[R.O. 2011 § 210.010; R.O. 2009
§ 91.01; CC 1981 § 4-1; Ord. No.
92-83, 5-5-1992]
The City Council finds that it is
necessary to establish and implement a program for the licensing and
regulation of dogs, cats and other animals and for facilities which
house them, that animals require legal protection, that the property
rights of owners and non-owners of animals should be protected and
that the health, safety and welfare of the people residing in the
City would best be served by adoption of such regulations.
[R.O. 2011 § 210.020; R.O. 2009
§ 91.02; CC 1981 § 4-2; Ord. No.
92-83, 5-5-1992]
The provisions of this Chapter shall
be known and cited as the "Animal Regulation Code."
[R.O. 2011 § 210.030; R.O. 2009
§ 91.03; CC 1981 § 4-3; Ord. No.
92-83, 5-5-1992; Ord. No. 95-290, 10-18-1995]
For the purposes of this Chapter,
the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates
or requires a different meaning.
Every living creature, domesticated or wild, but not including
Homo sapiens.
Any person designated by the City as responsible for the
impounding of animals.
Unconfined, off or on the premises of the owner's real property
or property in his/her possession or not under restraint by some person
physically able to prevent escape; provided, cats shall not be considered
at large when unconfined or not under restraint while on the owner's
real property.
All domestic species or varieties of the genus Felis, male
or female, four (4) months of age or older.
Any place or tract of land, whether indoors or outdoors,
whether enclosed or not, in, at or upon which and whether for pleasure
or profit, cats are kept, housed, bred, raised, fed, displayed, exhibited
or sold. The owner of more than three (3) cats, whether owned for
pleasure or profit, breeding or exhibiting, shall be deemed to be
the operator of a cattery.
The certificate issued under this Chapter at the time of
vaccination and bearing thereon the signature of the veterinarian,
the registration number, the name, color, breed and sex of the dog,
cat or animal, the name and address of the owner, the date of the
vaccination and the type of vaccine administered.
Any pet shop, grooming shop, auction, riding school, stable,
cattery, kennel, guard dog service, dog trainer, business keeping
animals in stock for retail or wholesale trade or any establishment
performing one (1) or more of the principal activities of the aforementioned
establishments.
The Municipal Court.
All domestic members of the Canis family, male or female,
four (4) months of age or older.
The care, breeding, showing or keeping of dogs by an adult
person who maintains a hobby kennel containing more than two (2) but
not more than four (4) dogs over the age of six (6) months on the
lot on which the person is a resident or on a contiguous lot, which
lot or lots are not zoned business.
To put to death in a humane manner.
When bitten by, or fought with, or has come in close contact
with a dog or other animal shown to be infected with the rabies virus
as determined by standard laboratory testing.
Those members of a family, including servants and attendants,
living in the same dwelling unit.
The apprehending, catching, trapping, netting, tranquilizing,
confining or, if necessary, the destruction of any animal by the Animal
Control Officer, a veterinarian or by any employee or agent of the
City.
Any premises designated by resolution of the City Council
for the purpose of impounding and caring for all animals in violation
of this Chapter.
Any place or tract of land, whether indoors or outdoors,
whether enclosed or not, in, at or upon which and whether for pleasure
or profit, dogs are kept, housed, bred, raised, fed, displayed, exhibited
or sold. The owner of more than two (2) dogs, unless a domestic animal
avocation permit is held, shall be deemed to be the operator of a
dog kennel.
All domestic species or varieties of the genus Felis, male
or female, under the age of four (4) months.
Any person who owns, harbors, shelters, keeps, controls,
manages, possesses or has part interest in any dog, cat, animal, cattery
or kennel in the City. The occupant of any premises on which a dog
or cat remains for a period of seven (7) days or to which it customarily
returns for a period of seven (7) days is presumed to be harboring,
sheltering or keeping the aforementioned dog or cat within this definition.
Under no circumstances are the normal and ordinary accepted definitions
of the term "harboring, sheltering or keeping" to be limited to the
words of the aforementioned presumption. If a minor owns a dog, puppy
or other animal subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the head
of the household of which such minor owner is a member shall be deemed
to be the owner of such dog, puppy or animal for the purpose of this
Chapter and under this Chapter shall be responsible as the owner,
whether or not such household head is a minor. If not a member of
a household, such minor owner shall be directly subject to the provisions
of this Chapter.
All domesticated members of the species Canis familiaris,
male or female, under four (4) months of age.
Either control by line or leash not more than twelve (12)
feet in length or within an enclosed vehicle.
Not within a structure, fence or building physically capable
of preventing escape by the dog, cat or animal.
The injection by a veterinarian or an authorized agent of
a specified dose of anti-rabies vaccine into the body of a dog, cat
or susceptible animal, such vaccine having the U.S. Government license
number approval stamped on the label of the vaccine container. Vaccine
used for vaccination of the dogs and cats shall be stored and kept
under conditions proper for the vaccine and shall show no signs of
spoilage or otherwise be unfit for producing immunity against rabies.
Any veterinarian holding a current veterinarian's license.
Any non-human primate (monkey, ape, chimpanzee, gorilla,
orangutan and lemur), all felines (other than the domestic house cat),
alligator, crocodile, caiman, poisonous reptiles, all venomous snakes,
any constrictor snake of over eight (8) feet in length, all species
of bears, raccoon, fox, skunk, coyote, wolf or any crossbreeds of
the above.
