Parma, OH Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)

Two separate sections govern wildlife management in Parma. 09(a) bans owning, keeping, or harboring any wild, dangerous, or exotic animal, and item (9) on that list names coyotes (Canis latrans) specifically, alongside foxes, wolves, and wolf hybrids, so a private resident cannot keep a coyote under any circumstance; the licensed pet shop, menagerie, or zoo exemption in division (e) still forbids housing an exempted animal within 50 feet of a residence. 21 separately bans hunting, killing, or attempting to kill any animal or fowl by firearm or any other means within the municipality, with one detailed exception: the Police Chief may, in his sole discretion, issue a municipal deer control permit letting a 'qualified archer' hunt white-tailed deer by crossbow or long bow on parcels of at least three contiguous acres, only after the applicant holds an Ohio Department of Natural Resources deer damage permit, hunts from an elevated platform, and has written permission from the property owner.

Division (b) separately lets the City deploy firearms-trained personnel from a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency to cull deer on City-owned or City-managed land, or private property with permission, once ODNR's Division of Wildlife approves it. Division (c) bans all other trapping except by the animal control officer or a resident's privately contracted, ODNR-permitted wildlife removal service, which must notify the City before setting any trap and release trapped animals outside city limits within 24 hours. Division (e) makes it a separate offense to obstruct, block, or interfere with an authorized deer cull.