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LAW, BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE SUCH A LAW AND HAS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, MRS. VERA FALCO OF 2646 VICTORY BOULEVARD WHICH IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, INFORMED THE FOARD THAT SHE IS A MEMBER OF A KENNEL CLUB,, HER DOGS ARE FENCED, WELL DISCIPLINED AND CARED FOR.; AND SHE IS VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO A LIMITATION OF 3 DOGS IN ANY SINGLE FAMILY DI.STRIC`i', CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED HER THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE DOES NOT AFFECT ANY MUNICIPALITY, ONLY THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY, BUT INSTRUCTED THAT HER LETTER BE.MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES, AS FOLLOWS: March 22, 1977 RE: ORDINANCE LIMITING NUMBER OF DOGS PER FAMILY The Stuart -Fort Pierce Kennel Club is a non-profit organization, sanctioned by The American Kennel Club. We are a group of people who are interested in promoting the BETTERMENT of pure-bred dogs --- this means improvement of QUALITY NOT QUANTITY. Our organization serves the tri -county area (St. Lucie, Martin, and Indian River Counties) and 32% of our membership comes from Iridian River County and 55.5% of our Officers and Board of Directors are Vero Beach residents. Dogs ar, our hobby and we must be dedicated to pursue it.... for, unlike other hobbies which can be enjoyed by whim, our dogs require full time care and a.6ention. It is necessary that the dogs be well cared for, clean, mannerly, and healthy in order to be successful-- or even involved in --this hobby. We appreciate clean surroundings ---house and yard--- and endeavor to pick up after our dogs and keep them as clean and healthy as possible. We respect our neighbors` rights not to be annoyed by constant noise and try to keep our dogs reasonably quiet and, in fact, most are much quieter than the "one dog per family" dog who is tied out in his yard or who roams the community. We believe in having the proper facilities to,care for our animals and confine them to a fenced in area or yard for their protection and for that of our neighbors. We care for our dogs and they are a large monitary investment, therefore they do not run the streets or harm property of our neighbors or the County. We feel that passage of any type of ordinance to limit the number of dogs a family may own will do nothing to solve any "dog problem" the County has and will at the same time penalize us, who are conscientious about our dogs, by infringing on our rights to pursue this hobby. It has been our observation that the main dog problems are dogs that run loose and destroy property; soil public and private areas, injure the public by biting, and generally create a nuisance and that THESE belong, for the most part, to one and two dog" families -----families that simply don't care about their animals, regardless of the number that they have. The fact remains that WE DO CARE ----CARE for our DOGS and CARE for our COMMUNITY and for OURSELVES! We urge you not to limit the quantity of dogs a family may have and concentrate on the "strays" - and "loose" dogs which are the main source of the County dog problem. ! 4 I ` Respectfully submitted, THE STUART-FORT PIERCE KENNEL CLUB i . 36 MAR 2 3 1977 ! 1' Iv� •"d', �(4v