Avon Lake is proposing the same kind of legislation. Avon Lake is on Bay Village's western border. 
Avon Lake is also considering allowing bow hunting to reduce the deer population. There are anti-hunting
signs popping up all over town. 
http://avonlake.patch.com/articles/deer-feeding-ban-moves-forward-in-avon-lake#photo-9025919

It's annoying when they eat some of my plants but I think the claim that they caused thousands of dollars in damage to someone's property
sounds like incredible. 

I have never had a deer at a bird feeder. Thankfully the rule preventing bird feeders below 6 feet was scrapped. 
I wonder what the neighbors will do about the apple tree down the street that the deer enjoy when the apples start to drop. 









On May 1, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Haans Petruschke wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Kim Kaufman sent me a copy of the proposed Bay Village ordinance which is
> still in committee.  The current wording of the ordinance does indeed
> implicitly ban bird feeders, but does not do so explicitly.  It is not the
> intent of the proposed ordinance to ban bird feeders
> 
> I have had a nice correspondence with City of Bay Village Council President
> Paul Koomar regarding the deer feeding ordinance, and proposed some
> exemptions for bird feeders that will not also serve as deer feeders.  He
> has forwarded these to the Safety and Environment Committee where any
> changes would be included.
> 
> As I said earlier local governments are generally very responsive if you
> contact the right people and do so in a civil manner which proposes a
> solution that is acceptable to all parties.  A key to this is to read
> everything carefully to understand the issue and then to clearly explain
> what you think is wrong.  Local officials appreciate this approach and are
> very responsive to it.
> 
> In all honesty I was surprised, as a non resident, that I got such a rapid
> response.  Bay Village residents should watch this issue  and address
> comments to Councilman Dwight Clark
> 
> Further, it appears North Ridgeville has already enacted a deer feeding
> ordinance which has the implicit ban on bird feeders.  Residents of that
> municipality should contact their council members to propose the ordinance
> be amended.
> 
> Haans Petruschke
> Kirtland
> 
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