NOTICE to All SIA Dog and Cat Owners
July 14, 2017
Summerplace Improvement Association Inc has been advised by the IRC Sheriff’s Office of a compliant regarding dogs who are unleased on County property, including the beach. Per County Code Ordinance all dog and cat owners are required to comply with the following:
Section 302.05. – Additional animal ownership responsibilities.
(A) Responsibilities of dog and cat owners: It shall be unlawful and subject to all penalties provided in this chapter for the owner of any dog or cat to fail to comply or cause compliance with any or all of the following obligations:
(1) Keep each such animal under restraint.
(2) Keep each such animal collared or harnessed.
(3) Exercise that degree of care and control necessary to prevent such dog or cat from becoming a public nuisance or a nuisance to any person, other domestic animal or livestock, or to any real or personal property other than that of its owner. This obligation shall include but not be limited to:
(a) The prompt removal of feces of such animal from public walks, rights-of-way, park or recreation areas, beaches, or other public property, or from private property not belonging to the owner, unless the owner has been given express permission to make use of said private property; or
(b) Affirmative action by an owner as may be necessary to prevent material disturbance, annoyance or interruption of the reasonable possession, use and enjoyment of another’s property, such as that resulting from an animal’s habitual howling, whining, barking, digging, or other such obnoxious behaviors; or
(c)The abatement of unsanitary conditions characterized by emission of odors, breeding or habitation of insects, rodents or other vermin, or similar indications.
(4) Keep any female dog or cat which is known or should reasonably be known by her owner to be in heat (estrus) confined at all times inside a house or other building or in the leashed company of its owner in a manner such that the animal cannot come into contact with a male of the same species, except for planned breeding purposes.
(5) Timely comply at all times with all of the restrictions on a dangerous dog and all obligations imposed on the owner of a dangerous dog under this chapter.
(6) Timely comply at all times with all restrictions imposed on a potentially dangerous dog under this chapter.
(7) No owner shall allow a dog, when unprovoked, to bite, attack, endanger, or inflict injury on a human, domestic animal, or livestock while such unprovoked dog is on public or private property; or chase or approach an individual upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack. Violations of this section may constitute proof of “prior knowledge of a dog’s dangerous propensities” under F.S. § 767.13(2), as may be amended from time to time.