Albany, OR Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Abatement trigger
- Wildlife threatening health, welfare, or property of Albany citizens
- City response
- Steps authorized by the appropriate regulatory agency
- Named wildlife
- Coyotes, deer, foxes, raccoons, and others
- Related ban
- Feeding wildlife is a public nuisance under § 6.16.020
- Violation penalty
- Civil penalty of not more than $1,000
Summary
In the City of Albany, Oregon, the City can take the steps authorized by the appropriate regulatory agency to disperse or otherwise control wildlife populations that threaten the health and welfare or endanger the property of Albany citizens. Coyotes and deer are named as wildlife in chapter 6.16.
In the event that any part of the city is experiencing the presence of wildlife populations that threaten the health and welfare or endanger the property of Albany citizens, the City may take those steps authorized by the appropriate regulatory agency to disperse or otherwise control the offending wildlife.
Full Breakdown
Albany Municipal Code § 6.16.030 is the City of Albany, Oregon's abatement clause for wildlife problems. When any part of the city is experiencing the presence of wildlife populations that threaten the health and welfare or endanger the property of Albany citizens, the City can take those steps authorized by the appropriate regulatory agency to disperse or otherwise control the offending wildlife. The section sets both a trigger and a limit. The trigger is a threat to health and welfare or a danger to property, and the limit is that the City acts only through steps that a regulatory agency has authorized.
Coyotes and deer are named in the chapter. Section 6.16.010 defines wildlife as any animal that is not normally domesticated, including, but not limited to, nutria, coyotes, deer, foxes, groundhogs, opossums, raccoons, skunks, and turkeys. That places coyotes and deer under both the abatement clause and the feeding ban in § 6.16.020, which declares feeding of wildlife within the city limits a public nuisance prohibited at all times.
Chapter 6.16 does not print a cull quota, a hazing protocol, a trapping program, or a named enforcing office for wildlife control. It leaves the method to whatever the appropriate regulatory agency authorizes. The rule that reaches residents directly is the feeding prohibition, which covers any manner by which a person allows food or other attractants to be given with the intent of attracting and/or feeding wildlife. Songbirds and waterfowl are the printed exception. The chapter was adopted as Ord. 6056 in 2024 and includes a severability section, § 6.16.050.
Violations & Fines
Section 6.16.040 provides that any person violating the chapter is subject to the penalties in § 1.04.010. Under that section a violation is a civil penalty of not more than $1,000, or such sum as the ordinance defining the offense provides, and a misdemeanor is a fine of not more than $2,500 or imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both. The abatement clause in § 6.16.030 itself carries no separate penalty, since it authorizes City action rather than prohibiting conduct.
Frequently Asked Questions
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