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~ 24-5 MARTINSVILLE CODE (2) Any person who shoots any missile-throwing device, such as the air gun, pellet gun or archery equipment, in the presence of, and under the supervision of, the operator, owner or designee ofa facility designed for such use and approved by the chiefofpolice. (Code 1971, ~ 11-3; Ord. No. 86-7,9-25-86; Ord. No. 90-11, 7-24-90) Cross reference-Penalty for Class 1 misdemeanor, ~ I-II. Sec. 24-6. Killing of deer. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other ordinance in the Code of the city, it shall be legal for persons to discharge an arrow from a compound, recurve or cross bow, for the purpose of taking deer, within the city. (b) It shall be legal for any landowner in the city, or his designated agent, to discharge an arrow from a compound, recurve or cross bow, for the purpose of taking deer, at any time within the city, upon such landowner's filing of a statement with the city police department that deer have caused damage upon his or her property, and upon the police department's investigation and determination that such damage has in fact occurred and an official kill permit has been issued. (c) Any such discharge shall be subject to the regulations established by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and subject also to the following: (1) The police department is empowered to adopt such regulations additional to this section as it deems necessary for the administration of this section and granting of the permits. (2) All applicants for such hunting permits shall have held a valid Virginia hunting license and big game license. All applicants shall obtain written permission, evidenced by a form approved by the police department, from the owner of property on which he or she wishes to hunt. All permits and any such permission obtained from a landowner shall include a clause wherein both hunter and landowner agree to indemnify the city from all claims or other litigation arising from hunting pursuant to this section. (3) At all times while hunting pursuing to this section, hunters shall have on their person, the applicable Virginia licenses and the written permission of the landowner. No firearms other than a bow and arrow may be in the hunter's possession. (4) No discharge of an arrow shall be made toward any person, any animal other than a deer, any structure or any vehicle in such a manner as the arrow may strike such person, animal, structure or vehicle, nor shall a discharge be made in such a manner that the arrow may strike in any roadway. An arrow striking any of the foregoing shall create a rebuttable presumption that it was discharged in violation of this section. Discharge of an arrow is permitted only in order to take a deer pursuant to this section. (5) All hunting shall be conducted from platforms elevated at least seven (7) feet above the ground; such platform may include hunting stands, porches and decks. Any hunting stands employed to hunt deer shall be temporary or ladder stands; permanent stands Supp. No. 63 1426