(A) The area embraced within the corporate limits of the town and all lands owned or leased by the town outside the corporate limits is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary.
(B) It shall be unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill, within the sanctuary established by division (A) above, any native wild bird; provided, that it shall be lawful to trap starlings or similar birds or fowl when such birds or fowl are found to be congregating in such numbers in a particular locality that they constitute a nuisance or a menace to health or property.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, within the area hereby established, to shoot or project any stone, rock, shot, or other hard substance by means of sling shot, bean shooter, air rifle, pip-gun, bow, or other similar contrivance, or to fire any pistol, gun, or other firearm within the area, except on archery ranges, firing ranges, or in legally established shooting galleries or ranges, or in the discharge of duty of law enforcement officers; provided, that use of firearms in the destruction of rodents or similar animals or reptiles that are considered a menace to public health or property is permitted.
(D) The Garden Clubs of the town are hereby granted permission to erect such artistic signs, giving notice of the regulations herein provided, at such places and of such design as may be approved by the Commissioners of the town in session.
(Prior Code, § 91.03) (Ord. passed 10-18-1965) Penalty, see § 91.99