§ 50-268. Archery hunting.

(a)

Definitions.

(1)

Allowed hunting area means a piece of property consisting of five or more acres of land used or designed for agriculture, non-agricultural, special use, commercial, industrial, residential or public purposes, no part of such piece of property is used or designed for use as a public park of the city, unless expressly permitted by the board of parks and recreation, and a portion of such piece of property, or all of such piece of property, lies within the city limits.

(2)

Archery hunting means hunting with bow and arrow combination that requires a completely manual operation without any means to cock the device and leave it stable until it is released or discharged or hunting with crossbow.

(3)

Crossbow means a mechanism allowing the device to be cocked and left in a stable state until it is subsequently released or discharged at a later time via a trigger mechanism.

(b)

Archery hunting of deer and turkey within the city limits is permitted by licensed hunters on allowed hunting areas pursuant to full compliance with all rules, regulations, stipulations and requirements of the state department of conservation and pursuant to full conformity with the state wildlife code of Missouri.

(c)

No archery hunting shall be allowed within 150 feet of any structure used or designed for non-agricultural, commercial or residential or public purposes, or of any piece of land used or designed for use as a public park or of any road.

(d)

No arrow, bolt or projectile fired or discharged pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be fired or discharged in the direction of any human, structure, vehicle, roadway or domestic animal within reasonable range of the weapon at an angle which might allow the arrow, bolt or projectile to strike at, or dangerously near, the human, structure, vehicle, roadway or domestic animal.

(e)

Written permission of the owner of any property within the allowed hunting area is required prior to any archery hunting occurring on such property. Written permission from the owner must be of the current fall or year when the hunting is occurring and such permission must be in the hunter's possession while hunting.

(f)

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.

(Ord. No. 031316, § 1, 12-18-03; Ord. No. 170789 , § 1, 10-12-17)