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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 77-9 <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, That: <br />1. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or <br />harbor any dog found at large, which dog is endangering the <br />health and safety of the public, damaging or destroying real <br />or personal property, or is not vaccinated as required by law. <br />2. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or <br />harbor any vicious dog which is not confined in a building or <br />secured enclosure, or to release, either willfully or through <br />a failure to exercise due care or control, or to take such dog <br />out of such(building or secured enclosure in <br />likely to cause injury to a person or damage <br />such manner as is <br />to property of <br />another person, within the unincorporated area of Indian River <br />County. <br />3. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or <br />harbor any dog which habitually barks, whines, howls <br />after persons or vehicles, which destroys or damages <br />of another person, which causes serious annoyance to <br />or runs <br />any property <br />a neighboring <br />resident and interferes with the reasonable use and enjoyment of <br />his property, or which is otherwise offensive so as to create a <br />nuisance, or which defecates or urinates upon any property or <br />premises owned by any person except the property premises of owner <br />of such dog. <br />4. Any person who owns, keeps or harbors any dog which <br />violates any section of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a <br />misdemeanor and punished as provided by law; provided, however, <br />that this Section shall not apply to licensed veterinarians or <br />kennels whose establishments are located within properly zoned <br />areas. <br />This Ordinance shall become effective on the 24th day of <br />June, 1977. <br />