Code of Ordinances Supplement 42SUPPLEMENT NO. 42
June 2009
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Village of
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
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license for each dog or cat from the county animal
control.
(b) Failure to have a dog or cat properly li-
censed shall result in an automatic fine of at least
ten dollars ($10.00) for each separate offense.
(Code 1970, § 4-13; Ord. No. 206-70, § 7; Ord. No.
210-70, § l; Ord. No. 10-76, § 1, 6-10-76)
Sec. 4-25. Collar and tag-Required.
Every owner shall provide each dog and cat
more than four (4) months of age kept, harbored
or otherwise maintained by him in the village
with a sturdy collar to which the license tag
referred to in section 4-24 of this Code shall be
securely fastened and it shall be the owner's duty
to make certain that the collar and tag are worn
at all times by the dog or cat when off the owner's
premises.
(Code 1970, § 4-19; Ord. No. 10-76, § 2, 6-10-76)
Sec. 4-26. Same-Unauthorized removal.
No person, other than the owner or keeper,
shall remove or cause to be removed the collar or
tag required by section 4-25 of this Code from any
dog or cat within the village.
(Code 1970, § 4-20; Ord. No. 206-70, § 8)
Sec. 4-27. Prohibited in certain areas; excep-
tions.
(a) The owner of any dog or cat shall not
permit or allow such dog or cat to be or enter upon
any church premises, public hall or building,
school premises, restaurant, store, market or any
place where food or drink is commercially dis-
pensed or sold.
(b) In public parks where the village has set
aside a portion of the park for use as a dog park,
dogs are only permitted in that dedicated area. In
all other public parks, dogs shall be permitted in
all areas with the exception of playgrounds and
dedicated athletic fields and courts, including, but
not limited to, tennis courts, basketball courts,
baseball fields, softball fields, racquetball courts
and volleyball courts, provided that the person
having possession, charge, custody or control of
§ 4-28
the dog complies with all other requirements of
this article, including, but not limited to, sections
4-28, 4-31 and 4-32 below.
(c) Any dog or cat found running at large in
any public park of the village shall be impounded
by the police department in the manner provided
for in section 4-30.
(d) The provisions of paragraphs (a) through
(c) shall not apply to guide and service dogs
pursuant to F.S. section 413.08, nor shall the
provisions of paragraphs (a) through (c) apply to
dogs and cats being exhibited at pet shows or dog
training schools during the time said shows and
training schools are being conducted, all of which
must be within the confines of premises and areas
set out in paragraphs (a) through (c), above.
(Code 1970, §§ 4-11, 4-12; Ord. No. 206-70, § 9;
Ord. No. 13-80, § 1, 6-12-80; Ord. No. 25-98, § 1,
10-8-98; Ord. No. 02-2004, § 1, 1-22-04; Ord. No.
2009-006, § 2, 6-11-09)
Sec. 4-28. Running at large.
(a) Dogs on streets and sidewalks. No person
owning or having possession, charge, custody or
control of any dog shall cause, permit or allow the
dog to stray, run, be, go or in any other manner to
be at large in or upon any public park, street or
sidewalk unless accompanied by an attendant
who shall have such dog firmly held by collar and
leash, which leash is not to exceed eight (8) feet in
length.
(b) Dogs on property of others. No person own-
ing or having possession, charge, custody or con-
trol of any dog shall cause, permit or allow the dog
to stray, run, be, go or in any other manner to be
at large in or upon private property of others
within the village without the express or implied
consent of the owner of such private property.
(c) Cats. No person owning, harboring or hav-
ing in his possession any cat shall knowingly
permit or allow such cat to run at large within the
village, or knowingly allow such cat to be upon
any street, boulevard, road or alley of the village
or in any yard or enclosure other than the yard or
enclosure occupied or owned by such cat owner
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(Code 1970, § 4-21; Ord. No. 206-70, § 12; Ord. No.
3-75, § l; Ord. No. 10-76, § 3, 6-10-76; Ord. No.
2009-006, § 2, 6-11-09)
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Sec. 4-29. Vicious, biting and attacking dogs.
(a) It shall be the duty of the owner of any dog
to prevent such dog from biting or attacking any
person in the village, and if a person is bitten by
a dog he shall report the incident to the depart-
ment of public safety immediately.
(b) Whenever any dog shall have bitten any
person, the director of public safety may order
such dog quarantined in the county animal rescue
league shelter or county animal control center or
in a veterinarian's kennel, or on the owner's
premises, for period extending not longer than
fourteen (14) days from the date of biting.
(c) All expense incurred while the dog is in
quarantine shall be borne by the owner, keeper or
harborer of the dog.
(d) Any dog which may unprovokedly bite or
attack any person in the village is hereby de-
clared to be a public nuisance and such dog may
be apprehended and impounded at any time by
any police officer, or other person charged with
the enforcement of this chapter. If such dog is
impounded, the owner shall have no right to
redeem the dog if it has unprovokedly attacked or
bitten any person or persons in the village on two
(2) or more separate occasions within any twenty-
four-month period unless he shall remove such
dog from the village, immediately upon redemp-
tion and shall not thereafter keep, harbor or
otherwise maintain such dog in the village at any
time. A dog bite or attack shall be considered
unprovoked if the dog which bites or attacks is
unleashed or not confined on the owner's pre-
mises at the time.
