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<br />DADE COUNTY CODE
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<br />licensed or permitted to practice veterinary
<br />medicine under the laws of the State of
<br />Florida,
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<br />(5) Pet shops and animal service organiza-
<br />tions: The terms "pet shops" and "animal
<br />service organizations" as used within this
<br />article shall refer to any businesses, orga-
<br />nizations, or entities, either nonprofit or for
<br />profit, engaged in the selling or transfer of
<br />dogs, The terms include but are not limited
<br />to kennels, animal adoption organizations,
<br />humane societies, animal clinics, and com-
<br />mercial pet shops.
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<br />(6) Puppy: The term "puppy" as used in this
<br />article shall mean any dog that is less than
<br />four (4) months old.
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<br />(7) Puppy tag: The term "puppy tag" as used in
<br />this article shall mean a license tag for
<br />dogs under four (4) months of age, and
<br />shall be evidence of registration of the
<br />puppy with Dade County,
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<br />(8) Intact: The term "intact" as used in this
<br />article shall mean a dog that has not been
<br />spayed or neutered,
<br />(Ord, No. 72-93, ~ 1, 12-5-72; Ord, No. 76-50, ~ 5,
<br />6-1-76; Ord. No. 89-92, ~ 2, 9-26-89; Ord. No,
<br />94-123, ~ 1, 6-21-94)
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<br />Sec. 5-4. Prohibited in parks and on beaches.
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<br />It is deemed in the best interests of the health,
<br />safety and welfare of the citizenry and visitors of
<br />Dade County, Florida, that all necessary precau-
<br />tions be implemented to prevent cutaneous larva
<br />migrans (a frequently severe skin disorder caused
<br />by the infective larvae of a dog or cat hookworm
<br />which is transmitted by the contact of the human
<br />skin with soil contaminated by dog or cat feces),
<br />and visceral larva migrans (a disease caused by
<br />the ingestion of larvae dog roundworms which
<br />commonly occurs when young children swallow
<br />dirt). No responsible party owning or having
<br />charge, care, custody or control of any dog shall
<br />cause, permit or allow the dog into or upon any
<br />public park or beach in the county; provided,
<br />however, this provision shall not apply to park-
<br />ways, wayside parks, or other park areas in which
<br />dogs are specifically authorized,
<br />(Ord. No. 72-93, ~ 1, 12-5-72; Ord. No. 76-50, ~ 6,
<br />6-1-76)
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<br />Sec. 5-4.1. Exception, blind persons.
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<br />Nothing in Section 5-4 shall be construed to
<br />apply to any totally or partially blind person
<br />accompanied by a guide dog especially trained for
<br />the purpose.
<br />(Ord. No. 76-50, ~ 7, 6-1-76)
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<br />Sec. 5-5. Permitting dogs to defecate, etc.,
<br />on public or common property.
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<br />It shall be unlawful for a responsible party to
<br />permit, either willfully or through failure to exer-
<br />cise due care or control, any such dog to commit
<br />any nuisance upon the sidewalk of any public
<br />street; or upon the floor of any common hall in any
<br />apartment house, tenement house, hotel or other
<br />multiple dwelling; or upon any entranceway, stair-
<br />way or wall immediately abutting on a public
<br />sidewalk, or upon the floor of any theatre, shop,
<br />store, office building or other building used in
<br />common by the public. "Nuisance," for the pur-
<br />poses of this section, shall be defined as defeca-
<br />tion and/or urination,
<br />(Ord. No. 72-93, ~ 1, 12-5-72; Ord, No. 76-50, ~ 8,
<br />6-1-76)
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<br />Sec. 5-6. Running at large.
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<br />(a) No responsible party owning or having pos-
<br />session, charge, custody or control of any spayed/
<br />neutered dog shall cause or permit or allow the
<br />dog to stray, run, be, go or in any manner to be at
<br />large in or upon public property, or the private
<br />property of others without the express or implied
<br />consent of the owner(s) of such private property.
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<br />(b) Any responsible party who violates any of
<br />the provisions of this paragraph (a) shall be
<br />punished as follows:
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<br />(1) For a first violation, by a fine not to exceed
<br />fifty dollars ($50,00);
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<br />(2) For a second violation, by a fine not to
<br />exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00);
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<br />(3) For a third violation, by a fine not to exceed
<br />two hundred dollars ($200.00); and
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<br />(4) For each subsequent violation, by a fine pot
<br />to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars
<br />($250.00).
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