7-7-1: PURPOSE:
The city hereby determined that an increasing population of deer within the city poses a threat to public safety by increasing the likelihood of deer-vehicle collisions, direct deer-human and deer-pet conflicts, the risk of attracting increased predator populations, potential transmission of disease to humans from deer; poses a threat of damage to ornamental plants and gardens, and overbrowsing of limited existing natural habitat. This chapter is intended to reduce these threats by restricting supplement and intentional feeding of deer, which results in unnatural concentrations of deer and can affect the normal movement of deer within the community. (Ord. 240, 12-4-2014)