(A) No person shall employ himself or herself in hunting or discharging firearms, including air rifles, spring rifles, and bows and arrows, within the corporate limits of the city; provided, that this section shall apply only to hunting and discharging firearms and shall not apply to the coursing of game within the city when the person or persons in charge of said coursing of game by hound or other domestic animal shall not have in his or her possession any firearm, air rifle, spring gun or other device capable of propelling a projectile of any size or nature, and there is likewise excepted from the prohibition of this section sponsored shooting events or matches conducted for nonprofit organization.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) above, upon proper application to the City Manager, a permit may be issued to authorize the destruction, by discharge of firearms and other approved methods of pigeons, crows, starlings, English sparrows and other animals or birds not protected by law.
(1995 Code, § 8-2) (Ord. passed 9-30-1957; Ord. passed 1-6-1959) Penalty, see § 10.99