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(1) Block, obstruct, impede or attempt to block, obstruct or impede a person lawfully taking wildlife;
(2) Erect a barrier with the intent to deny ingress or egress from areas where wildlife may be lawfully taken;
(3) Make or attempt to make unauthorized physical contact with or in any way interfere with a person lawfully taking wildlife;
(4) Engage in or attempt to engage in theft, vandalism or destruction of personal or real property;
(5) Disturb or alter, or attempt to disturb or alter the condition or authorized placement of personal or real property intended for use in the lawful taking of wildlife;
(6) Enter or remain upon public lands or waters, or upon private lands or waters without the permission of the owner thereof, or an agent of that landowner, where wildlife may be lawfully taken; and
(7) 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 disturb, alarm, drive, attract or affect the behavior of wildlife, or disturb, alarm, disrupt, annoy or interfere with a person lawfully taking wildlife.
(b) There is hereby established a 200-foot buffer zone around any authorized and designated site being used for an animal or wildlife control program as established in §§ 618.12 and 618.125. No person shall enter the 200-foot buffer zone during the implementation of any program as authorized in §§ 618.12 and 618.125; provided, however, that the buffer zone authorized herein shall not extend over any land owned by a private landowner unless such private landowner has consented to the use of his or her land as an authorized and designated site.
(c) 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 shall it apply to any private landowner, or agent thereof, on land or waters owned by that private landowner, nor anyone officially authorized by the city to engage in the city’s Wildlife Management Program.
(d) 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.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree for each violation.
(f) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) TAKING. To hunt, capture, kill, trap, catch, net, possess, collect or attempt to hunt, capture, kill, trap, catch, net, possess or collect wildlife.
(2) WILDLIFE. Any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, shellfish, mollusk, crustacean or other wild animal, or any part, product, egg, offspring or the dead body or parts thereof.
(Ord. 2005-6, passed 1-18-2005; Ord. 2005-283, passed 12-19-2005)
(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.
(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)
(a) No person shall trap, hunt, shoot or attempt to shoot or molest in any manner any bird or wildfowl, or rob bird nests or wildfowl nests, within the city, except as allowed by this chapter.
(1964 Code, § 523.03)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1964 Code, § 523.99)
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the municipality so as to create noxious or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(b) No owner shall allow his or her dog, cat or other domestic animal to become a public nuisance. Excessive barking, whining or howling, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, attacking other domestic animals and damaging property shall be considered nuisances under this section.
(c) Any animal that scratches, digs, urinates or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plat, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 503.13)
(a) The owner of a dog or cat shall keep his or her dog or cat under restraint at all times and shall not permit such dog or cat to be at large off the premises or property of such owner, unless under the control of a competent person.
(b) The owner of a dog shall keep his or her dog on leash under the control of a competent person at all times that the dog is off the premises of the property owner and not confined in a cage or motor vehicle.
(c) No person, being the owner or keeper of dogs, cats, horses, mules, cattle, sheep, geese, swine, goats, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals, shall permit them to run at large upon any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands other than those owned or lawfully occupied by the owner or keeper of such fowl or animals.
(d) The running at large of any such fowl or animal in or upon any of the places mentioned in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers or the Animal Warden acting in the course and scope of their employment.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, §§ 503.14, 503.99) (Ord. 1993-90, passed 9-20-1993; Ord. 1994-187, passed 5-15-1995)
(a) The owner shall confine within a building or secure enclosure every fierce, dangerous or vicious dog and shall not take such dog out of such building or secure enclosure unless such dog is securely muzzled.
(b) Every female dog in heat shall be kept confined in a building or secure enclosure, or in a veterinary hospital or boarding kennel, in such manner that such female dog cannot come in contact with another dog, except for intentional breeding purposes.
(c) Any animal described in divisions (a) and (b) of this section that is found at large shall be impounded by the Animal Warden and shall not be redeemed by the owner unless such redemption is authorized by a court having jurisdiction.
(d) The owner shall confine within a building any dog that barks or howls in a way to disturb the peace or annoy the adjoining neighbors, and if such confinement does not remedy the annoyance, the owner, upon being notified by the Animal Warden, shall remove such dog from the city.
(e) No dog, cat or other animal that is impounded for being a public nuisance shall be redeemed unless such redemption is authorized by a court having jurisdiction.
(1964 Code, § 503.08)
(f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 503.99)
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