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CITY OF PALO ALTO OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
June 23, 2014
The Honorable City Council
Palo Alto, California
Second Reading: Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 22.04.270
by Adding Subsection 22.04.270(C) to Prohibit the Feeding of Wildlife
and Feral Animals in Palo Alto Parks And Open Space Areas (First
Reading: June 9, 2014 PASSED: 8-0 Scharff absent)
ATTACHMENTS:
No Feeding Ordinance 00710269 ORDN Amendment to Section 22 04 270 by adding
Subsection (c) (DOCX)
Department Head: Donna Grider, City Clerk
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Ordinance No. ____
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Section 22.04.270 by
Adding Subsection 22.04.270(c) to Prohibit the Feeding of Wildlife and
Federal Animals in City Parks and Open Spaces
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 22.04.270 of Chapter 22.04 of Title 22 Parks is hereby
amended by adding Section 22.04.270(c), to read:
“22.04.270 Flora, fauna, feeding of wildlife
(a) No person other than a duly authorized city employee or any person
participating in city-sponsored activities shall dig, remove, destroy, injure, mutilate or
cut any tree, plant, shrub, bloom or flower, or any portion thereof, growing in any park
or open space lands, without the written consent of the director.
(b) No person shall take, seize, molest, injure, or hunt a bird, reptile, or
animal in any city park or open space lands, except as authorized by park regulations or
with the written consent of the director.
(c) No person shall feed, cause to be fed, scatter or leave food, seed or other
matter edible to any wildlife animal, including any bird or feral animal, including any
feral cat, in any park or open space lands or building located within a park or open space
lands, without the written consent of the director.”
SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this ordinance is not a
project for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the
date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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Senior Asst. City Attorney City Manager
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Director of Community Services
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Director of Administrative Services