(A) The area embraced within the corporate limits of the town and all lands owned or leased by the town outside the corporate limits is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary.
(B) It shall be unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill, within the sanctuary established by this section, any native wild bird; provided that, it shall be lawful to trap starlings or similar birds or fowl when the birds or fowl are found to be congregating in a number in a particular locality that they constitute a nuisance or a menace to health or property.
(C) The bird clubs of the town are hereby granted permission to erect the signs, giving notice of this section, at the places and of the design as may be approved by the Town Council.
(Prior Code, § 4-1) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of town to establish bird sanctuary, see G.S. § 160A-188