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Council reviews proposed ordinance to restrict wildlife feeding, debates feeder-height, enforcement
Summary
Staff presented a draft ordinance to ban feeding of unconfined wildlife on public and private property except from raised or restricted bird feeders; council members suggested edits and asked staff to prepare the ordinance for introduction at the next meeting.
Dawn (Health Department) presented a draft revision to the village’s wildlife-feeding rules proposing to prohibit purposely feeding unconfined wildlife on public or private property and to allow bird feeding only from specific types of feeders. The draft defines allowed feeders as raised at least 8 feet off the ground with food-catch devices or feeders with openings that prevent wildlife from accessing the feed, and it limits…
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