§ 8-76. Pet control.

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, carry, lead or permit dogs or other pets, except service animals to come upon the public beach at any time, except under the following conditions:

(a)

A valid permit shall be required before a person may take a dog upon that part of the public beach located between the centerline of the East Sunrise Boulevard to Lifeguard Stand North 5, as provided in Section 4.1(c)(5) of the City of Fort Lauderdale Department of Parks and Recreation Rules and Regulations. The dog shall at all times be leashed and under the control of such person. The person in control of the dog shall immediately remove from the sandy part of the public beach and properly dispose of any fecal matter deposited by such dog.

(b)

The city manager or his designee shall issue a permit for a person to take, carry or come upon the public beach with a dog as provided in subsection (a).

(1)

A permit fee schedule shall be established by the city manager or designee commensurate with the cost of administering the permit system. The permittee as a condition of the permit shall follow all applicable park rules.

(2)

A permit may be revoked by the city manager or his designee upon the sworn affidavit of a law enforcement officer or other city employee witnessing a permittee's violation of a provision of this section or any applicable park rule. Upon receipt of a notice of intent to revoke the permit from the city, the permittee shall have ten (10) days to request a hearing before the city manager or his designee. The decision of the city manager to revoke a permit shall be final. A person whose permit has been revoked shall be eligible to apply for a new permit after six (6) months from the date of the revocation.

(Code 1953, § 9-3(d); Ord. No. C-1197, § 1, 2-7-56; Ord. No. C-1748, § 1, 6-20-61; Ord. No. C-1804, § 1, 2-20-62; Ord. No. C-1918, § 1, 6-11-63; Ord. No. C-66-22, § 1, 3-28-66; Ord. No. C-68-43, § 1, 7-2-68; Ord. No. C-70-12, § 1, 2-17-70; Ord. No. C-70-31, § 1, 4-21-70; Ord. No. C-75-98, § 1, 11-18-75; Ord. No. C-77-22, § 1, 2-1-77; Ord. No. C-79-66, § 1, 9-18-79; Ord. No. C-84-7, § 1, 1-17-84; Ord. No. C-85-25, § 1, 2-20-85; Ord. No. C-87-47, § 1, 7-7-87; Ord. No. C-94-29, § 1, 7-19-94; Ord. No. C-95-64, § 1, 11-21-95; Ord. No. C-00-69, § 1, 11-21-00; Ord. No. C-12-13, § 5, 5-1-12 )