If the Coconut Creek Police Department personnel impounds your dog or cat, you have to obligation to come and claim your pet within (2) hours or as soon as possible. However, unclaimed animals are transported to the Broward County Animal Care as we are not equipped to house animals for long periods of time. If you suspect your dog or cat has been transported to Broward County animal care, contact Animal Services at 954-973-6758.

Code Sec. 5-9. – Impounding, disposition of animals
The police department is hereby empowered to impound any animal whose actions violate the provisions of this chapter. An impounded animal must be claimed by its owner within two (2) hours, or such other time as required by the holding facility. The animal shall be deposited with the appropriate Broward County animal control officials to be held at such Broward County Animal Care facility as is directed by Broward County. The owner is solely responsible for all expenses associated with transportation, impounding, and disposition of the animal.

(Code 1980, § 3-8; Ord. No. 130-83, § 2, 7-14-83; Ord. No. 2001-024, § 1, 6-28-01; Ord. No. 2023-026, § 2, 5-23-24)

Sec. 5-6. - Prohibition on nuisances; running at large - (a)It shall be unlawful for any person owning any animal to allow the animal, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care, to create a nuisance within the city through loud or annoying noise, vicious or mean behavior, obnoxious or annoying smell, or by allowing the animal to deposit excrement on public property, streets or sidewalks of the city (without cleaning it up); or upon private property or on the common areas of private property maintained by an association without the consent of the owner of the private property.(b)It shall be unlawful for any person owning any animal to allow, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care, the animal to stray, run, or roam at large on any public property, or on the common areas of private property maintained by an association, street, sidewalk, or on any private property without the consent of the owner of that property. All animals shall be restrained by the owner by utilizing a leash or other method while the owner and the animal are on the public property, or on the common areas of private property maintained by an association, streets and sidewalks. An officer may issue a citation, or summons, to the owner of such animal that is found by the officer to be at large, as provided herein. Additionally, the officer may seize and impound the at-large animal at the owner's sole expense.

“At Large means a pet is off its owner's property and not under physical restraint (such as a leash). Pets must be kept under their owner's control, or some other responsible person when outside and off their property. This includes walks on the sidewalk, the street, public property, and private property without owner’s permission. Also, allowing your pet to willfully roam or due failure to exercise care. (EX. Allowing your pet to roam outside your home unsupervised and/or unrestrained) It is a $50 fine in violation of this chapter, due to it being a public safety concern”

Refer to City Ordinance

Sec. 5-6. - Prohibition on nuisances; running at large, vicious dogs, dogs having bitten or attacked” and “Any Animal impounded by the City of Coconut Creek Police Department due to Animal “Running at Large; will be impounded at the Police Department, please refer back to “Lost and Found pets for more information”

Familiarize yourselves with The City of Coconut Creeks City Ordinances for Animals