[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.020), 5-17-1976]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling, possessing
or having the management or care, in whole or in part, of any dog,
whether licensed or not, to fail to keep the dog on the premises of
the owner or keeper thereof unless being off the premises it is securely
tied or led by a line or leash of a length of no more than six (6)
feet.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.021), 5-17-1976]
Every person who owns, controls, manages, possesses or has part
interest in any dog kept any time during the year shall have such
dog inoculated against rabies, but such inoculation requirements shall
not apply to dogs less than four (4) months of age. Such dogs must
be inoculated at least once each year unless a three (3) year type
vaccine, approved by the Director of Health, is administered in which
case the dog shall be inoculated at least once every three (3) years.
[Ord. No. 570 §1, 5-12-2004]
Every person who owns, controls, manages, possesses or has part
interest in any dog kept at any time during the year shall maintain
financial responsibility as required in this Section. For purposes
of this Section, the term "financial responsibility" shall mean the ability to respond in damages for liability on account
of an accident or injuries occurring after the effective date of proof
of said financial responsibility, resulting from the actions of any
dog maintained, owned, controlled, managed or possessed by any homeowner
or home renter in the City. Proof of such financial responsibility
may be shown by an insurance identification card, an insurance policy,
insurance binder or declaration of insurance page issued by the homeowners
or rental insurance insurer.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.022), 5-17-1976; Ord. No. 513 §1, 8-12-1998; Ord. No. 570 §2, 5-12-2004]
An annual license fee of five dollars ($5.00) is hereby imposed
for each dog upon which a person of this City owns, controls, manages,
possesses or has part interest in any dog four (4) months of age or
older, kept any time during the year, or upon any person who permits
a dog four (4) months or older, to come upon, or in, and to remain
in or about his/her home, place of business or other premises in the
City. An application for a dog license for any dog shall be presented
to the City Clerk, accompanied by a certificate of inoculation against
rabies signed by a licensed veterinarian, which certificate shall
have been executed sometime during the previous thirty-six (36) month
period if a three (3) year type vaccine approved by the Director of
Health was administered, or during the previous twelve (12) month
period for all other vaccines, and which certificate shall bear thereon
information as to the type vaccine used, sex of the dog, and, if a
female, whether or not it has been spayed. An application for a dog
license presented to the City Clerk shall also be accompanied by proof
of financial responsibility by the license applicant as described
in the preceding Section of this Code. The City Clerk shall not issue
a license unless the certificate of inoculation and proof of financial
responsibility have been presented. Application for a dog license
shall be made, and the license obtained on or before the first (1st)
day of January of each year, for the calendar year period. The full
license fee shall be paid and collected for the full year or any part
thereof. The transfer of ownership or custody of any dog shall be
reported to the City Clerk by the transferee within ten (10) days
after such transfer, by written notice, at which time the transferee
shall pay the Director of Finance a fee of twenty-five cents ($0.25).
There shall be no charge for any dog duly and properly trained to
assist blind persons when any such dog is actually being used by a
blind person for the purpose of aiding or assisting such blind person
in going from place to place. Any owner of a dog who suffers a loss
of his/her dog license tag shall report such loss promptly to the
City Clerk, and exhibit the original license, at which time he/she
shall be issued a new license tag at a cost of twenty-five cents ($0.25).
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.023), 5-17-1976]
The City Clerk shall have prepared dog license plates made of
metal or other suitable material to be issued to applicants securing
a license. Such license plates shall be numbered and the numbers thereof
shall correspond to the number appearing on the license and on the
application for such license. Such license plate shall be securely
fastened on the collar or harness of the dog for which the license
is issued, and shall be worn at all times.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.024), 5-17-1976]
Every owner who owns, controls, manages, or possesses in whole
or in part, any dog, shall have securely fastened on the collar or
harness of the dog a tag which shall be worn at all times, which shall
state the name and address of the owner of the dog.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.025), 5-17-1976]
All female dogs shall be kept securely confined in an enclosed
place while in heat.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.026), 5-17-1976]
A.
The
Chief of Police, or any other person designated by him/her, shall
have the power to catch, confine, and impound dogs as follows:
1.
