Marion Man Asks City Council to Let His Family Keep Their Ducks

Marion resident Scooter Clark has a duck problem.

He's got several mallards at his house that are attached to his family, and, well, they are attached to them.

"They follow us everywhere," he told Marion's City Council Thursday afternoon.

He keeps mallard ducks at his residence on 11th Street and he asked the council to consider an exception to their zoning ordinance that outlaws what it defines as "exotic animals."

That part of Marion's ordinance defines exotic animals a little something like this:

Exotic animals means animals, other than domesticated livestock, poultry, or common pets such as cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, canaries, or other similar pets as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

He argued for the exception because he said the mallards are not a nuisance and are effectively fenced in.

The council did not make a decision, but the issue will be dealt with between Clark and Marion's Planning and Zoning Director Tom Treharne.

But you might wonder how this seemingly average man, with a job as a construction manager and a nice family, would come across some mallards.

He didn't quite understand why either.

"How I got mallard ducks," he told the council. "I have no idea."

Look forward for some more information and visual aids when we talk with the zoning department and Scooter Clark.