§ 14-38. Bird sanctuary.

(a)

The area embraced within the corporate limits of the town and all land owned or leased by the town outside the corporate limits is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary.

(b)

It shall be unlawful intentionally to trap, hunt, shoot or otherwise kill, within the sanctuary hereby established, any native wild bird; provided, it shall be lawful to trap or otherwise destroy starlings, crows or similar birds or fowl when such birds or fowl are found to congregate in such numbers in a particular locality or otherwise constitute a nuisance or a menace to health or property and do in fact inflict serious damage to property within the town. If firearms are used to eradicate birds causing such damage to persons or property within the town, then a permit shall first be obtained from the chief of police as provided under section 14-17. The bird clubs of the town are hereby granted permission to erect artistic signs, giving notice of the regulations herein provided, at such places and of such design as may be approved by the mayor.

(Code 1973, § 3-2; Ord. of 4-7-87, § 1; Ord. of 4-5-94, § 2)

Editor's note

An ordinance of Apr. 5, 1994, § 2 renumbered § 4-4 but did not specify placement; hence, inclusion herein as § 14-38 was at the discretion of the editor.

State law reference

Authority to create, G.S. 160A-188.