(Code 1970, § 4-26; Ord. No. 206-70, § 5; Ord. No.
10-76, § 4, 6-10-76)
Sec. 4-30. Impoundment.
(a) Required. Whenever a dog or cat is within
the corporate limits of the village in violation of
the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty
of any police officer of the village, when such fact
shall be called to his attention, to take charge of
such dog or cat and impound it.
(b) Notice. Any police officer or other employee
of the village who impounds or otherwise acquires
possession of a dog or cat who has a license tag
affixed to such animal, shall make every effort to
notify the owner as soon as is reasonably possible.
(c) Redemption by owner: Within forty-eight
(48) hours thereafter, the owner of such dog or cat
may apply for its release and such release shall be
granted providing the owner shall have paid
whatever fines, if any, may have been imposed for
the violation of this chapter and providing the
owner shall also pay a pickup fee of ten dollars
($10.00) plus a boarding fee of three dollars ($3.00)
for each day the dog or cat is impounded following
the first day of impoundment.
(d) Disposition upon owner's failure to redeem.
If the owner of the dog or cat shall not make
application for its release within forty-eight (48)
hours, or shall not pay the charges and fines
above referred to, then the director of public
safety will release such dog or cat to the county
animal rescue league.
(Code 1970, § 4-34; Ord. No. 206-70, § 13; Ord. No.
8-73, § l; Ord. No. 13-80, § 2, 6-12-80)
Sec. 4-31. Persons walking dogs responsible
for removal of waste.
It shall be unlawful for any person, while
walking a dog, to permit such dog to defecate
upon private property not owned by such person
or not owned by the owner of the dog, or upon
public property, including, but not limited to,
public parks, sidewalks and Swale areas, without
removing the fecal matter immediately after such
defecation has ended.
(Ord. No. 8-79, § 1, 5-10-79; Ord. No. 2009-006,
§ 2, 6-11-09)
Sec. 4-32. Persons walking dogs to carry
waste-removal implements.
Any person who walks a dog off the premises
where the owner of the dog resides or off the
premises where the person who is walking the
dog resides shall carry with him, at all times
when so walking a dog, appropriate implements
to remove any fecal matter deposited by the dog
on public property or upon private property not
owned by the owner of the dog nor owned by the
person walking the dog, together with adequate
containers to carry the fecal matter back to the
private property of the owner of the dog or back to
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the private property of the person walking the
dog. In lieu of the foregoing, persons walking dogs
off the premises where the owner of the dog
resides or where the person walking the dogs
resides may deposit fecal matter in receptacles
specifically provided and dedicated for that pur-
pose.
(Ord. No. 8-79, § 2, 5-10-79; Ord. No. 2009-006,
§ 2, 6-11-09)
Secs. 4-33-4-41. Reserved.
ARTICLE III. RABIES CONTROL
Sec. 4-42. Rabid animals-Declared nui-
sance.
Any dog, cat or other animal suffering from
rabies is hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and any such animal may be slain by any police
officer, or other person charged with the enforce-
ment of this chapter, if the same cannot be safely
apprehended and impounded.
(Code 1970, § 4-30)
Sec. 4-43. Same-Confinement.
It shall be the duty of any person keeping,
harboring or otherwise maintaining any dog, cat
or other animal suffering from rabies to place it
immediately in a veterinary hospital or, upon
demand, to surrender such dog, cat or other
animal to any police officer, or other person charged
with the enforcement of this chapter.
(Code 1970, § 4-31)
Sec. 4-44. Same-Duty to report; impound-
ing.
(a) It shall be the duty of every person who
discovers that any dog, cat or other animal has
been bitten by a dog, cat or other animal suffering
with rabies to report such fact immediately to the
director of public safety. Such report shall give the
name, if known, the place of residence of the
person keeping, harboring or otherwise maintain-
ing any such dog, cat or other animal, the place
where the same can be found, and the license
numbers of any such dog or cat, if known.
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(b) Any such dog, cat or other animal shall be
immediately confined in a veterinary hospital or
taken up and impounded and securely kept until
it can be determined whether any such dog, cat or
other animal is suffering with rabies.
(Code 1970, § 4-32)
Sec. 4-45. Muzzles; when required.
Whenever the mayor, by proclamation, shall
declare that danger from rabies is great, it shall
be unlawful to permit or allow any dog or cat upon
the public street, alley or sidewalk or other place
unless such dog or cat is securely muzzled.
(Code 1970, § 4-33)
Sec. 4-46. Reporting death or destruction.
In all cases where any dog, cat or other animal
which has bitten a person is slain or dies within
fourteen (14) days from the time of the bite, it
shall be the duty of the person slaying such dog,
cat or other animal, and the owner of such dog,
cat or other animal to notify the police depart-
ment and to immediately deliver such dog, cat or
other animal intact to such department, or cause
the same to be done.
(Code 1970, § 4-28)
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10 App. C, § 45-20(9),
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11 App. C, § 45-36 Q(5)
2007- 01 1-11-07 2 Added 21-48
2007- 03 2- 8-07 2 6-17
2007- 10 4-12-07 1 2-52(a)
2 2-54(3)
2007- 13 7-12-07 1, 2 2-1
2007- 16 10-25-07 2 Added App. C, § 45-16.1
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2009- 03 1-22-09 2 9-17(a)
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3 App. C, § 45-19 D.
4 App. C, § 45-27 A.l.
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