All dogs which are required to have licenses and which are without
their license displayed in the manner provided by this Chapter.
2.
All dogs wearing an expired or invalid license.
3.
All dogs running off the owner's premises and not securely led by
a leash.
4.
All female dogs, licensed or unlicensed, not securely confined in
an enclosed place while in heat.
5.
All dogs or other animals affected with rabies and all dogs and other
animals suspected of being exposed to or affected with rabies, including
dogs or other animals known to have been bitten by a rabid animal,
whether such dog or other animal is running at large or on a leash,
or whether said dog is confined to its owner's premises, and whether
it is licensed or unlicensed.
6.
All dogs with vicious propensities.
7.
Dogs or other animals which have bitten a person or animals, or which
have been bitten by a dog or animal suspected of having rabies, or
which are suspected of having rabies, or which have been exposed to
rabies.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.027), 5-17-1976]
A.
The
Chief of Police, or person designated by him/her, shall dispose of
any dog or other animal affected with rabies, and he/she shall have
the power to examine and impound any animal bitten by or exposed to
any animal affected with rabies. He/she shall have the power to require
the owners of such dogs to take necessary measures to prevent further
spread of rabies, and to dispose of any exposed animal if such necessary
measures are not taken by the owners.
B.
Each
impounded dog shall be vaccinated and licensed before being released
to the owner. A fee to cover the cost of vaccination, and for the
shelter services shall be collected for each such dog so released.
The Chief of Police, or a person designated by him/her, shall dispose
of any dog found to be vicious under the terms of this Chapter, and
he/she shall have the power to impound any such dog. He/she shall
have the power to require the owner of said dog to take necessary
measures to dispose of any such dog having been found to have vicious
propensities, and he/she is properly authorized to dispose of such
dog if necessary measures are not taken by the owner.
C.
Every
animal impounded under the provisions of this Chapter, which is found
upon arrival at the pound to be diseased or injured, and whose owner
is unknown or whose owner relinquishes ownership in writing, shall
be immediately euthanized.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.028), 5-17-1976]
Any dog or other animal captured or impounded under the provisions
of this Chapter and determined not to be effected with rabies by the
Chief of Police, may be redeemed by the owner or other person having
the right to possession of such animal, upon the presentation of a
proper vaccination certificate and a proper license, and such owner
or other person entitled to possession of said animal shall pay ten
dollars ($10.00) for the first (1st) time any such dog is impounded,
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the second (2nd) time such dog is
impounded, and fifty dollars ($50.00) for each time thereafter such
dog is impounded. This schedule of fees is to apply to any one (1)
calendar year.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.029), 5-17-1976]
If a dog or other animal is not claimed in the manner provided
by this Chapter within five (5) days after its capture, such animal
shall be disposed of by euthanasia or sale which shall be at the sole
discretion of the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.030), 5-17-1976]
A.
Any
dog or other animal which exhibits objective symptoms suggestive of
rabies may, after written certification to the owner by the Chief
of Police, or such other person designated for the enforcement of
this Chapter, shall be impounded on or off the property of the owner.
Such animal shall be held for ten (10) days at the impounding facilities
designated by the Chief of Police, for clinical observation and, if
alive at the termination of this period, shall be returned to the
owner after payment of the shelter service fees.
B.
As
an alternative procedure, the owner, at his/her own expense, may designate
any veterinary hospital wherein such animal is to be impounded and
observed for a similar ten (10) day period.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.031), 5-17-1976]
A.
Any
dog or other animal which has been exposed to rabies, shall be immediately
destroyed unless the owner, at his/her expense, chooses one (1) of
the following alternative methods:
1.
Strict isolation in a kennel or animal hospital for six (6) months.
2.
If no previous current vaccination has been given to the dog, then
such dog or other animal shall be placed on a schedule of immunization
approved by the Chief of Police.
3.
Prior to the release of any animal under clinical observation for
rabies, all conditions of this Article shall be fulfilled.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.032), 5-17-1976]
A.
