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Midwest City, OK Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

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Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Prohibited use
Maintenance of bird/waterfowl feeding stations
Where it applies
CZ and APZ zones near Tinker AFB
Legal basis
Appendix B § 2.1.5(D), Airport Zoning Ordinance
Penalty
Up to $500 fine or 1 year jail
Outside those zones
No separate citywide wildlife-feeding restriction found

Summary

Within Tinker Air Force Base's Clear Zone and Accident Potential Zones, Midwest City's Airport Zoning Ordinance bans maintaining stations that feed birds or waterfowl, treating them as an aircraft-strike hazard alongside sanitary landfills.

(D)Wildlife Hazards. Any use or storage of materials attracting birds or waterfowl including, but not limited to, operation of sanitary landfills and maintenance of feeding stations.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).

Full Breakdown

Appendix B, the Airport Zoning Ordinance, restricts land uses within Tinker Air Force Base's Clear Zone and Accident Potential Zones (APZ-I, APZ-II) to reduce bird-and-aircraft strike risk. Section 2.1.5(D) lists "maintenance of feeding stations" as a prohibited Wildlife Hazard use, grouped with sanitary landfills and any storage of materials that attracts birds or waterfowl. The prohibition is geographic and use-based, enforced through the City's zoning and building-permit process, not a citywide animal-control rule: outside the mapped CZ/APZ boundary, Midwest City's code does not separately restrict feeding deer, geese, or stray animals.

Violations & Fines

Violating the Airport Zoning Ordinance, including its wildlife-hazard use restrictions, is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine, up to one year in county jail, or both (§ 6.5.1).

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I feed geese or deer anywhere in Midwest City?
Outside the mapped Clear Zone and Accident Potential Zones around Tinker Air Force Base, the city code has no separate ban on feeding wildlife; the restriction applies only to land uses within those airport-safety zones.
Why does Midwest City ban wildlife feeding stations near Tinker AFB?
Feeding stations attract birds and waterfowl, which raises the risk of bird strikes on military aircraft; the ordinance groups the ban with landfills and other bird-attracting land uses in the base's approach and accident zones.

Sources & Official References

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