Fort Lauderdale has no breed-specific dog ban. Its only dangerous-dog rule (Sec. 6-33) targets behavior, not breed, and Florida Statute 767.14 prohibits local governments from adopting any regulation specific to breed, weight or size.
Fla. Stat. 767.14 preempts breed-specific legislation, allowing local governments to address dangerous dogs only through behavior-based rules that are not specific to breed, weight or size. Consistent with this, Fort Lauderdale Code Sec. 6-33 defines a 'vicious dog' by conduct (any dog known to have bitten a person, or that attacks in a menacing manner) rather than by breed, and requires such dogs to be enclosed or muzzled when off the owner's property. No Fort Lauderdale ordinance bans pit bulls or any other breed.
Allowing a vicious dog to run at large or be unenclosed without a muzzle is unlawful under Sec. 6-33; breed-based local bans are barred by Fla. Stat. 767.14.
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