Article III Bird Sanctuary


6.12.230 Bird sanctuary designated.

All that area within the city limits of the city of Travelers Rest is designated as a bird sanctuary and it is unlawful for any person, business, firm, organization or corporation to trap, hunt, molest or attempt to molest in any manner any bird or wild fowl or to molest any bird's nests or wild fowl's nests within such sanctuary, except as provided herein or by state or federal law.

(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)

6.12.240 Unlawful acts defined.

Except as provided by Sections 50-11-2450 and 55-11-2460 of the South Carolina Code, 1976:

(1)

No person, business, firm, organization or corporation within the city limits shall catch or have in his possession, living or dead, any resident or migratory wild bird, other than a game bird, or purchase, offer or expose for sale any such nongame wild bird after it has been killed or caught.

(2)

No part of the plumage, skin or body of any bird protected by this article shall be sold or had in possession for sale within the city limits, irrespective or whether such bird was killed or captured within or without the city limits.

(3)

No person, business, firm, organization or corporation within the city limits shall take or destroy, or attempt to take or destroy, the eggs or nest of any wild bird protected hereunder, or have such nest of eggs in his possession.

(4)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, to ship, carry, take or transport, either within or beyond the confines of the city, any birds, protected by this article.

(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)

6.12.250 Disposal of birds that constitute a nuisance.

The provisions of this article notwithstanding, in the event pigeons, starlings or other birds of the pest class shall congregate or begin to constitute a nuisance within the city limits, then, the birds may be disposed of in whatever manner is deemed necessary and in accordance with applicable state and federal law.

(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)

6.12.260 Penalty.

Any person, business, firm, organization or corporation convicted of violating the provisions hereof shall be subject to fine and/or imprisonment to the maximum extent permissible under state law for violations of a municipal ordinance.

(Ord. O-10-96 § 2 (part), 1996)