Logan, UT Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Logan Municipal Code § 8.40.020(A) prohibits depositing, placing or distributing any fruit, grain, hay, vegetable, minerals, salt, or other food or material, of any kind or nature, with the intent to attract or feed deer on public or private lands. Chapter 8.40 is titled for deer, elk and moose, and § 8.40.010 defines DEER to include deer, elk, or moose. The chapter names only those animals.

Intent is hard to prove, so subsection (B) builds in a presumption. Food or material placed in an aggregate volume of more than one-half (1/2) gallon at a height of less than six feet (6') off the ground is presumed to be for feeding deer. So is any placement in a drop feeder, automatic feed, or similar device regardless of height. The presumption can be overcome with reasonable evidence that the placement is for a purpose other than feeding deer. Naturally growing plants, gardens, residue maintained as a mulch pile, and bird feeders designed or placed to limit access to deer are not prohibited.

Subsection (C) exempts a resident or agent of the City who is authorized to implement a wildlife management program and holds the necessary permits from the State of Utah, any public officer or public employee in the performance of his duties, and the feeding of domestic animals as defined in section 6A.02.030 of the Code. Under subsection (D), the Chief of Police or an animal control officer can authorize temporary feeding of deer for counting the deer population, baiting traps, or other public purposes.

Section 8.40.030 sets the enforcement path: City officials issue a written warning for the first offense, and further violation of the chapter is an infraction.