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ORDINANCE 97- 19 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER <br />302 - ANIMAL CONTROL AND KENNEL <br />REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH A FEE <br />PROCEDURE FOR DANGEROUS DOGS. <br />WHEREAS, the Florida Statutes Section 767.14 authorizes local <br />governments to establish restrictions or additional requirements to Chapter <br />767, F.S. ; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to have the financial burden of <br />administering "Dangerous Doe requirements rest with the owner of the <br />"Dangerous Dog," <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, that: <br />SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. <br />A new section 302.092 is added to read as follows: <br />Section 203.092. Fee procedure for dangerous dogs. <br />a) When it has been determined that a dog is a "Dangerous Dog" as <br />defined in this chapter, the dangerous dog will not be released to the <br />owner until all costs of boarding the animal and all requirements have <br />been completed and verified by the animal control director. <br />b) The cost of investigating and administering the dangerous dog <br />requirements shall be borne by the owner of the dangerous dog and <br />shall be established by resolution. <br />c) If at any step in the dangerous dog process the dog is determined not to <br />be dangerous, the dog shall be returned to the owner at no cost to the <br />owner. <br />SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. <br />If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this <br />ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, <br />such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it <br />shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass the ordinance <br />without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part. <br />SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by the Clerk <br />with the Office of the Secretary of State of the state of Florida within ten days <br />after enactment, and this ordinance shall take effect upon filing with the <br />Secretary of State. <br />Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian <br />River County, Florida, on this ,qday of J u n e ,1997. <br />This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on the <br />19 day of M a Y , 1997, for a public hearing to be held on the 1 day of <br />June 1997, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner <br />Adams , seconded by Commissioner M a c h t , and adopted by the <br />following vote: <br />19 <br />JUNE 39 1997 <br />BOOK 101 FACE657 <br />