Springdale does not publish a stand-alone wildlife-feeding ordinance, but Chapter 14 (Animals) and Chapter 42 (Environment) general nuisance provisions allow Code Enforcement to cite residents whose feeding of deer, raccoons, or other wildlife creates a public-health or safety nuisance. The harder rule comes from the state: Washington County is inside the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone, where AGFC Code 07.06 prohibits placing food, salt, minerals, or other attractants for wildlife except for specific deer-hunting baiting windows on private land.
Springdale layers a local nuisance framework on top of a strong state rule. Locally, Chapter 14 (Animals) and Chapter 42 (Environment) of the Springdale Municipal Code at https://library.municode.com/ar/springdale/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14AN allow Code Enforcement and Animal Services to address wildlife-feeding that creates a public-health or safety nuisance - rodents drawn to feed, deer-vehicle collision concentrations, or sanitation problems. Springdale has not (as of 2026) adopted a deer-specific feeding ban of the kind some Northwest Arkansas neighbors have considered, but bird feeders that attract rodents or wildlife concentrations can trigger Chapter 14 nuisance citations. The dominant rule for Springdale comes from the state: Washington County sits inside the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Zone (https://www.agfc.com/hunting/deer/chronic-wasting-disease/). AGFC Code 07.06 (Baiting and Feeding Prohibited Inside the CWD Management Zone) at https://apps.agfc.com/regulations/07.06/ prohibits any person from placing or depositing foodstuffs, salt, minerals, pelletized feed, or other materials for the purpose of hunting, attracting, or feeding wildlife inside the CWD Management Zone. A limited exception allows baiting for deer and elk on private land from September 1 through December 31 for hunting purposes, and food plots are allowed year-round. The CWD rule is intended to slow disease transmission by preventing artificial concentration of deer. AGFC conservation officers and Springdale Animal Services share enforcement.
Violations of AGFC Code 07.06 inside the CWD Management Zone are wildlife violations enforced by AGFC conservation officers carrying state fines plus potential loss of hunting privileges. Springdale Chapter 14 nuisance citations for wildlife-feeding that creates a sanitation or safety problem are municipal violations with city fines and abatement orders requiring removal of feed stations and clean-up of attractant material. Continuing-violation penalties may accrue daily until the feeding stops. Bird feeders that draw rodents can trigger separate Chapter 14 vermin-nuisance citations from Code Enforcement.
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