Neither Stark County nor Canton has a general ordinance banning the feeding of deer or other wildlife. Wildlife is regulated by the Ohio Division of Wildlife, which discourages deer feeding, and local nuisance rules may apply if feeding attracts pests.
The county sets no countywide wildlife-feeding ban; this is not a county-level matter. Ohio wildlife, including deer, waterfowl, and furbearers, is managed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. State rules restrict activities like baiting during certain hunting seasons and discourage supplemental deer feeding because it spreads disease. Locally, a township or city could treat feeding that attracts rodents or nuisance wildlife as a public-nuisance or property-maintenance violation. If you have a specific concern, check your township Chapter 519 zoning, your city property-maintenance code, or contact the Stark County Health Department about nuisance conditions.
There is no county feeding fine, but ODNR wildlife regulations carry state penalties, and feeding that creates a rodent or nuisance problem can be cited under local property-maintenance or health nuisance codes.
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