Weston, FL Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 100.02(G) sits inside Chapter 100's list of prohibited park activities and reads simply: feeding wildlife in any Public Park area or Recreational Facility is prohibited. Weston Code Compliance officers, who patrol the city's park system alongside Broward Sheriff's Office deputies under the city's contract-model policing, cite this section directly rather than any state wildlife statute, since the rule targets park order and sanitation, not species protection. The same Chapter 100 also separately regulates domestic animals under Section 100.02(H), requiring leashes within six feet and immediate removal of fecal matter, so a resident who brings a dog to a Weston park is governed by a different subsection than someone tossing food to geese at the lake behind Weston Regional Park or along the Bonaventure golf corridor.

Because Section 100.02(G) carries no exception for 'a small amount' or 'native species only,' any deliberate feeding, whether of deer near the Everglades-adjacent preserve areas, ducks and geese at the ponds in Weston Town Center's public spaces, or feral cats near a shelter, is charged the same way. The prohibition applies only on Public Park and Recreational Facility property; it does not reach a resident's own yard or an HOA-owned common area outside the city's park inventory. Enforcement runs through the general penalty and code enforcement provisions in Chapter 2 and Chapter 31 of the Code rather than a fireworks- or animal-control-specific fine schedule, so a first citation follows the same escalation ladder as any other unspecified Code violation.