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Meeting Date: Meeting Type: Regular Ordinance #: 17-14
8/14/14
Consent Agenda: No Resolution #:
Originating Department: Legal
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ORDINANCE 17-14, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, FLORIDA AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 10. ANIMALS.
ARTICLE II. DOGS AND CATS. BY CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW SEC. 10-39. BREEDING AND SALE OF
DOGS AND CATS. IN ORDER TO ADOPT NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE BREEDING AND SALE
OF DOGS AND CATS; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF
CHAPTER 10. ANIMALS. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED;
PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Form Amended: 3/14/14
ORDINANCE 17-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VII.LAGE COUNCIL OF THE VII�LAGE
OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA AMENDING THE VII.LAGE CODE OF
ORDINANCES AT CHAPTER 10. AlvIMALS. ARTICLE II. DOGS
AND CATS. BY CREATING AN ENTIRELY NEW SEC. 10-39.
BREEDING AND SALE OF DOGS AND CATS. IN ORDER TO
ADOPT NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE BREEDING AND
SALE OF DOGS AND CATS; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND
EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 10.
ANIMALS. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS
PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, according to the Humane Society of the United Sta.tes, many dogs and cats
in the United States have been housed and bred at substandard breeding facilities tha.t mass-
produce animals for sale to the public, many of which aze subsequently sold in retail �t stores;
and
WHEREAS, cats and dogs that are so bred often suffer from congenital and hereditary
health conditions and may arrive in retail pet stores with illnesses tha.t can be transmitted to
healthy animals; a.nd
WHEREAS, according to the Humane Society of the United Staxes, many of the
consumer complaints they receive regazding the purchase of dogs and cats from retail pet stores
originate in Florida; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida's Municipal Home Rule Powers Act, Chapter 166,
FloYida Statutes, the Village of Tequesta my exercise any power for a municipal purpose unless
otherwise expressly prohibited; aad
WI�REAS, the Village of Tequesta is not prohibited by sta.te law from regulating the
retail sale of dogs and cats in order to protect its residents and the community at large from the
above stated conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council deems the prohibition of the retail sale of dogs and cats
in the Village of Tequesta to be in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the
residents and citizens of the Village of Tequesta, and the public at large, that such prohibition
constitutes a municipal purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VII..LAGE COUNCII. OF THE
VII.LAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA THAT:
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SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct, and are hereby affirmed and
ra.tified.
SECTION 2. Cha.pter 10. Animals, of the Code of Ordinances of the Village of
Tequesta., Florida. is hereby a.mended at Article II. Dogs and Cats, by creating an entirely new
Section 10-39. Breeding and sale or dogs and cats, adopting new regulations regarding the
breeding and sale of dogs and ca.ts; providing that Sec. 10-39 shall hereafter read as follows:
ec. 10-39. Breedin� and sale of do�s and cats
e breedin� of dogs or cats for commercial nuraoses. or with the intent to ha,ve suc
bred do�s or cats sold. traded. delivered or transferred to another, is nrolubited within_ the
illa�e's munici�al boundaries.
The disnlav. sale, h�ade. deliverv. transfer. or the offer for sa1e. trade. deliverv or transfer.
of does or cats is nrohibited withi.n the villa.ge's municinal boundaries.
Secs.10-�14Q —10-60. Reserved.
SECTION 3. Each and every other section aad subsection of Chapter 10. Animals, of the
Code of Ordina.nces of the Village of Tequesta shall remain in full force and effect as previously
adopted.
SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SECeI'ION 5. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance or any �rtion thereo� any
paragraph, sentence, or word be declazed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. Specific authority is hereby given to codify this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance sha11 become effective immediately upon adoption.
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