Ada County's animal chapter does not set a blanket wildlife-feeding ban, but harboring or feeding an animal for 24 hours makes you its "owner," and you may not take a stray animal into your possession without notifying Animal Control at once. Feeding big-game wildlife is regulated by Idaho Fish and
Under 5-7-2, "harboring" means allowing an animal to be lodged, fed, or sheltered on your property for 24 consecutive hours (or one hour a day for three days), which makes you its "owner" and responsible for it. Section 5-7-9 makes it unlawful to take a stray animal into your possession without notifying the Animal Control Agency at once, and the animal must be surrendered on demand - though trap-neuter-return of free-roaming cats is exempt. The county animal code does not comprehensively regulate feeding of deer, elk, or other wildlife; that falls to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and property owners who merely allow native wildlife to enter their land are not treated as "harboring" prohibited animals (5-7-4(C)(6)).
Taking in a stray without notifying Animal Control violates 5-7-9 and is enforceable as a misdemeanor under 5-7-23. Wildlife-feeding conflicts (e.g., big game) are handled by Idaho Fish and Game.
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Ada County has no ordinance banning backyard composting. Home compost piles are allowed, but they must not become a nuisance, attract rodents or vermin, or c...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed; check drai...
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Ada County does not require any particular landscape plants and does not ban native or xeric plantings. As long as growth is not an overgrown-weed nuisance o...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning rooftop rainwater collection. Under Idaho water law, capturing rain and snowmelt from your own roof for use on your prope...
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Ada County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In the Treasure Valley, outdoor irrigation typically comes from irrigation districts (Nampa-Meridian...
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Ada County declares overgrown weeds and grasses a public nuisance when they create a fire, safety or health hazard, or interfere with neighbors' use of their...
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