Port Townsend, WA Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)

Feeding of wild geese, ducks, gulls, deer, and other wildlife, which feeding results in aggressive behavior toward humans or other animals, or in the deposit of refuse, debris, fecal matter, or other offensive substance in any place in the city, to the prejudice or annoyance of any person, or which impedes the safe flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

2. Keeping, using or maintaining within the city any pen, stable, lot, place or premises in which any hogs, cattle, or fowls may be confined or kept in such manner as to be nauseous, foul or offensive to a reasonable person.

3. Riding or leading horses upon the sidewalks or parking strips anywhere within the city limits.

H. Throwing, placing, attaching, hanging, posting or depositing upon any motor vehicle belonging to another person, telephone pole, power pole, street light pole or similar utility pole or structure, any handbill, poster, printed or written matter, any sample, advertising matter, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature, except that this provision shall not be construed to:

1. Prohibit the identification of a firm or its products on a vehicle; and

2. Prohibit signs upon utility poles for utility identification or similar purposes.

I. Motor Vehicles.