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§ 81.06 BIRD SANCTUARY.
   (A)   The area embraced within the corporate limits of the village is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill, trap, or otherwise take any domestic or wild bird within the corporate limits of the village except pursuant to a permit issued by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission under G.S. 113-274(c)(1a) or under any other license or permit of the Wildlife Resources Commission specifically made valid for use in taking birds within city limits. In accordance with G.S. 160A-188, this section does not protect any birds classed as a pest under Article 22A of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes and the Structural Pest Control Act of North Carolina of 1955 or the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971.
(Ord., passed 1-25-23)v
§ 81.07 DEFECATION ON STREETS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   No owner, keeper or person in charge of the possession and/or control of any dog or other animal shall cause or allow the dog or other animal to defecate or otherwise commit any nuisance on any street, sidewalk, park, public right-of-way, other publicly-owned area or upon any private property without the permission of the owner or occupant of the property, unless the excrement is immediately removed by owner, keeper or person in charge of the possession and/or control of any dog or other animal, and deposited in an appropriate waste container.
(Ord., passed 1-25-23)
§ 81.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Enforcement of this chapter may be by injunction, restraining order, or order of abatement in a court of competent jurisdiction, as provided by G.S. 160A-175(d) and (e).
   (B)   (1)   (a)   The violation of any provision of this chapter shall subject the owner of the animal to a civil penalty of:
            1.   First violation - $50.
            2.   Second violation - $75.
            3.   Succeeding violation - $100.
         (b)   Said penalty shall be paid within 72 hours of the issuance of a citation for violation of this chapter.
      (2)   Each days continuing violation of this chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense.
      (3)   Notwithstanding division (B)(1) above, this provision may also be enforced by appropriate equitable remedies issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction.
   (C)   Any owner or keeper of any domestic animal who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties in § 10.99 of this code.
(Ord., passed 1-25-23)