Renton, WA Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)

6, part of the Park Rules and Regulations covering all City of Renton parks, trails, open space, the Maplewood Golf Course and recreation buildings, prohibits two distinct things: harassing or harming wildlife, and feeding birds. The harassment ban covers any act to tease, annoy, disturb, molest, catch, injure or kill an animal, bird, or fowl, and specifically bars throwing a stone or missile at, or striking with a stick or weapon, any animal, bird, or fowl in any manner. The feeding ban is a flat prohibition on feeding any fowl or bird in a park, with no size, species, or quantity threshold; even a small amount of bread or seed left for ducks or geese violates the section.

c carves out one exemption: the wildlife-harassment portion of the rule does not apply to control efforts the Administrator (the Parks and Recreation Administrator or a designee) has authorized, meaning city-sanctioned goose or wildlife management programs are not themselves violations. Both prohibitions sit in Subsection B, Criminal Violations, so unlike the civil-infraction park rules, a citation here is charged as a misdemeanor rather than a civil ticket. The rule applies unless the conduct is otherwise posted as permitted or the Administrator has approved it in writing for a specific event, so signage at a given park can lawfully authorize feeding in a designated area if the city has set one up.

Renton Police and Parks and Recreation staff can enforce the section, citing either to RMC 2-9-8 directly or to the department's printed park rules and regulations pamphlet.