Flagler County, FL Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 13-2 of the county code, adopted in 2019, prohibits a list of activities on lands owned by the county without prior approval, and feeding any wildlife is one of eight listed prohibited acts, alongside killing, harassing or removing fauna, cutting or harvesting flora, digging or removing soil, sand or rock, igniting fire, erecting fixtures or structures, overnight camping, and introducing, depositing or abandoning plants or animals (Sec. 13-2(a)). The rule is narrower than a general local no-feeding ordinance: by its terms it applies to "lands owned by the county," meaning county parks, conservation land and other county-held property in unincorporated Flagler County, not to private residential yards or to land inside Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Beverly Beach, Bunnell or Marineland.

The code builds in an evidentiary shortcut for prosecutors: in any case charging a violation, proof that the accused was in constructive or actual possession of tools commonly used to conduct the prohibited activity is prima facie evidence of intent to violate the section (Sec. 13-2(b)). The prohibition does not apply to individuals expressly authorized by law to engage in the listed activities, such as county staff performing habitat management (Sec. 13-2(c)).