19-1515 Amending Chapter 18 to add Section 18-4 " Restricted Hunting Areas" and Amending Chapter 2 Sect. 2-210

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ORDINANCE 19-1515 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 ^ ANIMALS-, TO ADD A NEW SECTION 18-4, „ RESTRICTED HUNTING AREAS-, OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS OF THE CITY AS A RESTRICTED HUNTING AREA; PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITY DEPARTMENTS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, SETTING FORTH UNLAWFUL CONDUCT, AND COMPLIANCE METHODS; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ,, ADMINISTRATION,,, SECTION 2-210,, SCHEDULE OF VIOLATIONS-; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Casselberry ("City") recognizes that the City is densely populated and developed with numerous recreational activities and uses occurring within the City and, in particular, around and within the City's lakes, including but not limited to, boating and canoeing; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes that many residents within the City, including those who own lots and developed properties proximate to the City's lakes, who have docks extending into the lakes, or who otherwise utilize and appreciate the lakes, have raised numerous safety related issues as to the taking of game with a gun within certain areas within the jurisdictional limits of the City; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes that for the City's uplands to be recognized as a restricted hunting area requires, to be effective, the assent and agreement of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ("FWC" ); and WHEREAS, the City understands that section 379.104, Florida Statutes, codifies the Florida Legislature's recognition that "the citizens of Florida have a right to hunt, fish, and take game, subject to the regulations and restrictions prescribed by general law and by s. 9, Article 1V of the State Constitution'; and WHEREAS, the City understands that the FWC has the constitutional mandate to "exercise the regulatory and executive powers of the state with respect to wild animal life" and, pursuant to this constitutional authority, has enacted Florida Administrative Code Chapter 68A- 19, which sets forth regulations and requirements for restricted hunting areas; and WHEREAS, the City desires to balance the rights and privileges of lawfully hunting with the inherent safety concerns raised when individuals are allowed to hunt or take game within a developed and intensely utilized municipality in terms of air, land, and water body travel and activity; and Ordinance 19-1515 Page 1 of 5