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Corporate Services
REPORT
Report To: Finance and Corporate Services Committee
Date of Meeting: May 1, 2006
Submitted By: Shayne Turner, Interim General Manager of Corporate
Services
Prepared By: Shayne Turner, Director of By-law Enforcement
Wards} Involved: South Ward
Date of Report: April 25, 2006
Report No.: CRPS-06-063
Subject: AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 712 (CROSS BOWS)
RECOMMENDATION:
That a by-law be enacted to amend Chapter 712 (Cross Bows) of the City of Kitchener
Municipal Code to replace Schedule A of that Chapter relating to designated areas of the City
where cross bow hunting is permitted and to change the Schedule reference from the prohibited
area to the permitted area
BACKGROUND:
The City passed Chapter 712 (Cross-Bows -Long-Bows) in 1991. Schedule A to that by-law is
a map showing the areas in the municipality where hunting with cross-bows and long-bows is
prohibited. Since 1991 the City has grown substantially and Development and Technical
Services staff routinely review anticipated growth in areas in proximity to the area of the City
where such hunting is permitted. As a result, Schedule A of the Chapter is reviewed annually
and revised accordingly.
REPORT:
Bow hunting is generally accepted as necessary to help control the deer population within the
municipality. However, it is staff's position that such hunting is incompatible with the extended
residential development. Planning staff have reviewed the Schedule to the by-law to redefine
the limits wherein bow hunting is permitted. The attached map extends the prohibited area to
include those areas where development has already occurred and those areas where
development is planned within 3 years.
Staff are proposing to change the focus of Schedule to make it somewhat more clear. The
existing Schedule depicts the prohibited area which is much larger that the permitted area.
Thus, the map must include all lands within the City. The attached map is what staff is
proposing, which depicts the permitted area and may be more clear to users.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None identified at this time.
COMMUNICATIONS:
No Corporate Communications required.
CONCLUSION:
Based on actual and anticipated development in proximity to the lands within the City where
cross-bow or long-bow hunting is permitted, staff feel it is appropriate to amend Schedule A to
Chapter 712 (Cross-bows -Longbows) which will decrease the size of the area in which hunting
is permitted. In addition, staff are proposing to change the focus of the Schedule from the
"prohibited area" to the "permitted area" in order to make the map somewhat more clear and
user friendly.
Shayne Turner
Director of By-law Enforcement
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