(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture or collect any animal or bird in any park or recreation area or attempt to engage in any such conduct.
(b) The director of park and recreation or designee, is excepted from the provisions of this section in instances where the health and/or safety of the public may be threatened.
(c) This section does not apply to animal care and control officers as defined by this code who are performing duties within the scope of their employment with the city.
(1964 Code, § 27-19(3)) (Ord. 5637, § 1; Ord. 6360, § 1, passed 8-31-1970; Ord. 6681, § 1, passed 6-5-1972; Ord. 6920, § 10, passed 10-1-1973; Ord. 6945, § 1, passed 1-14-1974; Ord. 7338, § 1, passed 4-26-1976; Ord. 8225, § 1, passed 12-3-1980; Ord. 8255, § 1, passed 1-20-1981; Ord. 15599, § 3, passed 6-24-2003; Ord. 21877-09-2015, § 1, passed 9-15-2015, eff. 10-1-2015; Ord. 23295-06-2018, § 4, passed 6-26-2018, eff. 7-6-2018)