ORDINANCE
NO. 14,710
AN ORDINANCE to amend
the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance
No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No. 13,999 passed
September 24, 2001, and Ordinance No. 14,131 passed August 5, 2002, and
Ordinance No. 14,524 passed December 19, 2005, and Ordinance No. 14,587 passed
September 25, 2006 by adding a new paragraph (4) to Section 70-84(b) thereof,
relating to hunting permits.
Be It Ordained by the
City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:
Section 1.
That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted
by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, and amended by Ordinance No.
13,999 passed September 24, 2001, and Ordinance No. 14,131 passed August 5,
2002, and Ordinance No. 14,524 passed December 19, 2005, and Ordinance No.
14,587 passed September 25, 2006 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph
(4) to Section 70-84(b) relating to hunting permits, as follows:
Sec. 70-84. Hunting.
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(b) Licensed
bow hunters meeting the requirements established by the state department of
natural resources (DNR) may hunt antlerless deer within the areas designated as
the "Des Moines Special Deer Management Zones" on public or private
property, under all the following conditions:
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(4) Hunters must have a permit issued by the
director of the park and recreation department and comply with the terms and
conditions of such permit.
(5) Upon application of the property owner, the
director of the park and recreation department may issue a permit which waives
the 100 feet residency requirement as provided in subsection (b)(3) of this
section and provide for a lesser distance.
Such waiver permit may be issued only after an on-site inspection by the
park and recreation department and a determination by the director that the
hunt may be safely performed. Such
waiver permit may include special hunt restrictions to ensure the safety of the
hunt and must adhere to the distance requirements provided in subsection (b)(3)
of this section from adjoining properties;
(6) Hunters must take all shots from an elevated
stand and shoot no further than 25 yards;
(7) Hunters must comply with all rules of the
state department of natural resources for hunting in such zone; and
(8) Hunters must take all deer meat to be
processed or given to charity.
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Sec. 2.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication as provided by law.
FORM
APPROVED:
Ann
DiDonato, Assistant City Attorney
T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor
Attest:
I, Diane Rauh, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 07- 1964), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held October 8, 2007 signed by the Mayor on October 8, 2007 and published as provided by law in the Business Record on October 22, 2007, Authorized by Publication Order No. 5870.
Diane Rauh, City Clerk