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AN ORDINANCE OF MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 9 ANIMALS, ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION 9.1 DEFINITIONS, AND ARTICLE 4 ANIMAL CONTROL, CARE AND TREATMENT, SECTION 9.95 DANGEROUS DOGS, GENERAL ORDINANCES, MARTIN COUNTY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY, FILING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND CODIFICATION.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Chapter 9 contains the regulation that allows the Animal Control Unit and/or the County to have certain dogs legally declared dangerous. This amendment would allow a hearing officer who proceeds over this determination to include a Special Magistrate. The Ordinance further amends and clarifies what are the resulting penalties imposed when a dog is deemed dangerous, when a dangerous dogs attacks again, and when someone moves into the County with a dog that has been deemed dangerous by another entity.
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PREPARED BY: Melissa Pietryzk
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