[Adopted 7-15-1991 by the Board of Selectmen; amended in its entirety 7-6-2021]
No person shall feed, harbor or shelter raccoons, feral cats, foxes and coyotes within the Town of Guilford, unless:
A. 
Said person is licensed and in good standing with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as a wildlife rehabilitator pursuant to C.G.S. §§ 26-7 and 26-54, complies with all wildlife rehabilitator application and permit requirements as set forth by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and complies with all handling guidelines and disease prevention protocols developed by the State of Connecticut Rabies Advisory Committee; and
B. 
Said person's facility for wildlife rehabilitation, and all rehabilitation efforts, remain in compliance with the Guilford Zoning Regulations, Connecticut Public Health Code and the Town of Guilford Health Code.
No person or business entity shall leave waste food products and containers, garbage or other similar refuse attractive to the animals set forth in § 131-5 outside of an enclosed structure unless the same are contained within appropriate trash or refuse receptacles so maintained as to minimize access by such animals.
Any person or business entity that violates any provision of this article shall be subject to citation and a fine issued by the Director of Health of not more than $100 for each violation, provided that the violator has been issued a written warning for said violation. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. Any person issued a citation shall be entitled to a hearing to contest the citation. The Town hereby adopts the provisions of C.G.S. § 7-152c for the establishment of a citation hearing process to contest citations issued pursuant to this section. The procedures for notice, hearing, disposition, appeal and enforcement shall be as set forth in C.G.S. § 7-152c. Said procedures are in addition to those administered by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and provided under any other applicable municipal, state or federal law or regulation.