Cicero, IL Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Sec. 18-13, adopted by Ord. No. 10-12 in March 2012, addresses stray-animal feeding in two parts. Subsection (a) is the direct prohibition: it shall be unlawful to intentionally feed stray animals, including birds. The reference to birds folds pigeons, geese, and other loose wildlife into the same rule that covers stray cats and dogs, so a resident who regularly puts out food for a stray cat colony or a flock of geese in a Town park is in violation the same as someone feeding a stray dog.

Subsection (b) works as the companion control measure: it requires that all food products for human or animal consumption, whether kept for sale or any other purpose, be protected so stray animals cannot access or contact them, and it requires garbage, decayed or spoiled vegetables, meats, cereals, fruits, or similar material to be stored in garbage containers that stay tightly covered except when someone is actively adding or removing contents. Read together, the two subsections attack both the intentional feeding of strays and the incidental food sources, unsecured garbage and stored food, that draw strays to a property in the first place.

The section sits in Article I of Chapter 18 alongside the Town's other general animal-nuisance rules, including the running-at-large ban in Sec. 18-1 and the offensive-premises rule in Sec. 18-6.