Sec. 6-15 makes it unlawful to feed, or fail to prevent the unintentional feeding of, high-risk rabies-vector wildlife such as raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks within public rights-of-way and on city property in the defined beachside area.
Sec. 6-15 prohibits feeding or failing to take appropriate precautions to prevent the unintentional feeding of any wild animal known to be a high-risk species for rabies, including but not limited to raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks, within public rights-of-way and on city property in the beachside zone bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway on the west, East Sunrise Boulevard on the south, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and NE 19 Street on the north. Separately, Sec. 6-13 bars keeping any wild or vicious animal as a pet or for display, and Florida law assigns broader nuisance-wildlife and feeding authority to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Code-enforcement citation under Sec. 6-15 for feeding or failing to prevent feeding of rabies-risk wildlife in the regulated beachside area.
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