HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-13Ordinance 2009-13
Ordinance Establishing Guidelines
For
Urban Archery Season
ADOPTED: August 4, 2009
EFFECTIVE: August 4, 2009
ORDINANCE 2009-13
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES
FOR
URBAN ARCHERY SEASON
WHEREAS, the rising deer population has resulted in an increasing number of vehicle
accidents and damage to property within cities and towns in the Commonwealth; and,
WHEREAS, in response to the increasing number of incidents involving deer, the
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has instituted a special Urban Archery
Season in which cities and towns may participate in order to reduce urban deer
populations; and,
WHEREAS, the Town Council has determined that it is in the interest of the public
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia to limit the deer
population within the corporate limits of the town through participation in the Urban
Archery Season;
NOW, THEREFORE be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia sitting in regular session this 4t" day of August 2009 that Chapter 14 of the
Town Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE III. URBAN ARCHERY SEASON
Sec. 14-44. Provisions for Urban Archery Season
(a) Persons participating in the Urban Archery Season shall observe the
following provisions:
(1) No hunting on Town property.
(2) Hunters must carry written permission from individual property
owners to hunt.
(3) Agreement must be made between the participant and the
landowner in reference to field dress.
(4) No person may discharge a bow within 100 yards of any dwelling,
building, street, sidewalk, alley, roadway, public land or public place
within Town limits. Bows may be discharged within 100 yards of
any dwelling or building only with the written permission of the
landowner to be carried by the hunter as in section 2, above.
(5) No person shall discharge a bow from, over or across any street,
sidewalk, alley, roadway, or public land or public place within Town
limits or toward any building or dwelling in such a manner that an
arrow may strike it. The use of crossbows within the Town limits to
take deer during urban archery season is prohibited.
(6) Except for target shooting, archery equipment can only be
discharged from an elevated stand with a minimum height of twelve
(12) feet.
(7) Hunters must dispose of deer carcasses appropriately. Carcasses
should be double bagged and will be taken by the local landfills.
(8) No person shall hunt deer within the Town by use of dog or dogs.
(9) In addition to the Urban Archery Season, archery deer hunting is
also allowed during the early archery season, the general firearms
deer season (as set by the Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries) and during the late archery season (i.e., from the first
Saturday in October through the first Sunday in January).
This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 4th day of August
2009 by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as
follows:
David L. Clark -Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
Larry G. Clevinger, II -Aye Robert A. Bopp -Aye
H.M. Kidd -Aye Morgan P. Welker -Aye
ATTEST:
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
BY:
ey S. Worrell, Mayor
I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance 2009-13, Establishing Guidelines for Urban Archery Season is
a true and correct copy of the Ordinance set out and adopted by the recorded vote of the Town
Council on August 4, 2009.
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council