(a) The City is hereby designated and declared to be a bird sanctuary.
(b) No person shall trap, hunt, shoot or molest in any manner whatever, any wild bird, fowl or other animal in the City. However, if starlings, pigeons or similar wild birds or animals congregate in a particular place or area in such numbers that they constitute a nuisance or hazard to the health or property of any person, then such person or Health Officer may take such action in the premises as may be necessary or appropriate to eliminate such nuisance or hazard after first obtaining the written permission of the Police Chief as to any such proposed action and provided that such action is supervised by the Chief or by his duly designated subordinate officer. The Police Chief may consult with any local society or agency interested in the humane treatment or conservation and preservation of wild birds, fowl and other animals respecting the matter of what action might be necessary or appropriate in a given case. Further, hunting of deer by bow and arrow is permitted during, but only during, the City urban deer hunting season and only in those areas designated and approved by the City through its Urban Deer Management Program.
(Ord. 0-1400. Passed 8-23-11.)