(A) In order to ensure safety of the public and city employees, no person may take, possess, buy, sell, transport, or attempt to take or possess any wildlife, whether dead or alive, in whole or in part, upon any property within the city limits or on or above any property owned by the city, specifically including Lake Rogers and the parcels of real property situated upon the headwaters of that lake.
(B) This includes no hunting, harvesting or removal of wildlife, vegetation or natural materials of any kind from any park, with the exception of fish from Lake Rogers as permitted by North Carolina Wildlife Commission Regulations. Any sworn law enforcement officer or authorized representative of the city may engage in conducting necessary management of nuisance wildlife species on a specific, case-by-case basis.
(C) Violation of this section may constitute an infraction in accordance with § 10.99 of this Code and G.S. § 14-4.
(Ord. 2020-O-14, passed 8-11-20; Am. Ord. 2022-O-01, passed 3-1-22) Penalty, see § 92.99