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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: __6/15/00
Division:_BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No_x_
Department:_ Commissioner Williams
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Public Hearing amending Section 3-7(5) and Section 13,5-5. Monroe
County Code, in order to prohibit domestic animals from county parks and beaches_
ITEM BACKGROUND: At the March BOCC meeting a group of citizens asked that dogs not be banned
from parks but rather to allow pets at certain locations within each area of the Keys. One of the
requirements was a list for each of the parks of citizens willing to help ensure that the ordinance works and
that the parks remain clean and welcoming to all.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: At the May meeting of the BOCC a wording change in the
ordinance was approved to insert the words "of whatever size" between the words "any domestic animal"
and "other than an animal" in Section 2.( c). Item was postponed from May because volunteer names for
Key Largo Park had not been provided.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes:_ No:
COST TO COUNTY:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes:_ No:_ AMOUNT PER MONTH
YEAR
APPROVED BY: County Anomey_ OMBlPurchasing
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Nora A. Williams
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION: Included:_x_ To Follow:_ Not Required:
DISPOSITION:
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Wednesday, May 31,20008:26 AM
Zarate-Carlos; Neal-Maureen
Key Largo Dog Volunteers
Marlisa Crowell 451-9930
Alisa Crowell 451-0201
Suzanne McCallum 451-0579
Jaquita Jones 453-3394
Cara Smith 453-3741
Mrs. Murray Nelson 451-9389
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ORDINANCE NO
Public Works
-2000
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SEC. 3-7(5) AND SEC. 13.5-
5, MONROE COUNTY CODE, IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT ALL DOMESTIC
ANIMALS, EXCEPT ANIMALS THAT ASSIST DISABLED PERSONS,
FROM ALL MONROE COUNTY FACILITIES, PARKS AND BEACHES,
EXCEPT THAT PART OF STOCK ISLAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY
OF KEY WEST AND ALL COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERS; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 3-7(5), Monroe County Code, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(5) .@.lIt is unlawful for a dog owner or keeper to allow an unleashed dog
upon any county be~ch, p~rl<, or school grounds.
(a) Any publiC parI< or be~ch or school ground other th~n in ~n ~re.J
design~ted for th~t purpose; or
[!;U Any priv~te property 'I.'ithout the permission of the property owner.
It is unlawful for a dog owner or keeper, either Willfully or neqliqently, to
permit the dog, either 'Nillfully or negligently, to defecate upon any private
property without the permission of the owner. A dog owner or keeper is
required to remove the doq's feces from any school qrounds or any private
property upon which the doq is not permitted to defecate.
Cc) Except for animals that assist disabled persons, domestic animals are
prohibited from all county parks and beaches not speCified in subsection
Cd). No person may cause or allow any domestic animal (of whatever size)
other than an animal that assists a disabled person to be brouqht to, or
remain on, any county park or beach, with the exceptions of parks and
beaches speCified in subsection (d).
(d) Pets are permitted to be taken to Key Larqo Park in Key Larqo and
Sombrero Beach Park in Marathon, subiect to pet-friendly park restrictions
specified in Chapter 13.5 of the Monroe County Cod~.
If this subsection (5) is violated, the department is authorized to remove
the animal or, in its discretion, to order the owner or keeper to do so. The
owner or keeper shall immediately remove any excrement deposited by the
animal. Failure to do so immediately shall constitute an additional violation
of th is section.
Section 2. Sec. 13.5-5, Monroe County Code is hereby amended by the addition
of the following:
(m) Except for animals that assist disabled persons. all domestic animals
are prohibited from all county parks other than Key Laroo Park in Key Laroo
and Sombrero Beach Park in Marathon. No person may cause or allow. any
domestic animal (of whatever size) other than an animal that assists a
disabled person to be brouoht to. or remain on. any county park other than
Key Laroo Park and Sombrero Beach Park.
(n) All pets at Key Laroo Park and Sombrero Beach Park are subiect to
the followino reoulations:
en Pets must be leashed on a leash no oreater than 8 feet long.
unless and while in the water and wet sand area of Sombrero Beach
Park.
(in Owners must clean UP after pets and properly dispose of waste.
(iin Pets exhibitino aooressive behavior or creatino a nuisance must
be immediately removed from the park.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provIsion of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance
are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of June, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Mary Kay Reich
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND EGAL SUFF IENCY,
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk
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