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Chandler resident urges council to study nuisance bird-feeding ordinance after property damage, council asks staff to research
Summary
A Chandler resident told the City Council excessive backyard bird feeding has led to flocks of pigeons, roof damage and rats; council members asked staff and code enforcement to research ordinances used by other cities and report back.
Dane Martin, a Chandler resident, told the Chandler City Council that a neighbor’s repeated, large-scale bird feeding has turned into a “bird buffet” that is causing property damage and attracting rodents, and asked the council to consider a nuisance bird-feeding ordinance.
Martin said the problem began during the COVID period and that morning flocks now number “usually 100 to 200 birds,” which he said soils patios and decks and has damaged a roof. “We recently replaced our roof that began leaking it to a tune of $24,000,” Martin said, adding that when tiles were lifted workers found bird droppings had damaged the underlayment. He also told council members he has seen rats attracted to leftover seed and called the situation “a public health issue.”
The request prompted members of the Chandler…
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