(a) Hunting. No person within the confines of a City park shall hunt, pursue with dogs, trap, harm, or in any other way molest any bird or animal, whether wild or domestic, found within or adjacent to the park, or tamper with or molest any bird nest, or tamper with or take the eggs or fledglings of any bird, except by special permit issued by the City Manager in designated areas.
(b) Frog Gigging. No person, within the confines of a City park, shall engage in frog gigging.
(c) Fishing.
(1) Rod fishing shall be permitted in park waters only where posted.
(2) In all instances, the use of hooks left unattended, traps, spears, gigs, nets, firearms, bows and arrows, weapons, or anything other than rod fishing is prohibited.
(3) No person shall fish within any City park in violation of any posted regulations. The City Manager is hereby authorized to make regulations and post signs regarding fishing in the City's parks, and may close park waters to fishing when the City Manager, in his or her sole discretion, deems such closure, whether temporary or permanent, to be necessary
(d) Trapping. No person shall set or place any trap along any City park property that poses a risk or possibility of entrapping wildlife entering or leaving the park.
(Ord. 91-14. Adopted 03/14/91; Ord. 2022-26. Adopted 08/11/22)