(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