Port Orange, FL Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 10-21 targets the outdoor feeding that draws strays and feral animals into neighborhoods. Anyone who is not a registered participant in the city's community cat program must get prior written authorization from the property owner or an authorized representative before feeding cats or dogs outdoors on land that is not their own. Feeding is confined to daylight hours only, and all cat and dog food must be stored so animals other than the intended cat or dog cannot get to it; no food may be discarded outdoors, and food must be kept securely indoors between feedings to avoid attracting pests, rodents, or wildlife.

The ordinance also fixes a hard daily ceiling on what can be put out: no more than eight cups of food per dog and no more than four cups per cat in any 24-hour period, which keeps outdoor feeding from functioning as an ongoing food source for a colony outside the sanctioned community cat program. 00. The daylight-hours and quantity limits apply regardless of whether the animals being fed are owned pets, neighborhood strays, or unregistered feral cats, which is what distinguishes this rule from the separate community cat program that gives registered caregivers a lawful path to manage colonies.