Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1040 — reading text

City of Fort Walton Beach dk i1to4t ~~ g: yY @~ 1040 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 610. ANIMALS. OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH. FLORIDA. BY AMENDING SECTION 610. 01 DEFINITIONS. SUBSECTION ( 0); SECTION 610. 04 LICENSING. INOCULATION. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING; SECTION 610. 05 PERMITS FOR COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENTS. SUBSECTION ( f); SECTION 610. 07 RESTRAINT OF CERTAIN ANIMALS. SUBSECTIONS ( e) AND ( f); SECTION 610. 08 IMPOUNDING; REDEMPTION. SUBSECTIONS ( h). ( j) AND ( k); PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH. FLORIDA: SECTION I. That Section 610. 01 subsection ( 0) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Fort Walton Beach. Florida. is hereby amended as follows: 610. 01 DEFINITIONS. 0) " Restraint" means any deg"t animal or dog or cat: 1) Secured by a leash or lead; 2) Under the control of a responsible person and obedient to that person' s commands within the real property limits of its owner; or 3) Within a structure or a fenced enclosure within the real property limits of its owner. SECTION II. That Section 610. 04 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Fort Walton Beach. Florida. is hereby amended as follows: 610. 04 bf6ENSfNG- eF- BeGS- ANB- 6A~S LICENSING. INOCULATION. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING: a) Any person ~- ng-. keeping-. - h.! tr' b-O" rin-g- heTi1'tg""~- e1:'-- o-r--.! t-dog a~-~~~~~~~~-~ e1:'-~ he- Mttft~ e~ pa~~ ty- sha~~- ebta~n- a i:~~ ense- a"S-~- i' ded-- thi- 1'r-- s-- s- c- e-tion-. Unless otherwise exeapted by this part. every owner maintaining a cat or dog over the age of four months is required not less than annually to have the animal inoculated against rabies. registered with the veterinarian who administered or is responsible for the administration of the inoculation and licensed by the City or County. b) tten-~~ W1:'~ fe1:'-~~- sh8~~-~- made-~- tne-~- e1:' ts-~~-.! tgent.--~~~~ ionB sha~~-~~- tne-~- and ess-- ef--~-~~. ~-~~~~~~- add1:' ef--~ he-~-~-~~-- tne epp1:' ep1:'~8~ e-- f~-~-~-~~-~-~-~--.! t--l~~ ensed 8n-- er'-~~ n81:'~ ete1:'~ i-tb-~ r'.! es-~~. Evidence of inoculation shall consist of a tag of an appropriate si~e. bearing the registration number of the animal. which tag shall be valid for twelve months or until the tiae of the next required inoculation. whichever occurs first. and shall be furnished to the owner by the veterinarian who adainistered or is responsible for the adainist rat ion of the inoculation or who established that the aniaal has been 80 inoculated within the preceding twelve- month period. The tag shall be issued at the tiae of inoculation or at the tiae the veterinarian establishes that the aniaal was so inoculated within the preceding twelve-aonth period and promptly shallJ>. e affixed to a collar which shall be by worn the aniaal at all times. In case a tag is lost or destroyed. the veterinarian shall issue a replaceaent tag. upon receipt of a reasonable fee from the owner or the veterinarian may not require any fee. LITHO 8Y VITRO PRESS