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147ORDINANCE NO. 147 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF ALL DOGS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA: PROHIBITING DOGS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS DURING CERTAIN. PERIODS: AUTHORIZING THE IKPOUNDING AND DESTRUCTION OF DOGS: PROVIDING A PENALTY AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. n BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA 1�. SECTION 1: Definition of Terms. As used in this ordinance, unless the contest otherwise indicates. (a) "Dog" shall be intended to mean both male and female. (b) "Owner" shall be intended to mean any person or persons, firms, association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog. (c) "At Large" shall be intended to mean off the premises of the owner, and not under the control of the owner or a member of his immediate family, either by leash, cord, chain or otherwise. SECTION 2: License and Registration Required. All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the City of Edgewater shall be licensed and registered if over three months of age. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of a license tax of $1.00 for each male or spayd female and $2.00 for each unspayd female. Each owner shall give owners name and address, and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept by him. The provision of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners are non-residents temporarily within the City, nor to dogs brought into the City for the purpose of participating in any dog show nor to "seeing -eye" dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actuary being used by blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place. SECTION 3: Tag and Collar. Upon payment of the license fee, the City Clerk shall issue to the owner a license fee receipt and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The shape of the tag shall be changed every year and shall have stamped thereon the year for which it was issued, and the number corresponding with the number on the receipt. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a color to which the license tag must be af- fixed, and shall see that the collar and tag are constantly worn. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a new tag will be issued by the Clerk upon presentation of a receipt showing the payment of the license fee for the current year, and the payment of a twenty-five (25) cent fee for such tag. Dog tags shall not be transferrable from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of death of the dog or the ownerts leaving the City before expiration of the license period. SECTION 4: Running at Large Prohibited During Certain Periods. No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large if unlicensed, nor shall arty dog be permitted to run at large at any time between the hours of 8:00 P.M. of one day and 7:00 A.M. of the following day. SECTION 5• Impounding. It shall be the duty of every Police Officer or Pound - master to apprehend any dog found running at large contrary to the provisions of Section 4 and to impound such dog in the City pound or other suitable place. The poundmaster (or some other designated official) upon receiving any dog shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color, and sex of such dog and whether licensed. If licensed he shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. Licensed dogs shall be separated from unlicensed dogs. SECTION 6: Notice to Owner and Redemption. Not later than two (2) days after impounding of any dog, the owner shall be notified, or if the owner of the dog is un- known, written notice shall be posted for two (2) days at the City Hall in the City of Edgewater, describing the dog and the place and time of taking. The owner of any dog so impounded may reclaim such dog upon payment of license fee, if unpaid, and of all cost and charges incurred by the City of Edgewater for impounding and maintenance of said dog. The following charges shall be paid, $1.00 for impounding any dog; for keeping any dog $0.50 per day; for giving notice $1.00. SECTION 7: Disposition of Unclaimed or Infected Dogs. It shall be the duty of the poundmaster to keep all dogs im- pounded for a period of six days. If at the expiration of six days from the date of notice to the owner or posting of notice such dog shall not have been redeemed, it may be des- troyed or adopted as a pet by a person by paying all charges and procuring license tag. Any unlicensed dog required by law to be licensed or any dog which appears to be suffering from rabies, or affected with hydrophobia, mange or other in- fections or dangerous disease shall not be released but. may be forthwith destroyed. SECTION 8: Confinement of Certain Dogs. No dogs of fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities and no female dog in heat, whether licensed or not, shall be allowed to run at large or upon the premises of one other than the owner. I£ any such dog is found running at large in violation of this provision it shall be taken up and impounded and shall not be released except upon approval of Police Chief after payment of the fees provided in Section 6; Provided, however, that if any dangerous, fierce, or vicious dog so found at large, cannot be safely taken up and impounded, such dog may be destroyed by any policeman. SECTION 9: Muzzling. Whenever it become necessary to safeguard the public from the dangers of hydrophobia, the Mayor, if he deems it necessary, shall issue a proclamation ordering every person owning or keeping a dog to confine it securely on his premises unless such dog shall have a muzzle of sufficient strength to prevent its biting any person. Any unmuzzled dog running at large dur- ing the time of the proclamation shall be seized and impounded, unless noticeably infected with rabies and displaying vicious propensities, shall be killed by the policeman without notice to the owner. Dogs impounded during the first two days of such proclamation shall, if claimed within five days be released to the owner, unless infected with rabies, upon payment of the im- pounding charges provided for in Section 6. If unclaimed after that period, such dog may be summarily destroyed. SECTION 10: Rabies Notice. If a dog is believed to have rabies or has been bitten by a dog suspected of having rabies, such dog shall be confined by a leash or chain on the owners premises and shall be placed under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of two weeks. The owner shall notify the poundmaster of the fact that his dog has been exposed to rabies and at 4is discretion the poundmaster is empowered tohave such dog removed from the ownerrs premises to a veterinary hospital and there placed under observation for a period of two weeks at the .expense of the owner. It shall be unlawful for any person knowing or suspecting a dog has rabies to allow such dog to be taken off his premises or beyond the limits of the City without the written permission of the Police Chief. Every owner or other persons, upon ascertaining a dog is rabid shall immediately notify the poundmaster or Police Chief, who shall either remove the dog to the pound or summarily destroy it. SECTION 11: Vaccination. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to keep, maintain or allow such dog to run at large unless it shall have been vaccinated by a licensed veterinary surgeon with anti -rabies vaccine, within one year preceding the date on which such dog is kept, maintained or allowed to run at large. SECTION 12: Penalties. Any owner found violating any provisions of the ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 45.00 or not more than $25.00 for such offense. SECTION 13: Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. All existing ordinances of the City of Edgewater are hereby re- pealed, insofar as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 14: Separability of Provisions. It is the intent of the City Council that each separate provision of this ordinance shall be deemed independent of all other pro- visions herein, and it is further the intention of the City Council that if any provision of this ordinance be declared invalid, all other provisions hereof shell remain valid and enforceable. SECTION 15: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval of the Mayor. The above Ordinance was read in full and passed by the vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at a regular meeting on the llth day of March, A. D. 1957. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the requirement of reading said ordinance upon second reading was waived, and the ordinance was ordered put upon final passage. Passed by the vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 11th day of March, A. D. 1957, and approved as provided by Law, the vote of said Council on roll call being as follows: - Mayor r Councilman 1 i City Clerk Approved this llth day of March, A. D. 1957-