(a) Except as provided in division (c) of this section, no person shall hunt game animals, game birds or other animals or birds within the City. No person shall hunt, kill, wound or attempt to hunt, kill or wound any such game animal, game bird or other animal, bird or creature of any kind by means of or the use of firearms of any type or description, or any other means that may endanger life and safety or damage or destroy property of any kind.
(b) No person shall trap by the use of clam-type traps or similar devices game animals, game birds or other animals or birds within the City.
(Ord. 2017-129. Passed 11-16-17.)
(c) The City may utilize sharpshooters to cull white-tailed deer as part of a City Deer Management Program. Sharpshooters may use firearms as approved by the Chief of Police or his designee. Culling may take place on city-owned land and on private parcels at the request of the property owner, provided all of the following conditions apply:
(1) The Chief of Police, or his designee, has determined that such sharpshooting can be conducted safely on such property; and
(2) Such sharpshooters are safety forces approved by the Chief of Police or his designee, who have been tested for firearm proficiency or have been certified by a Federal or State agency; and
(3) Such culling has been approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
(Ord. 2017-129. Passed 11-16-17.)
(Ord. 2017-129. Passed 11-16-17.)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2015-121. Passed 11-5-15.)