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9/19/98
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "ANIMALS 6 FOUL" BY ADDING ARTICLE
III, SECTION 6-29 ENTITLED "ENFORCEMENT OF
ANIMAL CONTROL", WHICH PROVIDES CIVIL
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 6 AND FOR
APPLICABLE PROCEDURES IN REGARD TO SAID
PENALTIES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND REPEALER PROVISION.
WHEREAS,
Section
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the Legislature of the State of Florida has enacted (4
828.27, Florida Statutes, which rovides
municipalities
may only enact ordinances re e in94 imal
control or cruelty which provide that a vI" ibn of said
ordinances is a civil infraction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 0 I D 0 THE COMMISSION OF TFE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. A new tic a III, Section 6-29, is hereby added
to the Code of a ty f Miami, Florida, as amended, reading as
follows:
"ARTICLE III
Sec. 6-29. Enforcement of animal control.
(a•) For the purposes of this article, the terms
hereinafter set forth shall be defined as follows:
"Animal" means any living dumb creature.
"Animal control officer" means any person
employed or appointed by the city who is
authorized to investigate, on public or
private property, civil infractions relating
to animal control or cruelty and to issue
citations as provided in this article. An
animal control officer is not authorized to
bear arms or make arrests.
"Control" means the regulation of the
possession, ownership, care, and custody of
animals.
"Cruelty" means any act of neglect, torture,
or torment that causes unjustifiable pain or
suffering of an animal.