TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, the 2nd day of December, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in the County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Old Lee County Courthouse, 2120 Main Street, Fort Myers, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Lee County, Florida, will consider the enactment of a County Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII, Section 1, of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 125, Florida Statutes. The title of the proposed County Ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE 14-04; AMENDING AND RESTATING THE LEE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE 06-12, PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL CONTROL IN UNINCORPORATED LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND THOSE MUNICIPALITIES BY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER; PROVIDING FOR AN ANIMAL CONTROL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; PROVIDING FOR PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION BY REFERENCE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES RELATING TO ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY, PROHIBITION AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY; IMPOUNDMENT OF ANIMALS FOUND IN DISTRESS; FIGHTING OR BAITING OF ANIMALS, STERILIZATION OF DOGS AND CATS RELEASED FROM ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITY; PROHIBITION AGAINST ALLOWING ANIMALS TO BECOME A NUISANCE, MUSCOVY DUCKS AS NUISANCES, CONCEALMENT OF ANIMALS, PROHIBITING ANIMALS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE; PROHIBITION AGAINST ALLOWING ANIMALS TO DISPLAY THREATENING AND MENACING BEHAVIOR, FAILURE TO EXERCISE CONTROL OVER VICIOUS ANIMALS; FAILING TO CONFINE FEMALE DOGS AND CATS IN SEASON; PROHIBITING OPPOSING AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, DAMAGING ANIMAL SHELTER FACILITY, RELEASING ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS, REDEMPTION AND DISPOSITION OF UNWANTED AND IMPOUNDED ANIMALS, IMPOUNDING FEES; REPORTING OF PERSONS BITTEN OR SCRATCHED BY ANIMALS AND THE QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS FOR RABIES OBSERVATION; PROHIBITING THE KILLING OR REMOVAL FROM LEE COUNTY OF RABID ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR THE SURRENDER OF THE CARCASSES OF RABID ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF GUARD DOGS; PROVIDING FOR LICENSING AND FOR VACCINATION REQUIREMENT, ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS, CATS, FERRETS, AND LICENSE FEES; INSPECTION OF ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENTS, DISPOSAL OF BODIES OF DEAD OWNED ANIMALS, SETTING RESTRICTIONS ON CONFINING ANIMALS IN MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN A HUMANE MANNER; PERTAINING TO MODIFICATIONS THAT MAY ARISE FROM CONSIDERATION AT PUBLIC HEARING; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Copies of this Notice and the proposed Ordinance are in the Minutes Office of the Clerk of Courts of Lee County and the Office of Public Resources, and available for inspection during regular business hours.
Interested parties may appear at the meeting in person or through counsel, and be heard with respect to the proposed Ordinance.