Article II — DEER HUNTING — Lake County Municipal Code

Sec. 8-10. - Purpose and Intent.¶

10.1 The purpose of this article is to provide a means whereby the hunting of deer in…¶

residential areas of the County of Lake can be controlled.

(Ord. No. 622, § 1, 1970)

10.2 Such deer hunting is and can be a serious danger to the health, safety, and…¶

such areas. State laws are inadequate to control such hunting except when the discharge of firearms occurs within one-hundred and fifty (150) yards of a building. Many firearms customarily used in hunting deer can kill or maim human beings at distances far exceeding 150 yards.

(Ord. No. 622, § 1, 1970)

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Sec. 8-11. - Declaration.¶

11.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer on the lands described and posted…¶

procedures set forth herein.

(Ord. No. 622, § 2, 1970)

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Sec. 8-12. - Application of Article.¶

12.1 This article shall apply only to such lands as have been declared by resolution of…¶

Supervisors to be residential.

(Ord. No. 622, § 4, 1970)

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12.2 Such a determination shall be made after a public hearing and after a finding by…¶

public safety requires the area to be posted as a residential area.

(Ord. No. 622, § 4, 1970)

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Sec. 8-13. - Posting.¶

13.1 Upon making the above determination, the Board shall order the area posted as set…¶

(a)

The land shall be posted at all road entrances to the area and shall also be posted with signs placed at distances at least three to a mile on the major streets or roads within the area.

(Ord. No. 622, § 5, 1970)

(b)

The signs shall be of a conspicuous size and lettering and shall contain the language "Residential Area, Hunting of Deer Prohibited".

(Ord. No. 622, § 5, 1970)

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13.2 No lands shall be posted except as authorized by the Board of Supervisors.¶

Sec. 8-14. - Penalty.¶

14.1 Any person violating any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and…¶

a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment in the County jail for not to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 622, § 3, 1970)

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