§ 618.127 FEEDING OF DEER PROHIBITED.

   (a)   No person shall purposely or knowingly feed, cause to be fed, or provide food for wild white-tail deer in any location where undomesticated animals can access such food, or through ground-feeding stations, salt licks or other established mechanisms to feed wild white-tail deer on lands publicly or privately owned; provided, however, this prohibition shall only apply in the 60-day time period before and during a city-sponsored deer culling program.

   (b)   This section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer, game officer or conservation officer enforcing the laws of the state or any local ordinance, nor anyone officially authorized by the city to engage in an animal control program as provided in §§ 618.12 and 618.125.

   (c)   The city and/or the Division of Wildlife may initiate a civil action in the Court of Common Pleas for injunctive and other relief for any violation of this section.

   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree for each subsequent offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on or during which a violation of this ordinance occurs.

(Ord. 2005-280, passed 12-19-2005)