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CHAPTER 5 - ANIMALS - SECTION 5-6: Prohibition of Nuisance; Running at large

City of Coconut Creek

Chapter 5

Sec. 5-6. Prohibition on nuisances; running at large, vicious dogs, dogs having bitten or attacked.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person owning any animal permit the animal, to either willfully or through failure to exercise due care, to create a nuisance within the city through loud or annoying noise, vicious or mean behavior, obnoxious or annoying smell, or by permitting the animal to deposit excrement on the public streets or sidewalks of the city or upon private property without the consent of the owner of the private property.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person owning any animal to permit the animal to stray, run, or roam at large on any public street, sidewalk, or any property without the consent of the owner or that property. All animals shall be restrained by the owner by utilizing a leash or other method while the owner and the animal are on the public streets and sidewalks. Further, no animal shall be permitted to enter any city or public park; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to those parking areas specifically exempted.

(Code 1980, 3-3; Ord. No. 130-83, 2, 7-14-83; Ord. No. 204-85, 1, 12-12-05.)