Johns Creek has no ordinance specifically prohibiting the feeding of wildlife in its animal-control code. Conduct that creates a nuisance, or that involves keeping wild animals, is regulated indirectly through Chapter 10 (nuisances, running-at-large, and the wildlife/exotic-permit rules). Georgia DNR governs wildlife generally.
A review of the City of Johns Creek's Chapter 10 (Animal Control) found no section that specifically bans or limits feeding wild animals such as deer, coyotes, or geese. There is no dedicated wildlife-feeding ordinance in the city's animal-control chapter. That said, several general provisions can reach feeding-related problems. Sec. 10-4 incorporates the Chapter 10 definition of 'nuisance' (Sec. 10-1) as whatever is dangerous or detrimental to human life or health or that unreasonably offends the senses, so conditions created by feeding (for example, attracting pests, accumulating waste, or drawing dangerous animals) could be treated as a nuisance. If feeding crosses into keeping or harboring a wild or exotic animal, the permit requirements of Sec. 10-8 and the prohibitions on skunks and foxes in Sec. 10-7 apply. Wildlife in Georgia is otherwise managed at the state level by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under O.C.G.A. Title 27, which addresses feeding and baiting in specific contexts (such as certain game-feeding restrictions). Residents concerned about nuisance wildlife should contact Johns Creek code compliance or Georgia DNR. Because no city-specific feeding ban exists, this topic is governed by general nuisance principles and state law rather than a dedicated Johns Creek ordinance.
No wildlife-feeding-specific penalty exists in the Johns Creek code. Feeding that creates a documented nuisance, or that amounts to keeping wildlife without a Sec. 10-8 permit, could be cited as a Chapter 10 violation punishable under Sec. 1-7 (up to $1,000 and/or six months).
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