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AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE
"PALM BEACH COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL ORDINANCE
OF 1998" AMENDING PALM BEACH COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 4
(ORDINANCE NO. 89-2, AS AMENDED); PROVIDING FOR SHORT
TITLE; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR FEMALES
IN HEAT; PROVIDING FOR DOG AND CAT CONTROL; PROVIDING
FOR ANIMALS CREATING NUISANCES; PROVIDING FOR
SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTATION/ANIMALS AS PRIZES; PROVIDING
FOR INJURED ANIMALS, ACTION REQUIRED; PROVIDING FOR
KEEPING/ADOPTING STRAY ANIMALS AND MAINTAINING FERAL
CATS; PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL WASTE; PROVIDING FOR RABIES
VACCINATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DOG AND CAT RABIES/LICENSE
TAGS; PROVIDING FOR REDEMPTION AND ADOPTION; PROVIDING
FOR ADOPTION FEES AND STERILIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
DOGS AND CATS; PROVIDING FOR RECORDS; PROVIDING FOR
HUMANE EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL BITES AND
QUARANTINING; PROVIDING FOR PLACEMENT AND IMPOUNDMENT
OF HONEYBEE HIVES; PROVIDING FOR GUARD DOGS; PROVIDING
FOR EVICTIONS, JAIL TERMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE
ADJUDICATIONS AND OTHER INVOLUNTARY OCCURRENCES, EFFECT
ON ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR DISPOSAL OF BODIES OF DEAD
ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR LIVESTOCK; PROVIDING FOR NUMBER
OF ANIMALS, ACREAGE RESTRICTIONS/EXCESS ANIMAL
HABITATS; PROVIDING FOR KENNEL, EXCESS ANIMAL HABITAT,
PET SHOP, GROOMING PARLOR, COMMERCIAL STABLE PERMITS;
PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL CARE/MANNER OF KEEPING; PROVIDING
FOR DOGS AND CATS OFFERED FOR SALE, HEALTH
REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL AGENCIES; PROVIDING
FOR DANGEROUS DOGS AND VICIOUS DOGS; PROVIDING FOR
ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL HEARING BOARD; PROVIDING FOR
INTERFERENCE WITH ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR
VIOLATIONS, CIVIL INFRACTIONS, CIVIL PENALTIES;
PROVIDING FOR FIRST OFFENDERS COURSE; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
FOR APPLICABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF LAWS IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature in Chapter 69-1432, Laws of
Florida, granted to Palm Beach County the responsibility for
animal control in Palm Beach County;
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County, Florida, adopted Palm Beach County Animal Regulation
Ordinances 89-2 and 93-24; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County, Florida desires to repeal Palm Beach County Animal
Regulation Ordinances 89-2 and 93-24 and replace them with the
following Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Florida Statute Chapter 125.01 authorizes the Board
of County Commissioners of Palm Beach County to provide and
maintain for the citizens and animals of said county, standards
which insure their health, welfare and well-being; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm Beach
County recognizes that the public health and safety of the
residents of the county will best be served by enacting animal
control legislation; and
WHEREAS, effective animal care and control includes the
licensing of certain animals, impoundment of strays, operation of
animal shelters, disposition and adoption of animals, prohibiting
certain acts contrary to the public health and general welfare,
administration of rabies vaccination programs, pet overpopulation
programs and protection of animals against cruelty.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
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