Any
person bitten by any animal or the parents or guardian of any minor
bitten by an animal shall report the occurrence to the City Clerk
or to the Police Department immediately.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.033), 5-17-1976]
When any fierce, dangerous or vicious dog or other animal that
has previously bitten any person is kept upon any premises, it shall
be the duty of the owner of said premises and the owner or keeper
of such dog to post a notice on the premises conspicuously visible
to the public and reading in letters not less than two (2) inches
high, "Beware of Bad Dog". In case a minor is the keeper or owner
of such dog, the duty of posting this notice shall devolve upon the
adult person in whose family the minor lives, or who is in charge
of the premises where such dog is kept. The owner or keeper of such
dog, and the owner of the premises where said dog is kept, shall be
responsible for confining such dog to a yard completely enclosed by
a fence of such height, strength and construction so as to prevent
the dog confined therein from jumping over, or crawling through or
under such fence, and secure such dog in a manner so as to prevent
the inadvertent release or escape of such dog.
[Ord. No. 256 §1(210.034), 5-17-1976]
It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal an animal or
interfere with the Chief of Police or persons designated by him/her
in the performance of their duties as provided in this Chapter. If
in pursuit of a dog or other animal, the Chief of Police, or persons
designated by him/her, shall have the right of entry to any unenclosed
lots or lands for the purpose of collecting any such stray, unlicensed
dog or other animal, rabid or exposed to rabies, or any dog or other
animal running at large. The Chief of Police, or his/her duly appointed
representative, shall have the right to require that a dog believed
to be a stray, unlicensed or rabid animal or having been exposed to
rabies be produced on any property or premises within any quarantine
area during the period of quarantine for the purpose of examining
such dog suspected of having rabies or having been exposed to rabies.
If the person believed to be the owner, or having control, possession
or management or care, in whole or in part, of any such dog or other
animal shall refuse to produce such animal within any quarantine area,
then the Chief of Police, or person designated by him/her, shall have
the right of entry on such premises.
[Ord. No. 256 §3, 5-17-1976]
[Ord. No. 337 §1(210.135), 2-14-1980]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling or possessing
or having management or care, in whole or in part of dogs, whether
licensed or not, to keep more than three (3) dogs on the premises
of the owner or keeper thereof at any one time; provided that this
limitation and restriction shall not apply to dogs less than three
(3) months of age, nor shall it apply to a commercial kennel properly
licensed as a business within the City.
[CC 1974 §210.020(B); Ord. No. 174 §1, 11-2-1972; Ord. No. 175 §1, 11-2-1972]
Any person or persons having in their care and in their possession
on their property any dog or dogs and who fails to restrain this dog
or dogs from incessant barking and becoming a public nuisance, disturbing
the peace of others, shall after one (1) warning from the Police Department,
be in violation of this Subsection. The fine for this shall not exceed
one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[Ord. No. 613 §§1 —
2, 11-12-2008]
A.
Pit
Bull breeds of dogs and Rottweiler breeds of dogs are banned entirely
and may not be owned, kept or otherwise present within the City of
Velda City. This prohibition shall include the following breeds of
Pit Bulls and Rottweilers:
1.
The Bull Terrier breed of dog;
2.
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed of dog;
3.
The American Pit Bull Terrier breed of dog;
4.
Dogs of mixed breed or other breeds than above listed which breed
or mixed breed is known as Pit Bulls, Pit Bull dogs or Pit Bull Terrier;
or
5.
Any dog which has the appearance and characteristics of being predominantly
of the breeds of Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American
Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, any other breed
commonly known as Pit Bulls, Pit Bull dogs or Pit Bull Terriers or
a combination of any of these breeds.
6.
Rottweiler breed, including dogs of mixed breed and any dog which
has the appearance and characteristics of being predominantly of the
Rottweiler breed.
B.
Any person found guilty of violation of any provision of this Section shall be punished as provided in Section 100.210 of this Code. Should the defendant refuse to remove the animal from the City, the Municipal Court Judge may find the defendant owner in contempt and order the immediate confiscation and impoundment of the animal. Each day that a violation of this Section continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the foregoing penalties, any person who violates this Section shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, handling, veterinary care and testimony necessitated by the enforcement of this Section.
