[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Council of the Village of
Spring Lake 8-16-2021 by Ord. No. 370.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was adopted as Ch. 203 but was
renumbered to maintain the alphabetical organization of the Code.
The presence of a large number of certain species of birds and
waterfowl causes a public health nuisance by contaminating beaches
in our public swimming areas, parks, riverways, sidewalks and pathways
used by the public. Accordingly, this chapter is adopted to prevent
such conduct as may attract and concentrate certain species in the
Village.
The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this
chapter:
Nonnative ducks, geese and swans not retained in agricultural
operations.
The act of feeding or the furnishing of food or other substances
in any form to bird or waterfowl species regulated by this chapter.
Ducks, geese and swans native to North America.
Any of the various birds of the widely distributed family
Columbidae, especially the rock dove or any of its domesticated varieties.
The Village of Spring Lake, Michigan.
A.
Migratory and domestic waterfowl.
(1)
No person shall feed, cause to be fed, or provide food for domestic
or migratory waterfowl or gulls located on lands either privately
or public owned in the Village.
(2)
No person shall create or foster any condition or allow any condition
to exist or continue which results in a congregation or congestion
of domestic or migratory waterfowl or gulls on land either privately
or publicly owned in the Village.
This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit humane acts
towards waterfowl in individual cases, such as temporary nurturing
of a wounded bird on one's own premises, or bird feeders erected
or maintained for the purpose of feeding other avian species.
Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of this chapter shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to § 1-2. Increased civil fines may be imposed for repeated violations, which means a second or subsequent municipal civil infraction violation committed by a person within any twelve-month period and for which a person admits responsibility or is determined to be responsible. The increased civil fine for repeated violations is set forth in § 1-2.
