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f <br /> • , ORG<�v0 COuNCIL I�1EI�"iING HELD rEBRUT�RY 14, 1977 Page 7 <br /> � <br /> � �•de submit to you our case and ask for irrunediate DUCK PROBLEM <br /> action from the Village Council to enforce Municipal (Continued) <br /> yCode of Orono Ordinance 82. 030 (b) or to pass an <br /> ordinance specif_ically relating to the feeding <br /> � of_ ducks to prevent Mr. Lloyd T�Tehring, or anyone <br /> • c�lr>e, fJ �>:n feeding ducks in our neighborhood. <br /> � PROBLEMS CRFI�I.F,D BY 1�'EEDIT;G OF ��U('KS <br /> �� l . �wimmers Itch (Schistome Dermatitis) <br /> ?. . Docks and boats covered with duck excrernc�nt dai ly <br /> � 3 . �'oat covers ��nd canvasses stained <br /> 4. Shoreline droPpings with low water cause duck <br /> + posioning by a botulinism toxin. <br /> � 5. Pollution of t}ie lake by creating an envir_onment <br /> for blue- green algae gr_owth. <br /> � 6. Open water in the winter without ��i��w fenc,es causes <br /> d�.i�,ers to chi_) dren <<�zd ��nowmobiles. <br /> � <br /> rAC^1S <br /> � —___— <br /> • l. Frc�;;l�;.,ater Bio)_ogi_cal Institute attachment <br /> 2. '�;innesota Pollution Control Agency attachment <br /> � 3. Village of Or_ono Ordinance 8?_. 030 (b) attachment <br /> 4 . �ictures of ducks and bubbler (to be st�bmitted <br /> � upon request to the Village) <br /> 5. P�tition submitted to the Village Council in <br /> � ).974 that was not acted on. <br /> 6. �_�etit.ion of January, 1977 signed by 31 residents <br /> � of Sh«dywood Road (in the hands of i.he Village <br /> � Covncil) <br /> 7. ?3ased on calculations, it is estimated that 7-9 <br /> � tons of duck excrement are dr_opped by 300 ducks <br /> pc�r month. During the summer months , with the <br /> � duck population as high as 500-1 , 000 bir_ds , <br /> this increases to 11-22 tons per month of <br /> S droppings in our lake and on our shoreline. <br /> � Mr. White commented at this time, that his family <br /> , does like ducks and ducks were here first. The <br /> Nehrings did not make any comments at this time. <br /> 1 <br /> Mr. Bruce Malkerson, City Attorney, continued by <br /> � cornmenting on the applicable provisi_ons of the <br /> zoning code. He noted to the City Council and <br /> �' the public t.hat the zoizing code states that animals <br /> • are conditional use in this residential zone and <br /> that the residential lot size be at least two <br /> + acres for every animal unit. An animal unit is <br /> defined as 50 fowl. There must be at least one <br /> � acre for the principal residence and at least one <br /> acre for every ani_mal unit. In this case, there <br /> � are at least four hundred ducks at each property, <br /> pd ther_e is 7 �ss th�_in an acre of 1«_n_d per location. <br /> �-- <br /> (Continued) <br /> � <br /> � <br /> • <br />