The following local ordinances apply in Mecklenburg County:
- Sec. 46-123. - Hunting with firearm on or near highway. (reference)
(a) It shall be unlawful to hunt, or attempt to hunt, with a firearm any game bird or game animal while such person is on any primary or secondary state maintained highway and within the side ditches of such highway in the county. For the purpose of this section, the term "hunt" or "attempt to hunt" shall not include the necessary crossing of such highways for the bona fide purpose of going into or leaving a lawful hunting area.
(b) Any violation of this section shall be a class 3 misdemeanor.
(Code 1977, § 16-11; Ord. of 4-13-1992)
State Law reference— Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, § 29.1-526.
- Sec. 46-124. - Hunting in and around Merrifield Acres Subdivision. (reference)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, hunt or attempt to hunt with any gun, or to hunt or attempt to hunt any game animal or game bird with a firearm, or other weapon except bows, in the Merrifield Acres Subdivision, including lands immediately adjacent to such subdivision which are owned and under the control of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hunting within the Merrifield Acres Subdivision using bows is not prohibited hereby.
(b) All law enforcement officers in the state and county, and employees of the state board of game and inland fisheries who are vested with police powers shall enforce the provisions of this section, and are empowered to arrest, without warrant, persons violating any provision of this section. All such enforcement officers may serve and execute all warrants and other process issued by the courts in enforcing the provisions of this section.
(c) Any violation of this section shall be a class 3 misdemeanor.
(d) The Merrifield Acres Subdivision shall be responsible for posting property in and around such subdivision and for providing proper notice to the public.
(Ord. of 9-10-1990(3), § 16-12; Ord. of 10-9-2007)