Kissimmee, FL Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Scope
- Entire city corporate limits
- Designation
- Bird sanctuary since at least 1976
- Stated penalty
- None specified in this section
- Citation
- Kissimmee City Code § 6-58
Summary
Kissimmee has designated its entire corporate limits as a bird sanctuary under city code, though the ordinance does not itself spell out specific hunting or harm restrictions.
The entire area now embraced by the corporate limits of the city shall be designated as a bird sanctuary.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
Section 6-58 designates the entire area within Kissimmee's corporate limits as a bird sanctuary. The ordinance is a single declarative sentence carried forward from a 1976 city code provision and does not set out its own list of prohibited acts, permits, or a stated penalty for harming birds within the sanctuary. Any enforcement of hunting, trapping, or harassment of wild birds in Florida is governed by state wildlife law administered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, not by a city-specific penalty tied to this section.
Violations & Fines
The section itself states no penalty; violations of chapter 6 animal-control provisions generally are punished under the citywide general penalty section, section 1-22.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Kissimmee's bird sanctuary designation ban hunting birds in the city?
Is this the same as a state or federal wildlife refuge?
Sources & Official References
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