[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-1), 6-27-2006]
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section.
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal, including
wholesome food, clean water, shelter and health care as necessary
to maintain good health.
To reasonably restrain or govern an animal so that the animal
does not injure itself, any person, any other animal or property.
A person who is legally competent to enter into a contract,
who is eighteen (18) years of age, who is adopting or buying a dog
or cat from the City facility.
Every living vertebrate except a human being.
Any person or agent employed by the City to enforce this
Chapter.
Animal rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department
of Agriculture and administered by a licensed veterinarian.
Any animal shall be deemed to be at large when he/she is
off the property of his/her owner and not restrained by a competent
person.
Not to exceed one (1) litter of offspring per household per
permit year.
Any male dog or cat which has undergone surgical operation
to render the animal unable to reproduce.
Member of the feline family over six (6) months of age.
Member of the canine family over six (6) months of age.
When bitten by, or fought with, or has come in close contact
with an animal showing symptoms of rabies.
To feed or shelter an animal at the same location for three
(3) or more consecutive days.
The Department of Public Health and Welfare of the County.
The act or practice of putting an animal to death in a humane
or instantaneous manner under guidelines and procedures established
by rules promulgated by the Director of the Department of Agriculture
of the State of Missouri.
To apprehend, catch, trap, net or anesthetize by means of
a gun or other mechanical device any animal.
Any premises designated by the City for the purpose of impounding
or harboring animals found in violation of this Chapter, as well as
seized, stray, homeless, abandoned or unwanted animals.
An establishment kept and maintained for the purpose of breeding,
selling or boarding dogs and/or cats, or an establishment kept and
maintained for the purpose of training dogs or cats.
In addition to its ordinary meaning, any person who keeps
or harbors an animal or professes to be owning, keeping or harboring
an animal.
The Director of Public Health and Welfare of the County.
The procedure of vaccinating for rabies and issuing an identification
number and an appropriate certificate. The above words shall be interchangeable.
A dog is under restraint within the meaning of this Chapter
if he/she is controlled by a leash, at heel of a competent person
and obedient to that person's commands, or within a vehicle being
driven or parked on the streets.
Any female dog or cat which has undergone surgical operation
to prevent conception.
The surgical removal of the reproductive organs in order
to render the animal unable to reproduce.
Any metal object or badge issued by the City of Billings,
regardless of shape or color, which bears an identification number
and year of issuance.
Any veterinarian in the County holding a current State license.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-2), 6-27-2006]
The owner or keeper of any dog or cat in the City of Billings
is hereby required to have such animals vaccinated against rabies
by a licensed veterinarian and to procure a certificate of such vaccination
from the veterinarian and to present such certificate to the City
Clerk on or before June first (1st) of each year; and the City shall
register such certificate, which registration shall remain in force
until the May thirty-first (31st) next following said registration;
and upon registration, the City Clerk shall issue a tag evidencing
the registration and certificate of vaccination, and the owner or
keeper shall securely attach the tag so issued and the tag issued
by the veterinarian to a collar to be worn continuously by the animal
for which the tag was issued. It shall be unlawful for the owner or
keeper of any dog to permit such animal to remain in the City of Billings
unless wearing the tag above provided for herein.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-3), 6-27-2006]
No person shall provide a facsimile or deface or change the
tag issued in any manner which shall make or cause the tag to appear
valid for a longer period of time than originally intended.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-4), 6-27-2006]
A tag shall not be transferred from the dog or cat for which
it was issued to any other dog or cat.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-5), 6-27-2006]
No person shall own or keep within the City any dog or cat without
first obtaining a license therefore from the City Collector.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-6), 6-27-2006]
A fee of three dollars fifty cents ($3.50) shall be paid for
each spayed or neutered dog or cat licensed. A statement from a veterinarian
showing proof for sterilization will be required at the time of obtaining
a license. A fee of seven dollars ($7.00) shall be paid for each unfixed
dog or cat. Lost or misplaced license tags will be replaced upon payment
of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for the replacement tag.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-7), 6-27-2006]
Each license issued pursuant to this Article shall be renewed
annually prior to the first (1st) day of each June. There shall be
a ten percent (10%) monthly penalty on all licenses purchased after
said date.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-8), 6-27-2006]
The City shall, upon payment of the license fee required by
this Article, deliver to the person making said payment a receipt
therefore, showing for what purpose payment was made and for what
year, together with a full description of the dog or cat for which
said license fee is paid.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-9), 6-27-2006]
The City shall keep a list of all licensed dogs and cats in
the corporate limits of the City, distinguishing the sex of each,
together with the names of the owners or keepers thereof and file
said list with the City who shall record the same in a file to be
kept for that purpose.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-10), 6-27-2006]
It shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of any dog which
has been vaccinated against rabies and upon which the license fee
has been paid, pursuant to this Article, to furnish a collar to be
worn by the dog on which shall be fastened a badge furnished by the
veterinarian showing the rabies treatment and the years therefore
and also to which shall be fastened a badge furnished by the City
having an identification number and year of issuance. The absence
of any such collar or badge from any dog shall be prima facie evidence
that such dog has not been vaccinated nor the license fee paid.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-11), 6-27-2006]
It shall be unlawful for any owner to allow his/her animal to
run at large.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-12), 6-27-2006]
Any dog or cat owned by temporary residents of the City may
be deemed in compliance with this Chapter, if the dog or cat holds
a valid rabies vaccination certificate issued by any graduate veterinarian.
Dogs or cats not vaccinated shall be subject to the provisions of
this Chapter within ten (10) days of date of arrival within the City.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-13), 6-27-2006]
No person shall keep any domestic animal which by frequent howling,
barking, baying or yelping shall disturb the peace of the neighborhood.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-14), 6-27-2006]
The parent or guardian of any juvenile, sixteen (16) years of
age or under, claiming ownership of any animal shall be deemed to
be the owner of such animal and shall be charged for all penalties
and pound fees imposed by this Article.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-15), 6-27-2006]
A.Â
No
person shall own, keep, harbor, maintain or allow to be upon any premises
occupied by him/her or under his/her charge or control any guard dog
(for the purposes of this Chapter here defined as a dog not owned
by a governmental unit, which dog is professionally trained to guard
public or private property) without such dog being confined behind
a fence from which it cannot escape or within any part of a house
or structure except when the windows are open or when screen windows
or screen doors are the only obstacle preventing the dog from exiting
the structure; and must not be used or maintained in a manner which,
as determined by the Police Department, endangers individuals on or
off the premises guarded.
B.Â
Any
guard dog, including law enforcement dogs, used in the City by virtue
of such use is hereby declared to be subject to the license and rabies
vaccination requirements of this Chapter.
C.Â
All
guard dogs residing in or used as such in the City of Billings must
be registered annually with the City.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-16), 6-27-2006]
There shall be no kennel within the City limits of Billings,
Missouri, unless allowed by land development regulations. Kennel permit
fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) will be required along with a
required license from the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Animal
Care Division.
[Ord. No. 1048 §§1 —
2(4-17), 6-27-2006]
A.Â
It
shall be unlawful for the occupant or occupants of any dwelling unit
located in an area zoned "R-l" single-family dwelling or any subclassifications
of such zoning districts to keep, maintain or harbor more than four
(4) dogs or cats over the age of three (3) months on or about the
lot or premises which comprises such dwelling unit.
B.Â
It
shall be unlawful for the occupant or occupants of any dwelling unit
located in an area zoned "R-2" duplex or "R-3" apartments or any subclassification
thereof to keep, maintain or harbor more than two (2) dogs or cats
over the age of three (3) months on or about the premises which comprises
such dwelling unit.
