HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-057RESOLUTION NO. 72-57
WHEREAS, Indian River County Ordinance No. 72-7
relating to Indian River County animals, requires the
vaccination, certification and tagging of certain dogs;
authorizes the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, to cause certain animals to be
impounded, examined and disposed of; and makes cerain
conduct with respect to animals and impounding officers,
agents, and employees unlawful; and
WHEREAS, Indian River County Ordinance No. 72-7
authorizes and empowers the Board of County Commissioners
of Indian River County, Florida, to acquire, maintain, and
operate facilities for the care and disposition of animals,
either upon its own part or by entering into a contract
therefor with any non-profit corporation in said County
owning or operating such a facility or service; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida, has entered into a contract with
the Humane Society of Vero Beach, Inc., a non-profit corp-
oration, whereby said Soceity has agreed to provide facilities
and render services to said County for the compensation set
forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Indian River County Ordinance No. 72-7
authorizes the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, to designate impounding officers and to
adopt and enforce rules and regulations carrying out the
purpose of said Ordinance,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida:
1. Between January 1st. and April 30 0£ each year
every such owner or keeper shall cause every such dog as
�h described in Indian River County Ordinance No. 72-7
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to be vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian licensed
40 to practice in the State of Florida. Such owner or keeper
shall obtain from such veterinarian upon a triplicate form
provided by the Indian River County Tax Collector or his
representative a certificate identifying the dog and its
owner or keeper and certifying the date upon which said dog was
duly vaccinated against rabies.
2. On or before April 30 of each year, every such
owner or keeper shall register his name, address and telephone
number and the name, breed, color, and sex of such dog by
filing his copy of the form with the Indian River County Tax
Collector or his representative and paying a license fee of
Four Dollars ($4.00), which shall be deposited in the general
funds of Indian River County, Florida. The Indian River
County Tax Collector or his representative shall furnish such
person a metal or similar license tag for such dog on which
shall be stamped the year and registration number of the dog.
The Indian River County Tax Collector or his representative
shall endorse such numbers onthe triplicate forms and keep
the originals as a registry of all licensed dogs. He shall
return one copy to the owner or keeper, and shall promptly
transmit the other copy to the Humane Society of Vero Beach.
Inc.
3. Any person, firm or corporation acquiring any
such dog after April 30 of any year, or whose dog becomes
five (5) months old after April 30 of any year, shall cause
such dog to be so vaccinated, registered and tagged within
thirty (30) days after acquiring such dog or within thirty
(30) days after such dog becomes five (5) months old. The
annual fee for dogs not registered until on or after October
31 of each year and not required to be registered earlier
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than such date shall be one-half the regular license fee.
4. The Sheriff of Indian River County, Florida,
is hereby appointed and designated as impounding officer
m3b of Indian River County, Florida, in addition to the impound-
ing officers hereinafter named. The Sheriff and his
deputies are hereby authorized to receive, catch, pick up
and impound any animal running or roaming at large or
believed to be a stray and any dog not vaccinated, certified
or tagged in accordance with Indian River County Ordinance
No. 72 - -7 and this Resolution, and to receive, catch,
pick up and impound any animal believed to have rabies or
other infectious or contagious disease and to deliver any
such animal to the Humane Society of Vero Beach, Inc.
5. The Humane Society of Vero Beach, Inc., its
agents and employees, are hereby appointed and designated
impounding officers of Indian River County.
6. The said Society, its agents and employees,
are hereby authorized to receive, catch,pick up and impound
any animal running or roaming at large or believed to be a
stray and any dog not vaccinated, certified or tagged in
accordance with Indian River County Ordinance No. 72 - 7
and this Resolution. The said Society is hereby authorized
to humanely destroy or otherwise dispose of any such
animal whose owner or keeper is not known or which is not
redeemed after notice has been given by said Society to
the person, firm or corporation owning, possessing, harbor-
ing, keeping or maintaining such animal, that said dog may
be redeemed upon payment of accrued fees and charges and
compliance with the provisions of this Resolution.
7. The said Society, its agents and employees,
are hereby further authorized to receive, catch, pick up
and impound any animal in said County believed to have
rabies or other infectious or contagious disease. The said
Society is hereby authorized to engage the services of a licensed
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® veterinarian to observe or treat any such animal, and any
other impounded animal believed to have rabies or other
sWinfectious or contagious disease, at the expense of the
owner or keeper and to destroy any such animal without
compensation to the owner or keeper upon certification by
the attending veterinarian that the continued existence
of such animal jeopardizes public health, safety and
welfare.If it does not appear that the continued existence
of such animal jeopardizes public health, safety or welfare,
the said Society shall return such animal to the person, firm,
or corporation owning, possessing, harboring, keeping or
maintaining the same upon payment of accrued fees or charges.
The said Society is hereby granted discretionary authority
to immediately and humanely destroy or otherwise dispose of
any such sick or diseased animal whose condition is such
that its continued existence would be inhumane.
9. Said Society is hereby authoritzed to charge
for receiving, catching, picking up, impounding, boarding
and keeping any animal sought to be redeemed the following
fees and charges:
Two Dollars ($2.00) per day or fraction of a day
which the said Board hereby authorizes said Society to retain
as partial compensation for services rendered by said Society
on behalf of said Board. The said Society is hereby further
authorized to retain as partial compensation for services
rendered by said Society on behalf of said Board any sums
which said Society may receive as payment for any animal_
not redeemed which the Society elects to sell rather than
to destroy. The said Society is hereby authorized to require,
as a condition to the redemption of any impounded animal,
that the owner or keeper pay the reasonable fees of any vet-
erinarian who rendered services for such animal at the request
of the said Society.
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9. During the term of the contract between said
• Board and said Society, and any renewal thereof, the said
Society, its agents and employees, are hereby vested with
® all of the powers and authorities granted to said Board,
to receive, catch, pick up, impound and otherwise deal with
animals, to engage the services of licensed veterinarians
and to humanely destroy or otherwise dispose of animals
not redeemed in accordance with law and this Resolution.
Although the relationship of said Society to said Board
shall be that of independent contractor, rather than that
of agent or employee, and the agents and employees of
said Society do not occupy the status of agent or employee
of said County, the said Society, its agents and employees
shall enjoy with respect to third persons the privileges
and immunities of agents or employees of said Board while
performing the duties imposed upon them by said contract
and this Resolution.
10. This Resolution shall apply throughout the
territory of Indian River County outside any municipality.
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