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地方法令:温彻斯特市

温彻斯特市适用以下地方法令:

  • 秒。 5 - 41 。- 迁徙和非迁徙水禽 - 禁止。(参考
    • 任何人在温彻斯特市公共财产上,在市政经理酌情设立的适当标志指定的区域内进行以下行为均属违法:

      (a) 喂食或诱饵给任何迁徙或非迁徙水禽。

      (b) 造成任何导致迁徙或非迁徙水禽在公共财产上聚集的情况:
      ( 1 ) 导致水禽粪便堆积;
      ( 2 ) 导致对植物、动物或公共财产或安全或福利的损害;
      ( 3 ) 对公共健康、安全或福利造成威胁或滋扰;或
      ( 4 ) 对上述迁徙或非迁徙水禽的健康、安全或福利造成威胁。

      (c) 本条不适用于国家或州立公园或森林或野生动物管理区内的土地。

  • 秒。 16 - 7 。- 发射枪械。(参考
    • 任何人在城市范围内发射或使用枪支、手枪或其他火器均属违法行为,并属于1级轻罪。本节不适用于执行公务的任何执法人员,也不适用于为保护其生命或财产而依法可正当或可原谅使用枪支的任何其他人,或法律另有特别授权使用枪支的人。(代码1959 ,§ 16 - 11 )

      交叉引用——射鸟,§ 5 - 8 。

      州法律参考——城市管制或禁止使用枪支的权力,《弗吉尼亚州法典》第15 . 1 - 865 ;在街道或公共场所使用枪支,《弗吉尼亚州法典》第18 . 2 - 280 , 18 . 2 - 286条。

  • 秒。 16 - 8 。- 气枪、碎石枪或类似仪器的发射。(参考
    • 除非《弗吉尼亚州法典》第15 . 2 - 915 . 4条另有规定,任何人在本市任何地方使用气枪、碎石枪或其他类似器械发射任何弹丸、子弹、碎石或任何类似物品均属违法行为,并属3级轻罪。这不适用于在专门为此目的设计和使用的完全封闭的室内活动中心发射气动彩弹枪的任何人。该中心必须经过警察局长或其指定人员的检查和批准,并且必须遵守所有适用法律,包括法规和分区要求。

      (Code 1959, § 16-4; Ord. No. 2010-60, 12-14-10; Ord. No. 2011-48, 11-8-11)

  • 秒。 16 - 9 。- 限制使用弓箭;进入射箭场需要许可证;城市射箭狩猎。(参考
    • (a) 在市区内使用弓箭和设立射箭场应遵守以下限制:
      ( 1 ) 任何人不得在市区内用弓射箭或放箭,除非是在经警察局长批准其位置和建筑安全性的射箭场。
      ( 2 )未成年人不得在市内射箭或放箭,除非在警察局长批准的、地点和结构安全的射箭场,并且必须在成年人的直接监督下进行。
      ( 3 )本节规定不适用于使用拉力小于十磅的弓发射装有钝橡胶头或橡胶吸盘的箭。
      ( 4 )未经警察局长许可,任何人不得在市内设立或经营射箭场。警察局长只有在证明射箭场的位置和建造符合公共安全后,才能颁发射箭场建造和运营的许可证。

      (b) Urban archery hunting. Section 16-9(a) shall not apply when discharging an arrow from a bow for the purposes of deer hunting within the City of Winchester limits during the Urban Archery Season, the Early Archery Season, the General Firearms Deer season, as designated in regulations set forth by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, under the following conditions:
      (1) On land that is five acres or more of continuous area, approved by the City Manager and the Chief of Police;
      (2) The landowner or landowners have applied for an annual permit from the Chief of Police to use their property for the purpose of discharging archery equipment and have identified their properties as such by signage approved by the Chief of Police;
      (3) Any person discharging a bow shall, at all times, while engaged in such activity, have in his possession written permission from the landowner(s) to discharge such a weapon on his premises;
      (4) Agreement shall be made between the participant and landowner(s) in reference to field dress;
      (5) All participants must abide by all applicable sections of the Virginia State Code and Virginia Hunting Regulations. Further, the following restrictions apply:
      a. Discharge of a bow must be done from an elevated stand with a minimum height of ten feet.
      b. No person shall discharge a bow within 100 yards of any dwelling, building, street, sidewalk, alley, roadway, public land or public place within City limits. Further, all hunting shall be done internally to the property approved for hunting.
      c. A person shall neither discharge a bow from, over or across any street, sidewalk, alley, roadway, or public land or public place within City limits or toward any building or dwelling in such a manner that an arrow may strike it nor shall a person discharge a bow over or across the private property of another without permission.
      d. No person shall hunt deer within the City limits by use of dog or dogs.
      e. Urban Archery Season is restricted to hunting antlerless deer only.
      f. Any person engaging in deer hunting must dispose of deer carcasses appropriately.

      (c) 任何违反本节规定的人均犯有3级轻罪。

      (Code 1959, § 16-5.1; Ord. No. 006-2005, 3-8-05; Ord. No. 2011-21, 10-11-11)