Mebane, NC Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 28-5 is a single sentence carried over from the 1952 Code, ch. D, art. IV, § 2: it shall be unlawful for any person to feed any stock or animal of any kind on any street or sidewalk of the city. The phrase 'any stock or animal of any kind' is not limited to pets or livestock; it is broad enough to cover feeding wildlife such as geese or deer, as well as stray cats and dogs, wherever the feeding happens on a public street or sidewalk.

The section sits in Chapter 28's Article I, alongside § 28-4's ban on throwing or burning trash in the street and § 28-6's rule on disposing of tree trimmings, all drawn from the same 1952 chapter on street and sidewalk conduct. A footnote cross-references it to the animal provisions in Chapter 4, but § 28-5 itself is the operative rule for feeding on the street or sidewalk rather than on private or park property. Because Article I of Chapter 28 has no penalty clause of its own, a violation of § 28-5 is enforced through the Code's general penalty in § 1-6.