[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Newark 5-15-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
No person except a law enforcement officer or duly appointed animal control officer acting in their official capacity shall actively hunt or pursue wildlife with any weapon, trap, or snare or discharge a firearm, bow or other hunting device within the Village of Newark.
B. 
This section shall not apply to a property owner on his or her own property or a person licensed to remove nuisance wildlife from removing such wildlife through the use of "live" or other "humane" trapping methods.
Any person convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a maximum fine of $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.