neighbor feeding pigeons a problem

i have been asked by some members of our condo community if they can call the health department on a homeowner that refuses to obey the rules and continues to feed stray animals which attracts hundreds of pigeons. the pigeons are making a mess on several cars parked in that area and the sidewalks look terrible. this owner refuses to obey the rules and the question is can we go the the city for a possible fine or letter to her.
we are in texas. thanks

to answer the first question, yes, anyone can call the health department if they wish. That's why their number is in the phone book. In fact, if the HOA attempted to prevent a homeowner from doing that, they would be doing something illegal.

i am bumping this post up for any other possible answers. we still have two homeowners who continue to feed strays and it is causing a lot of trouble. has anyone in texas had this problem? or anyone who could give me an idea of how a letter would read to the homeowners. yes, our bylaws state that this is against the rules. i am the president of the townhome assn and have been fighting this problem for years with no solution. any help would be appreciated

if your bylaws cover this (which i doubt.. typically, by-laws cover how to run the business, covenants cover how to run the neighborhood), then the letter is simple.

It has come to the boards attention that you are violating section X, Article Y, paragraph Z of our covenants, which states: hsfjkadfjkadvcjkabkln dsfh lhfadsfie no feeding lkhasfdlksn hhfds.

Please cease this activity immediately. If you do not cease, the board can and will take the following actions, allowed to them by the covenants in Article HKJH. These actions can include Fines, Fees, and legal costs.

Your rights as a homeowner under the covenants are found in Section HJKHKJH

If you have any questions, yadda yadda.

thank you, and have a great day.

Or better yet, the HOMEOWNERS who object to the practice can call the Board of Health.

Why do Boards feel they are the secretary to lazy people in an association who don't want to contact the appropriate government agencies themselves?

If you contact the Board of Health, and nothing gets done, because for whatever reason the BoH doesn't feel it's a problem, then the homeowners will still hold you at fault for not stopping it.

However, if they are taught how to make the complaints themselves, they can better manage their own expectations about whether and how something gets done.

I would also like to see the CC&R that says "Don't feed strays."

Find it odd that would be in a set of governing docs for an HOA, but what do I know? It may be a big deal in Texas.

Linda as far as the strays go call animal control that's what they're there for. As to the pigeons you can hire people with trained falcon's who will quickly eliminate that problem. If the strays are small enough they may take care of that problem too. A city near where I live used to have someone shoot pigeons usually on a Sunday morning when downtown was deserted. They got too many complaints about the policy so they established several falcon nests downtown which keeps the flying rats to a manageable level.

Everyone better hope that these pigeons are not somebodys Homers or Tumblers.

Sounds like animal control should also be called for the stray animals.

here ia an update, for any of you who might be interested. i contacted
the animal control dept and they have advised me that when a person feeds a stray animal, the animal control assumes that they are taking
responsibility for this animal and therefore they have to show proof of
having had the animal licensed with current immunization records, etc.
the animal control investigated and sent an officer to the units of two of the offending homeowners twice and did not get a response when they knocked at their doors. i sent out a letter stating all of the above info and one homeowner has vowed to stop while the other has stopped putting cat food out but still insists on bowls of water and has been seen throwing weiners to a large dog that keeps coming onto the property and management continues to chase off. this lady's response is "i am old and i can do whatever i want to do". (oh the joy of being president of the board!!).

just a bit of editing, and you have one heck of a truthful, political statement about our current administration.

CAPS MEAN YOU ARE SCREAMING SISTA!

First of all.. if you do not have anything in your guideline or cc&r's that prevent feedings of strays.. you are at a loss! Anyone can feed an animal if they so desire wihout enforcement. You can not enforce something that is not a rule or a cc&r.

My suggestion? Change your rules... otherwise you are just farting in the wind and any old lady can feed anything she wants.. besides.. stray cats keep birds away.. becareful of what you wish for. LOL