Largo prohibits the keeping of wild, dangerous, or exotic animals in residential areas and defers to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Class I, II, and III licensing standards under Chapter 379 for any captive wildlife possession.
Florida Statute Chapter 379 and FWC rules in Chapter 68A-6, F.A.C., regulate captive wildlife through a tiered Class I, II, and III licensing system. Class I animals such as big cats, bears, great apes, and crocodiles are essentially banned for personal possession; Class II animals require a permit and specific caging; Class III animals (most reptiles, parrots, ferrets) require a no-cost permit. Largo Code Chapter 5 prohibits keeping wild animals in a manner that endangers public safety or violates state law. Residential neighborhoods are not appropriate venues for permitted exotics that require dangerous-animal caging, and Code Compliance coordinates with FWC officers on complaints.
Possession without proper FWC licensure is a state misdemeanor or felony depending on class; city Code Compliance issues additional civil penalties for unsafe animal keeping.
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