[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.
B. 
The report shall contain the following:
1. 
The name and address of the owner of the animal.
2. 
The date and time bitten.
3. 
The location where bitten.
4. 
A general description of the animal.
[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]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Section 205.010 through Section 205.150, shall upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of no more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[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.