The City of Orange discourages feeding wildlife through nuisance and public health provisions in OMC Title 6 and Title 8. Feeding wildlife that attracts rodents, coyotes, or other nuisance animals can result in code enforcement action.
While the City of Orange does not have a standalone wildlife feeding ordinance, feeding wild animals that creates a nuisance condition falls under the city's general nuisance and public health provisions in OMC Title 8. Attracting rodents, coyotes, raccoons, or other wildlife through deliberate feeding may constitute a public nuisance subject to abatement. OC Animal Care also advises against feeding wildlife as it habituates animals to human contact and creates conflicts. Property owners who maintain conditions attracting nuisance wildlife may receive code enforcement notices requiring abatement of the attractant.
Creating a nuisance by feeding wildlife may result in code enforcement action, nuisance abatement orders, and fines under OMC public nuisance provisions.
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