Section 1703. Pigeons, Fowl and Waterfowl
(a) No person shall feed or bait any migratory or non-migratory waterfowl, fowl or piegon upon any public property of the City of Gardiner
(b) No person shall feed or bait any migratory or non-migratory waterfowl or piegon upon any water body or private property located within the following
areas of the City:
Central Business Zone District
(c) No person shall keep, house, harbor, breed or maintain pigeons for any purpose in on or upon any public or private property located within the following areas of the City:
Central Business Zoning District
(d) for purposes of the section, the following terms have the meaning stated:
Feed or Bait shall mean the placing, exposing, deposition, distributing or scattering, directly or indrectly, of shelled corn, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grains, bread, salt, fishmeal food scraps, waste food, or other feed or nutrative substances in any place where it may be accessed by any waterfowl, fowl or pigeons.
Fowl shall mean any bird species of the family Laridae (gulls), either m igratory, non-migratory or resident.
Pegeon shall mean any bird species of the family Columbidae (piegons and doves), wheather wild or dosmesticated, including "fancy", "sporting" and "racing" pigeons as commonly bred and recognized by the American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc. or other pigeon fanciers' organizations
Waterfowl shall mean any bird species of the family Anatidae (ducks and geese), either migratory, non-migratory or resident.
(e) This section shall not prohibit feeding or baiting by any State or Federal game warden or wildlife official, or by any City Police Officer or Public Health Officer, or by the City's Code Enforcement Officer or Animal Control Officer, or their respective designees, in the course of their official duties, or wildlife management, public health, animal control or research purposes.
This section shall not prohibit keeping or feeding of domesticated waterfowl or other domesticated or captive birds in connection with any public show, display, exhibition, fair, animal park or zoo otherwise duly licensed.
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