HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 1087 - Bird SanctuaryORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AMENDING THE REDDING CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED, BY
ADDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED "WILD BIRDS", TO CHAPTER 5,
INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-43 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 5-46,
PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF DESIGNATED BIRD SANCTUARIES.
The City Council of the City of Redding does hereby
ordain as follows:
Section 1. The Redding City Code, 1959, as amended,
is hereby amended by adding Article IV to Chapter 5, as follows:
Section 5-43.
"ARTICLE IV
Purpose.
WILD BIRDS
The purpose of this article is to afford additional
protection to wild birds within the City of Redding and to
aid in the preservation of all species of wild birds typical
to this geographical area, by establishing designated bird
sanctuaries on portions of property owned or leased by the
City of Redding and located within the City's boundaries,
in the belief that wild birds not only have great economic
value in aiding in the destruction of insect and worm pests,
but also provide one of the best opportunities for our
citizens to observe wild life, and in the further belief that
the protection and preservation of wild birds will benefit
all the citizens of our City.
Section 5-44. Bird Sanctuaries.
That portion of the City of Redding owned by the
City and devoted to park or designated types of recreational
uses and most commonly known as Turtle Bay and Turtle Bay
East, and depicted on that map of a designated portion of the
City of Redding attached hereto as "Exhibit A" and incorpor-
ated herein by reference, is hereby declared to be a wild
bird sanctuary. All of the prohibitions set forth in the
article of which this section is a part shall apply within
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any wild bird sanctuary established by the City Council.
Section 5-45.
Molesting of birds and bird eggs prohibited.
Within any established wild bird sanctuary, no person
shall, at any time, hunt, pursue, kill, trap, take or destroy
any bird of any species whatsoever, and no person shall molest
or damage the nest or the eggs of any bird of any species
located within the confines of said sanctuary, excepting
however, that the City Council may, at any tine, when, in
its opinion, starlings or crows or any other species of bird
become so numerous within a designated bird sanctuary as to
constitute a public nuisance or a danger to the public health,
direct the Animal Control Officer to take such measures as
may be necessary to control the problem and eliminate the
public nuisance or danger to the public health.
Section 5-46.
Bird sanctuaries - erection of signs.
In any area designated a bird sanctuary by the City
Council, the City Council shall cause to be erected signs
notifying the public that the designated area is a bird
sanctuary,and such signs shall be placed at appropriate
locations within and along the perimeter of said sanctuaries."
Section 2. The City Clerk of the City of Redding shall
certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it to be
published in accordance with law.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was in-
troduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Redding on the 17th day of April, 1972, and was duly
read and adopted on the 1st day of May, 1972, at a regular meeting
of the City Council by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Anderson, Chatfield, Denny, Fulton, and Moty
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
ATTEST:
MILDRED L. BRAYTON, City Clerk
FO ,APPROVED:
EARL D. MURPHY, Clint" Attqf ney
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GEOR'C�E,'�K` MOTY
Mayor -6f the City of R
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