File #: ORD 24-003    Version: 1 Name: Firearms and Hunting ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/13/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/9/2024 Final action: 4/9/2024
Title: Consider adopting an ordinance amendment and reenactment for Sections 16-6-41, Discharge of Firearms within City Limits, and Section 16-6-42, Archery Season to Hunt Deer, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Harrisonburg
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Current ordinance reflecting recommended amendments, 3. Executed Ordinance

Subject:

Title

Consider adopting an ordinance amendment and reenactment for Sections 16-6-41, Discharge of Firearms within City Limits, and Section 16-6-42, Archery Season to Hunt Deer, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Harrisonburg

Body

Presented By:  Chris Brown, City Attorney

Recommendation and Review

Harrisonburg currently allows archery for the hunting of deer during the “early special archery season, the full general firearms deer season and the late archery season” (note  that the use of firearms for hunting deer is prohibited, despite the name ‘full general firearms deer season’). The proposed amendments would permit archery during all available archery seasons. The proposed amendments would also permit archery on City-owned property with permission from the City Manager.