Are service dogs allowed in an enclosed pool area?
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A state's public health statutes and regulations have legal priority over any private contractual agreements. So, whether the condominium documents do or do not address the issue of service dogs in the enclosed pool area, the Florida public-health statutes and regulations control the usage of the pool area. The most expeditious manner of resolving the issue would be to report the matter to the local Florida public-health authorities and ask them to enforcement the public-health regulation (64e-9.004) that you cite, as well as any other applicable statutes or regulations that may apply, against the offending unit owner.
The unit-owners association need not take the necessary action to report the offense. Any citizen may report a public-health violation to the authorities. Public health is everyone's business.
