Ordinance 163ORDINANCE NO. (~
AN ORDINANCE OF '1916 CITY OF L(Rl t;
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BE IT ENACTED AND ORD4INED BY THE MRFOR ANtl CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY
OF LONGWWD, FLORIDA:
1. It shall be unlawful fot any person to permit any dog to
eun at large within The corporate limits of the city without first
having registered with the city clerk the name and description of
the dog, and the name and place of residence of the own , and paying
a registration fee of one dollar for male dogs and two dollars for
each uns payed female dog.
2. The city clerk shall keep a record o£ the ownership, vame
and des<ri ption of each dog so xe giste red, together with such other
information as may be necessary for identification of the aog so
registered.
3. No tlog shall be r si stered, as provided in Section 1, until
evidence has been pr otlucea to show that such tlog has been inoculated
against rabies within a peri oa of not more than three months pra or
to the First day of January of the year such registration is required.
The certificate of any person licensed to practice verterinary medicine
rn The state or that of any person duly authorized by the City Council
to atlmini st er avtir abic iavc ulati on, may be accepted as evidence of
by whom it was last ivocul ated.
4. The sanrtary officer, official dog catcher or any police
officer of the city is authorized and tlirectcd to capture any tlog
running at large in the city without an anp<u lation tag as re quiretl
by Section 3 ox not re gisterea as required Dy Section 1, antl to keep
such dog For a period of seventy-two hours. During the seventy-two
hours £o 11 owing the apture of any dog not re gistexed and not in-
oculatetl, its owner may redeem such dog upon payment of one and pne-
half dollars per day for the time such tlog is coafinetl, plus ttl'd`
registration fee and the regular fee for inoculation. After the
exp rat rov of seventy-two hours each dog so impoundetl for lack of
re gistxation or root ulation shall be disposed of of humanely destroyed.
5. Upon notification to the police department of the city of any
dog whose actaons are deemed to constitute a nursance. the police
tlepartment shall make an vnvestig ation of the actrons antl habits of
such dog. If the notification wh rch rt has re cerved cs verified, rt
shall be the duty of the police department to notify the owner to
abate the nursance cre atetl by the dog, by confining the dog to the
premises of the owner and not permitting the tlog at large or to be
removed from the place of confinement, except in the custody of the
owner or upon a leash.
fi. In event the ownee rs notified and no action is tak ~ s
provitled by Section 5, then it shall be the duty of the complaining
person to so notify the police department of the city antl the police
tlepartment shall again notify the owner to confine toe dog to his
p ~. In the event the owner fails to comply with the second notr
as provided by Section 6, and the acts of the dog should coma nue to
be a ours an ~ hen the police d p tment shall take such tlog and hold
the same for a periotl of three tlays during whrch time the owner shall
make arrangements to confine such dog to his premises. In event vp
provision is made the police department shall abate the nursance by
humanely disposing of the dog.
8. In the event it becomes net essaxy foe the police department
of the city to kill any dog under the provisions of this article, no
liability shall accrue against it or the city.
9. It shall be unlawful for any own , his agent ox the guardian
of any mrnor owner or the keeper of any proud bitch to permit t4C same
to go at large within the corporate limits of the city at any tame
while such female dog is rn heat.
30. (a) Running at large: It shall be unlawful for the owner
or keeper of any vvcvous or £eroci ous tlog to permit such dog to run
at large within the corporate limits of the city.
(b) ~efini ti on: A vvcvous oe £e rocious dog within the
meav ing of this sectvov shall be one that is of a ferocious or vvcvous
nature or snaps at people or has bitten or attempted to bite People.
(c) To be secured: The owner or keeper of any ferocious
or vvcvous dog as herein defined shall keep any such dog securely
confined by a chain or wv , r vn a kennel or other enclosure, ox on
a leash under the control of some person or pe sons vn charge of such
dog, and muzzled.
11. iF any ferocious or yr cv ous dog be found at large in the city
any police of£i ter of the city shall impound such dog, but i£ it is
impractical to capture such dog For the purpose of impountling, the
police officer shall kill such dog. The owner of any impounded dog
may seta release upon payment to the city tax collector of the
its £
sum of one~¢il-a:ceofor each day said dog is impounded and i£ any such
dog shall not be redeemed by the owner within ten days after the im
pounding thereof, said dog shall be disposed of.
12. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance and should any person or
persons violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, then they
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or
imprisonment For a term not exceeding Four months or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
13. All o[dinances o[ parts of ordi nancea in conflict herewith
are hereby repealetl.
14. This oxd irtance shall take effec ~. ,:~.. ~epon its final
passage and adoption.
A-OPTEn at a regular meeting of the City Council o£ 4he (~utr ,qf
Longwood, Florida, this ,~~~U day o. isY.
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