549.09 HUNTING PROHIBITED IN THE HURON RIVER AND HURON RIVER ESTUARY; HUNTING WITH SHOTGUN OR BOW AND ARROW.
   (a)   No person shall hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by the use of firearms, compressed gas pistol, compressed gas rifle, air pistol, air rifle, bow, arrow, cross-bow or any other means within the Huron River and the Huron River Estuary from the mouth of the Huron River on the north to the corporate limits of the City on the south.
   (b)   Except as provided in subsection (a) hereof, shotguns discharging multiple pellets or shot or bow and arrow, cross-bow or other device designed to shoot, cast or sling any arrow or similar missile, may be used for the hunting of small game, waterfowl and varmints during the seasons prescribed by the State and Federal law, subject to the restrictions set forth in subsection (d) hereof. (Ord. 2004-23. Passed 10-13-04.)
   (c)   No person shall discharge a shotgun, bow and arrow, cross-bow or other device designed to shoot, cast or sling any arrow or similar missile while hunting, as permitted in subsection (b) hereof, within 1,000 feet of any dwelling or other building, any public street, right of way, sidewalk, alley, nor from or over any public property, including, but not limited to, the US Army Corps of Engineers Containment Dike Facility (commonly known as the "Spoils Site") and the east pier at the mouth of the Huron River.
(Ord. 2022-57. Passed 10-25-22.)
   (d)   No person shall hunt or trap upon any lands, pond, lake or private waters of another, except water claimed by riparian right of ownership in adjacent lands, or shoot, shoot at, catch, kill, injure or pursue a wild bird, wild waterfowl or wild animal thereon without obtaining written permission from the owner or his authorized agent.
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2004-23. Passed 10-13-04.)