§ 128-5. Regulations.

A. 

No person shall discharge a firearm before 8:00 a.m. or after sunset.

B. 

Any person who wishes to discharge a firearm must notify the Newtown Police Department by telephone of his or her intent to discharge a firearm 15 minutes prior to beginning such activity. Fifteen minutes after the time of the phone call as recorded in the Newtown Police log shall begin a four-hour window in which such activity will be allowed on the subject property each day.

C. 

Any discharge of a firearm must be directed at a natural or man-made backstop sufficient to contain the projectiles from the firearm being discharged with a minimum height of 10 feet above the top of the intended target.

D. 

It is prohibited to discharge a firearm within 500 feet of any building occupied by people or domestic animals, unless written permission for lesser distances is obtained from the owner of such building and carried with the person discharging the firearm. The provisions of this section shall not apply to owners, owners' spouses or owners' lineal descendants when discharging a firearm within 500 of buildings owned by them, but shall apply when said persons are discharging a firearm within said distances of buildings not so owned. For the purposes of this section, a building is presumed to be occupied unless it appears from a reasonable inspection of the interior portions of the building that it is in fact unoccupied.

E. 

It is prohibited to discharge a firearm in the direction of any visible building occupied by people or domestic animals unless written permission is obtained from the owner of such building and carried with the person discharging the firearm.

F. 

Targets that may induce a secondary reaction, including, but not limited to, exploding targets, fuel canisters, and Tannerite®, are prohibited.

G. 

Discharging a firearm across property boundaries is prohibited unless contiguous properties are owned by the person discharging the firearm or written permission is obtained from the contiguous property owner.

H. 

Discharging a firearm on or into property owned by the Town of Newtown is prohibited.

I. 

Discharge of firearms is prohibited within 1/2 mile of any school during regular school hours.