No person shall:
A. Expose or permit to be exposed any poisoned meat or other poisoned substances on public or private property where the same may be removed, handled or consumed by an animal.
B. Trap or attempt to trap any animal with other than a nonkill live trap deemed acceptable to the City. Excepted from this prohibition are instant kill traps for the purpose of small rodent pest control.
C. Offer to give any live animal as a gift or prize for any contest or other competition, or as a business inducement or promotion. This provision does not apply to animal shelter staff.
D. Leave an animal unattended inside the animal shelter or on the premises of the animal shelter without express permission of animal shelter staff, a Community Service Officer, or a police officer.
E. No person shall take any animal from the custody of animal shelter staff, Community Service Officer, or peace officer or resist, oppose, obstruct or impede any said City employee or officer in the discharge of their duties.
F. No person, except the owner of an animal or authorized agent, shall willfully open any door or gate on any private or public premises for the purpose of enticing or enabling any such animal to leave such private or public premises, nor shall any person willfully molest, tease, provoke or mistreat an animal.
G. No person shall transport any animal or leave any animal unattended in the back of a motor vehicle in a space intended for any load, including, but not limited to, the cargo bed of a truck or the trunk of an automobile, except an animal may be transported or left unattended in the cargo bed of a truck if: 1) the space is fully enclosed (such as a topper); or 2) the animal is secured by an animal crate in a manner which will prevent the animal from either being thrown from the motor vehicle or falling or jumping from the motor vehicle. This shall not apply to the transportation of livestock.
H. Prohibition: No person shall place, permit to be placed, or maintain on the ground, or within five feet (5') of the ground surface, any grain, fodder, salt licks, fruit, vegetables, nuts, hay or other edible materials (including feed for birds), which may reasonably be expected to result in deer feeding.
Exceptions:
1. Such materials that are screened or protected in a manner that prevent deer from feeding on them.
2. Living fruit trees and other live vegetation.
3. Spills of seed materials intended for planting or birds if the spills are incidental and such materials are not intentionally made available to deer.
4. Feeding done with written consent of the City for the purpose of killing deer pursuant to the City's deer management plan.
(Ord. 18-4767, 9-4-2018; amd. Ord. 20-4829, 9-15-2020)