Ordinance No. 95-64-7 v ORDINANCE NO. 95-64-7 62-'4 C '7 s - 7"
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF PETS IN THE
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR THE
VACCINATION, REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND TAGGING OF
DOGS AND CATS KEPT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF SAID CITY:
AUTHORIZING THE IMPOUNDING OF UNTAGGED DOGS AND CATS,
AND OF TAGGED DOGS AND CATS IN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES;
AUTHORIZING THE DISPOSITION AND DESTRUCTION OF UN-
REDEEMED IMPOUNDED DOGS AND CATS; AND PROVIDING PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS : Wherever used the following
terms shall 'be_ interpreted as follows;
(a) The term "dog" shall mean and include all members of
the canine family, male and female, three months or more of age,
this includes pet foxes, wolves, etc.
(b) The term "cat" shall mean and include all domestic
felines, four months or more of age.
(c) The term "owner" shall mean and include any person
having a right of property in a dog or cat, or who keeps or
harbors a dog or cat, or who has it in care or in custody.
(d) The term "vaccination against rabies" shall mean the
proper administration of anti-rabies inoculation or vaccination
by a veterinarian licensed by the Board of Veterinary Examiners
of the State of Florida.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION, LICENSE AND TAG:
(a) No owner may keep any dog or cat unless such owner
shall have registered the dog or cat with the City Clerk of
this City and has obtained the license and identification tag
attesting to such registration. A prerequisite for registration
is the submittal to the City Clerk of a certificate of vaccina-
tion showing that the dog or cat was vaccinated within one year
prior to date of application for registration. The City Clerk
shall, upon issuance of license and tag, make record of owners
name and address, ; the number of the tag, the physical descript-
ion of the dog or cat and the date of issue.
(b) Registration and license remain in effect, or valid,
for a period of one year commencing June 1st each year. One-
half year license may be issued after November 30th at one-half
cost of full year license. Registration, licensing and issuance
of tag shall constitute a purchase from the City in the amount
of $2.00 for dogs, and in the amount of $1.00 for cats.
(c) Tags shall be of light weight metal, shall bear the
words ATLANTIC BEACH, the numbers representing the calendar
year and serial numbers in accordance with which the tags shall
be issued. Tags for dogs shall have surface area spproximately
that of a U. S . Quarter Dollar; tags for cats, surface area
approximating the area of a U. S. One Cent. Shape of tags to be
varied from year to year. The tag shall be permanently attach-
ed to collar or harness of the specific animal for which issued,
and must be worn at all times.
SECTION 3 . IMPOUNDMENT:
(a) Any untagged dog or cat running at large on any of
the public streets, parks, playgrounds, alleys, vacant lots or
on the beach of this City, or upon property of any person making
complaint regarding trespass of such dog or cat upon his
premises, shall be taken up by an authorized agent of the City
and confined, or impounded, in a suitable shelter.
(b) Any tagged dog or cat running at large, that may be,
or may have been, committing a nuisance such as defecation,
urination, digging, fighting, howling, lengthy barking or
squalling on any of the public streets, parks, playgrounds,
alleys, vacant lots or on the beach of this City, or upon pri-
vate property of any person making complaint regarding trespass
of such dog or cat upon his premises, shall be taken up by an
authorized agent of the City and confined, or impounded, in a
suitable shelter.
(c) Any dog or cat confined, or impounded, which shows
evidence of disease, or of vicious nature, shall be confined
apart from other dogs or cats. The impoundment shelter shall
have entirely separate spaces available for confinement of dogs
and cats.
(d) The owner of any impounded dog or cat shall be noti-
fied of such impoundment if owners identity can be clearly
established by any means, and such owner may redeem the dog or
cat by payment of the cost of feeding for the period of confine-
ment; and if the animal is unregistered, or overdue for re-
registration, payment of a registration fee double that for
regular registration; that is, $4.00 for dog, and $2.00 for cat.
Impounded dogs and cats which remain unredeemed more than seven
days shall be destroyed in a humane manner by duly authorized
agent, or agency, of the City;
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SECTION 4. RABID OR VICIOUS ANIMALS :
(a) A dog or cat suspected of having rabies, or one
bitten by any animal suspected of having rabies, shall be con-
fined on the owner 's premises. The City Police Department
shall be immediately notified of such suspicion or accident and,
in accordance with the then current requirements of the Duval
County Health Officer, said Police Department shall issue
instructions as to further isolation, observation and treatment
of such dog or cat.
(b) If any person is bitten by a dog or cat, the likeli-
hood of rabies infection is assumed. Accordingly, it shall be
the duty of the person so bitten, the duty of the animal ' s
owner, and the duty of any person observing such incident to
report it immediately to the City Police Department which, in
turn shall immediately notify the Duval County Health Officer
who will issue further instructions. The dog or cat in this
case shall be immediately confined separately from any other
animals and held available for any further action which the
County Health Officer may require.
(c) Any dog or cat known to have bitten a person, and
which has been proven free of rabies infection to full satis-
faction of the County Health Officer shall be deemed to be a
vicious dog or cat. Such animal shall not be allowed to run
at large; shall be kept within a secure enclosure on premises
1 c • of its owner, or held on leash when outside such enclosure for
IL) exercise.
j �� j SECTION 5. PENALTIES : Any person violating any of the
1.10P { , provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction be punished
gb by a fine of not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment in the
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City Jail for a period not in excess of 30 days, or by both
O , such fine and imprisonment.
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c SECTION 6. ORDINANCE NO. 95-61-4 and all Ordinances and
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� parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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o SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall become
effective June 1, 1965.
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`c• i � : Passed by the City Commission on first reading December 14,
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' Passed by the City Commission on second and final reading
" ' > December 28, 1964.
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