(A) The area embraced within the corporate limits of the town and all lands owned or leased by the town outside the corporate limits are 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 domestic or wild bird, provided that in accordance with G.S. § 160A-188, it shall be lawful to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill starlings, English sparrows, blackbirds (except red wing blackbirds) and other birds having an “unprotected” status under the law.
(C) The Town Manager is authorized to erect signs giving notice of the regulations herein provided at the places and of a design as may be approved by the Town Council.
(Prior Code, § 90.06) (Ord. passed 5-15-1987)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see G.S. § 160A-188