As used and intended in this chapter and for the purposes hereof, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Any living creature of any nonhuman genus or species which is kept or controlled by any person or legal entity for any domestic, commercial, or agricultural purpose.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
A Dog Control Officer as defined in § 114 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law and will be responsible to enforce all City ordinances enacted concerning dogs and other animals and to enforce Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, Licensing, Identification and Control of Dogs.
CONFINED
As applied to a dog, that such animal is securely confined or restrained and kept on the owner's premises either within a building, kennel or other suitable enclosure or securely fastened on a chain, wire or other effective tether of such length and so arranged that the animal cannot reach or endanger any person on any adjacent premises or on any public street, way or place or, if the animal is being transported by the owner, that it is securely confined in a crate or other container or so restrained in a vehicle that it cannot escape therefrom.
DOG
Includes both male and female dogs.
OWNER
Includes any person or persons, firm, association or corporation who or which at any time owns or has custody and control of or harbors or is otherwise responsible for any dog which is kept, brought or comes within the corporate limits of this City.
URGENT VETERINARY CARE
That degree of care which, in the opinion of a veterinarian, is necessary to preserve an animal's life or to prevent its suffering.
[Added 9-3-2019]
VETERINARIAN
An individual licensed by the State of New York in the practice of veterinary medicine, as such practice is defined under state law, and who in the ordinary course of his or her practice treats dogs and/or cats.
[Added 9-3-2019]