LTC 119-2025 Motion from the Animal Welfare CommitteeMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
RECEIVED
MAR 17 7075
CIT O F MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Animal Welfare Committee
March 11,2025
RAFAEL E.GRANADO 'l2r/Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
SUBJECT:Motion from the Animal Welfare Committee
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to notify you of the motion made at the Animal Welfare
Committee meeting held on March 11,2025.
Motion:Add Florida Statue 828.13 to the CMB code Section 10-19 Cruelty to animals.
Confinement of animals without sufficient food,water,or exercise;abandonment of
animals.
(1)As used in this section:
(a)"Abandon"means to forsake an animal entirely or to neglect or refuse to provide or perform
the legal obligations for care and support of an animal by its owner.
(b)"Owner"includes any owner,custodian,or other person in charge of an animal.
(2)Whoever:
(a)Impounds or confines any animal in any place and fails to supply the animal during such
confinement with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water,
(b)Keeps any animals in any enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air,or
(c)Abandons to die any animal that is maimed,sick,infirm,or diseased,is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the first degree,punishable as provided ins.775.082 or by a fine of not more than $5,000,or by
both imprisonment and a fine.
(3)Any person who is the owner or possessor,or has charge or custody,of any animal who
abandons such animal to suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal in a street,road,or
public place without providing for the care,sustenance,protection,and shelter of such animal is guilty
of a misdemeanor of the first degree,punishable as provided ins.775.082 or by a fine of not more
than $5,000,or by both imprisonment and a fine.
The Animal Welfare Committee urges the Mayor and Commission to support the above request.
Motion:Add Florida Statue 828.13 to the CMB code Section 10-19 Cruelty to animals.
Motion Made by:Danna Stillman
Motion Seconded by:Susanna Purucker
Motion Passed:7-0
Members Present:Linda Diamond,Dana Turken,Danna Stillman,Darin Feldman,Kaisa Levine,
Liza Samuel,Susanna Purucker
Members Absent:James Rodgers,Shari Schwartz
For more information,please contact Animal Welfare Committee liaison Julien Desrois at
JulienDesrois@miamibeachfl.gov or at ext.26089
Cc:Eric Carpenter,City Manager
Ricardo Dopico,City Attorney
