Ordinance 11-2012 Animals ORDINANCE NO. 11-2012
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE TOWN CODE OF
ORDINANCES RELATING TO ANIMALS, AT ARTICLE 11,
DOGS AND CATS, SECTION 10-43, RELATING TO
RUNNING AT LARGE, SO AS TO ALLOW DOGS TO RUN
UNLEASHED UNDER THE COMMAND OF THEIR OWNER
OR HANDLER ON BEACHES OF THE TOWN WHERE
NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED; AMENDING CHAPTER
74 RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATION, AT
ARTICLE II, BEACHES AND AQUATIC ACTIVITIES,
DIVISION 3, REGULATION OF USE OF PUBLIC
BEACHES, AT SECTION 74-191, ANIMALS PROHIBITED,
SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROHIBITION OF
ANIMALS ON SPECIFIC PUBLIC BEACHES OF THE
TOWN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PALM
BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach is hereby
amended at Chapter 10, Animals; Article II, Dogs and Cats; Section 10-43 to as follows:
"Sec. 10-43. Running at large prohibited.
No dog shall run at large within the town or upon the property other
than that of its owner unless the dog is running on property other than that
of its owner with the express or implied consent of the owner of the
property. An exception shall apply to allow dogs to run unleashed on the
public beaches of the town, unless otherwise prohibited under Section 74-
191, where said dogs are clearly under the command of their owner or
handler and where the dog is not creating a nuisance to other animals or
persons using the public beach. For purposes of this section, public
beaches means that area abutting the Atlantic Ocean or Lake Worth
consisting of predominately sand, whether below or above the high mean
water mark."
Section 2. The Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach is hereby
amended at Chapter 74, Parks and Recreation; Article II, Beaches and Aquatic
Activities; Division 3, Regulation of Use of Public Beaches, Section 74-191, to read as
follows:
"Sec. 74-191. Animals prohibited.
No person shall take any animal upon those certain public beaches
within the town identified herein or in the surf adjacent to any such public
beach within the town. Said beaches shall include the Phipps Park beach,
the public beach from Royal Palm Way south to Gulfstream Road and the
Clarke Avenue beach from Barton to Seaspray."
Section 3. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can
be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.
Section 4. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict.
All other ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, or parts thereof which
conflict with this or any part of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 5. Codification.
This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the official Code of
Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach.
Section 6. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as
provided by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session of the Town Council of
the Town of Palm Beach on first reading this 11th day of July 2012, and for second and
final reading on this 14th day of August 2012.
it L. Conig io, Mayoo David A. Rosow, Town Council President
Robert . ildrick resident Pro Tern o
William . Diamond, Town Co ci ember
ATTEST: AMi6hael . Kleid, Town Council Member
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