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EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 18 -74
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE
HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE
NO. 10 -70, KNOWN AS THE ANIMAL CONTROL ACT, AS
AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF
SAID ANIMAL CONTROL ACT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In addition to the provisions of Section 4 -31,
Complaints for Violation, as set forth in Ordinance No. 10 -70, as amended,
known as The Animal Control Act, an additional method for complaints for
violation is hereby provided. Upon receipt of an affidavit of complaint,
signed by one or more residents of Cape Canaveral, Florida, residing in
the vicinity in which the violationin issue occurred, made under oath before
an individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments, setting forth the
nature of and the date of the act, the owner of the animal, the address of
the owner, and a description of the animal doing such act, the Police Depart-
ment of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida shall investigate the complaint
to determine whether the act complained of violates the Animal Control
Ordinance. In the event the act complained of constitutes a violation of said
ordinance, a warrant shall be issued for the arrest of the person or persons
violating said ordinance, in the same manner that other warrants are issued
by the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, for violation of its ordinances. In
the event any law enforcement officer of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida
witnesses a violation of the Animal Control Ordinance, then said officer is
authorized to immediately arrest any person or persons violating said
ordinance for the violation conducted in his presence, in a manner that all
other arrests for misdemeanors conducted in the presence of the law en-
forcement officer are processed.
SECTION 2. In addition to the penalties for violation as
provided in Section 4 -86 of Ordinance No. 10 -70 as amended, there shall be
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a fine of not s @-more than $100.00 for any person or
AMENDED
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persons convicted under said ordinance. The remaining provisions of
Section 4 -86 shall ruin in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. This emergency ordinance shall be effective
for 30 days from the effective date of its enactment.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 21ST day of MAY
, 1974.
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FIRST & SECOND READING: MAY 21,1974
POSTED: MAY 22, 1974