(A) Pursuant to and in accordance with F.S. § 767.01, owners of dogs shall be liable for any damage done by their dogs to sheep or other domestic animals or livestock, or to persons. Additionally, pursuant to, and in
accordance with F.S. § 767.04, the owner of any dog which shall bite any person while such person is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of such dog, shall be liable for such damages as may be suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former viciousness of such dog or the owner's knowledge of such viciousness. For purposes of this section, OWNER shall mean any person, firm, corporation, or organization possessing, harboring, keeping, or having control or custody of a dog, or, if the dog is owned by a person under the age of 18 years, that person’s parent or guardian.
(B) A person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner within the meaning of this section when he is on such property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by the laws of this state or by the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he is on such property upon invitation, expressed or implied, of the owner thereof; provided, however, no owner of any dog shall be liable for any damages to any person or his property when such person shall mischievously or carelessly provoke or aggravate the dog inflicting such damage; nor shall any such owner be so liable if at the time of any such injury he had displayed in a prominent place on his premises a sign easily readable including the words “Bad Dog.”
('72 Code, § 6-26) (Ord. O-80- 5, passed 1-16-80; Am. Ord. O- 81-21, passed 3-18-81; Am. Ord. O-2019-10, passed 6-5-19) Penalty, see § 92.99