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Council asks staff to draft ordinance on feeding wildlife after residents complain of squirrel damage
Summary
Following community complaints about squirrels and other wildlife, council asked staff to draft an ordinance regulating wildlife feeding and to consider education-first enforcement. Staff identified three North Carolina jurisdictions with related rules and recommended code-enforcement responsibility if council chooses to adopt an ordinance.
Durham City Council on Sept. 18 directed staff to draft an ordinance regulating the feeding of wildlife after council members said residents — particularly from the Trotter Ridge neighborhood — reported damage, public-health concerns and repeated nuisance behavior.
Assistant City Manager Carmisha Wallace, representing the newly formed Housing & Neighborhood Services department, told the council staff research found three North Carolina jurisdictions — the Town of Hillsborough, the City of Asheville and Buncombe County — with rules that address wildlife feeding. Wallace said Hillsborough’s approach is…
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