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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-09INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 77-9 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, That: 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor any dog found at large, which dog is endangering the health and safety of the public, damaging or destroying real or personal property, or is not vaccinated as required by law. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor any vicious dog which is not confined in a building or secured enclosure, or to release, either willfully or through a failure to exercise due care or control, or to take such dog out of such(building or secured enclosure in likely to cause injury to a person or damage such manner as is to property of another person, within the unincorporated area of Indian River County. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor any dog which habitually barks, whines, howls after persons or vehicles, which destroys or damages of another person, which causes serious annoyance to or runs any property a neighboring resident and interferes with the reasonable use and enjoyment of his property, or which is otherwise offensive so as to create a nuisance, or which defecates or urinates upon any property or premises owned by any person except the property premises of owner of such dog. 4. Any person who owns, keeps or harbors any dog which violates any section of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to licensed veterinarians or kennels whose establishments are located within properly zoned areas. This Ordinance shall become effective on the 24th day of June, 1977.