(a) Definitions.
Antique handgun. Any handgun which the Department of Law Enforcement of the State finds by reason of the date of its manufacture, value, design and other characteristics is primarily a collector's item and is not likely to be used as a weapon.
Business. A commercial enterprise operating within a nonresidential zoning district.
Dealer. Any person or firm engaged in the business of sale or exchange of handguns for profit.
Handgun. Any firearm which a) is designed or redesigned or made or remade and intended to be fired while held in one hand or b) having a barrel of less than ten inches (10") in length or c) a firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, excluding:
(1) Any pneumatic gun, spring gun or BB gun which expels a single globular projectile not exceeding twenty two hundredths inches (.22") in diameter.
(2) Any device used exclusively for signalling or safety and required or recommended by the United States Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(3) Any device used exclusively for the firing of stud cartridges, explosive rivets or similar industrial ammunition.
(4) Antique handguns.
Manufacturer. Any person engaged in the business of processing, producing or fabricating material into a handgun.
Sale. The transfer of possession or ownership of handgun by dealer.
(b) Manufacturers and dealers prohibited. No business shall engage in the manufacture or sale of handguns in the Village.
(c) Penalty.
(1) Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or incarcerated for up to six (6) months for each offense.
(d) Construction. Nothing in this Section shall be construed or applied to necessarily require or excuse noncompliance with any provision of the laws of the State or to the laws of the United States. This Section and the penalties prescribed for violation hereof, shall not supersede, but shall supplement all statutes of the State or of the United States in which similar conduct may be prohibited or regulated. (Ord. 0-88-68, 11-7-88)