§ 1-4-40. Penalties.

(a)

The county has adopted a schedule of fees for violations of chapter 1-4, article II, of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Charlotte County, Florida. These fees relate solely to the matters covered by this article and are separate from all other fees chargeable by the county. Fees may be adopted and/or amended by resolution of the board of county commissioners.

(b)

A violation of this article is a civil infraction.

(c)

The maximum civil penalty for a civil infraction shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(d)

The civil penalty for a civil infraction shall be less than the maximum civil penalty, if the person who has committed the civil infraction does not contest the citation.

(e)

Civil penalties for civil infractions are set forth in Schedule A below.

SCHEDULE A

(1)

Civil penalties for civil infractions shall be as follows:

Code Section	Description of Violation	First	Second	Third or More
1-4-26(c)(1)	Interference with animal control director or officer	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-26(c)(2)	Removal of animal from custody of animal control director or officer	$50.00	$100.00	$200.00
1-4-26(c)(3)	Unlawful or unauthorized removal of animal from shelter	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-26(h)	Failure to surrender animal or carcass of dead animal	$50.00	$100.00	$200.00
1-4-27(a)	Failure to vaccinate dog or cat	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-28(a), (a)(13)	Failure to obtain license certificate or license tag for dog/cat	$75.00	$100.00	$200.00
1-4-28(a)(2)	Dog or cat wearing expired license tag	$35.00	$100.00	$200.00
1-4-28(a)(3)	Dog or cat wearing license tag issued for another dog/cat	$50.00	$100.00	$100.00
1-4-28(a)(4)	Possession of stolen, counterfeit or forged certificate, tax or document	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-28(a)(5)	Dog or cat without license tag	$35.00	$50.00	$50.00
1-4-28(a)(12)	Failure or refusal to show license certificate, tag or other document upon demand	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-29	Public nuisance animal	$100.00	$200.00	$500.00
1-4-30(d)(6), 1-4-30(a)(2), 1-4-30(b)(2), 1-4-30(c)(2)		Failure to report new owner or death of threatening, dangerous or vicious animal Failure to comply with regulations involving threatening, dangerous, or vicious animals	$50.00	$100.00	$100.00
1-4-31(a), 1-4-31.1	Dog running at large; Livestock running at large	$100.00	$250.00	$500.00
1-4-31(d)	Failure to confine or restrain threatening, dangerous or vicious animal	$500.00	$500.00	$500.00
1-4-31(e)	Uncontrolled threatening, dangerous or vicious animal which causes injury	$500.00	$500.00	$500.00
1-4-32(c)	Violation of Section 64D-3.001-3.010 64D-3.012 through 64D-3.014, Florida Administrative Code (Rabies Report and Quarantine)	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-33(d)	Failure to maintain dog or cat under Rabies Quarantine (Section 10D-3.091 (2), Florida Administrative Code)	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-34(a)	Cruelty to animal	$200.00	$300.00	$500.00
1-4-34(b)	Confinement of animal in vehicle	$100.00	$300.00	$500.00
1-4-34(c)	Animal baiting or fighting	$400.00	$450.00	$500.00
1-4-35	Failure to confine female dog or cat in heat	$35.00	$100.00	$200.00
1-4-36	Animal on public beach, public park, public playground, public school or public building	$100.00	$200.00	$300.00
1-4-37	Abandonment of animal	$200.00	$300.00	$500.00

 

(2)

Pursuant to F.S. § 828.27, in addition to any civil penalties imposed under this chapter, a surcharge of five dollars ($5.00) shall also be imposed with each civil penalty. The proceeds of such surcharge shall be used to pay the costs of training for animal control officers.

(3)

The clerk shall collect an administrative filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for each citation from the board of county commissioners. This administrative fee shall be included in addition to civil fine.

(Ord. No. 98-070, § 18, 12-1-98; Ord. No. 2006-062, § 13, 6-27-06; Ord. No. 2006-084, §§ 1, 2, 9-26-06; Ord. No. 2007-089, § 1, 12-11-07; Ord. No. 2012-023, § 1, 6-12-12)