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West Linn council weighs new ordinance to curb intentional feeding of wildlife
Summary
At a work session, councilors and staff discussed a proposed ordinance to address extreme, habitual feeding of wildlife after residents raised complaints; staff said the city lacks an enforceable provision and recommended drafting a nuisance‑based code focused on impacts, then circulating it to neighborhood associations for review.
Presiding officials and staff at a West Linn City Council work session discussed a proposed ordinance to prohibit intentional, habitual feeding of wildlife after multiple neighbors complained that feeding had become a public nuisance.
Code Enforcement Officer Nicola Higbee told the council staff could not find an existing, directly enforceable provision in the municipal code to address the most extreme feeding cases. "We pulled provisions from other city ordinances around Oregon to compile the West Linn proposed ordinance," she said, adding that the draft would place a new provision under chapter 5.425 as a public‑nuisance violation aimed at "extreme cases of intentional feeding of wildlife." Higbee said enforcement is…
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