(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and (d) hereof, no person shall hunt, kill or attempt to kill any animal or fowl by the use of firearms, bow and arrow, air rifle or any other means within the corporate limits of the Municipality.
(b) The City may utilize firearms-trained personnel to cull white-tailed deer upon property owned or managed by the City or upon private property with permission, provided that:
(1) The Chief of Police or his designee has determined that such culling can be safely conducted on such property; and
(2) Such personnel are employed by or associated with a federal agency, state agency or local law enforcement agency; and
(3) Such culling has been approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
(c) No person shall, for the purpose of hindering or preventing the lawful culling of white-tailed deer pursuant to subsection (b) hereof, knowingly engage in any of the following conduct:
(1) Block, obstruct, impede or attempt to block, obstruct or impede a person lawfully engaged in such culling;
(2) Erect a barrier with the intent to deny ingress or egress from the areas where such culling is lawfully being conducted;
(3) Make or attempt to make unauthorized physical contact with or in any way interfere with a person lawfully engaged in such culling; or
(4) Make or attempt to make loud noises or gestures, set out or attempt to set out animal baits, scents, lures or human scent, use any other natural or artificial visual, aural, olfactory or physical stimuli, or engage in or attempt to engage in any other similar action or activity in order to interfere with such culling.
(d) The prohibition set forth in subsection (a) hereof shall not apply to deer culling population management programs sponsored by and conducted on land owned or managed by the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District.
(e) The prohibitions set forth in Section 505.15(c) (Prohibition against Feeding Wild Animals) of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances shall not apply to deer culling population management programs conducted by the City of North Olmsted or the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subjected to applicable penalties as established in Section 501.99.
(Ord. 2015-64. Passed 10-6-15.)