(a) No person shall hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by the use of a firearm, bow and arrow, cross bow, air rifle, sling or sling shot, or by the use of any other weapon capable of expelling or propelling one or more projectiles, except upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) Annually there shall be issued a permit by the Chief of Police, or his or her agent;
(2) The applicant uses no weapon except a bow and arrow, longbow, compound bow or crossbow during bow hunting season.
(b) Prior to the issuance of the permit, the Chief of Police or his or her agent shall make a determination that the applicant for said permit has complied with all laws, rules, and regulations of the state and its subsections. The Chief shall further determine that:
(1) The applicant has received signed written permission to hunt, specifying the current hunting season and game to be hunted from the owner of the parcel of property involved, or owners, if more than one parcel of property is involved, unless such applicant is hunting on his or her own property;
(2) The parcel of property or properties involved consists of at least ten contiguous acres. If more than one parcel of property is involved, no more than three parcels may be combined to form the ten contiguous acres needed for hunting. Each parcel shall be contiguous to the others and the combined acreage of the parcels must consist of at least ten contiguous acres. No hunting shall take place within 100 feet of the perimeter lot line of the parcel or parcels of property or within 100 feet of any residence, public or private street, drive; and
(3) For the year in which the application is filed, the applicant has provided proof of proficiency with a longbow, compound bow or crossbow by such test or tests established by the State Game Protector for Lake County. Applicant must provide written proof of the type of bow utilized in the proficiency test (longbow, compound bow or crossbow).
(c) The permit shall set forth and be subject to whatever terms and conditions, in the sole discretion of the Chief of Police, are necessary to provide for the safety of the residents of the city, and be premised upon the applicant complying with all laws, rules and regulations of the state and its subdivisions.
(d) The first deer harvested by a hunter in any season must be an "antlerless deer", as defined by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, in the Ohio 2003-2004 Hunting and Trapping Regulations.
(e) Any hunter who kills a deer or any other animal shall report such kill to the Police Division at the city Police Station within 24 hours of the killing.
(f) Whoever violates this section, including the terms or conditions of a permit issued hereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 02-O-48, passed 9-4-2002; Am. Ord. 03-O-43, passed 9-3-2003; Am. Ord. 16-O-60, passed 5-3-2017)