and all guns, firearms, muskets, pistols, revolvers,
air-guns, spring-guns or any class or type thereof.
(3) "Special Event" means an event that is open to the general public for
entertainment or demonstration purposes or an event that his held by a club,
organization, or community group for a limited time and may include a
recreational skeet shoot or turkey shoot.
II. Discharge Prohibited and Exceptions
(1) No person shall discharge a firearm in the following areas:
a) the urban areas as designated within the Township of Brock Official Plan
and those lands within 100 meters of each respective urban area;
b) lands within a residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, open space,
community facility, or resort zone category of the comprehensive Zoning
By-law and those lands within 100 meters of each respective zone
category;
c) public parks; and,
d) opened public highways, roads or streets, and unopened road allowances.
(2) No person shall discharge a firearm except:
a) where such person possesses a valid licence issued by Canada or
Province of Ontario, and is exercising the rights and privileges of such
licence for the purposes of hunting only, inclusive of the sighting of guns,
and is a minimum distance of 100 meters from any dwelling, other than a
dwelling owned or lawfully occupied by the person discharging the firearm;
b) where a person is acting within the authority provided by Provincial or
Federal regulations or legislation to protect livestock and/or crops and has
obtained the appropriate permit(s) and/or licence(s);
c) where it is necessary to euthanize livestock for humane reasons; or,
d) where Council, upon written application for approval, has granted a specific
exemption from this by-law.
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III. Non-Application
(1) This by-law shall not apply to a special event that is recognized or sanctioned
by Council.
(2) This by-law shall not apply to resolutions of Council permitting the discharge of
firearms by members of a duly organized and approved rifle or pistol club at a
properly constructed and supervised target range operated by such club that
meets the standards set forth by the Chief Firearms Officer of Ontario.
IV. Enforcement
(1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law is guilty of
an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine or penalty as provided in the
Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.
V. Repeal
(1) That By-Law Numbers 23-74-PP and 27-74-PP be and the same are hereby
repealed in their entirety.
VI. Enactment
(1) This by-law shall come into force and effect on the date of its passage.
This By-Law Read a First and Second Time this 7th Day of November, A.D., 2011.
Original Signed
Original Signed
Mayor W. Terry Clayton
Clerk Thomas G. Gettinby
T his By-Law Read a Third Time and Finally Passed this 7th Day of November, A.D.,
2011.
Original Signed
Original Signed
Mayor W. Terry Clayton
Clerk Thomas G. Gettinby