6.30.030 Destruction of birds and birds’ nests prohibited – Exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly shoot, kill, maim or injure in any manner any bird or fowl of the air in the City, or to destroy the nest of any such bird or fowl, except that:
(a) English sparrows and starlings or the nests thereof may be destroyed at any time by any person or approved pest control firm or company when such destruction may be done without the use of firearms or other weapons or devices;
(b) Pigeons or other birds of the air that have become public nuisances by reason of their nesting or roosting on any private premises in the City may, upon complaint to Animal Control, be destroyed by an approved pest control firm or company in accordance with the terms of any required permit issued by the appropriate State or local agency. (Ord. 20106 § 65, 12-19-17.)