[Ord. of 5-3-1989, §§ 1 —
3; Ord. No. 00-02, § 1, 3-15-2000]
(a)
Created. There is created and established the department of animal
control, which shall be a division within the Town police department.
(b)
Animal control officer and assistant. The positions of animal control
officer and assistant animal control officer within the department
of animal control are created. The animal control officer and assistant
animal control officer shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of the Town Council.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 20]
No person shall interfere with, hinder or molest the animal
control officer or any regular police officer in the performance of
his duties or seek to release any animal in the custody of the animal
control officer or any regular police officer, except as provided
in this division.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 17;
Ord. of 9-21-1983, § 1; Ord. No. 98-7, § 1, 3-18-1998]
(a)
The keeping or harboring of any dog or other animal or fowl, whether
licensed or not, which by habitual howling, yelping, barking or other
noise disturbs or annoys any considerable number of persons or a neighborhood
is unlawful and is declared to be a public nuisance, and each day
shall constitute a separate offense.
(b)
It shall be unlawful to allow or permit any animal to trespass on
private or public property so as to damage or destroy any property
or thing of value. Such trespass is declared to be a nuisance, and
any such animal may be impounded by the animal control officer or
any police officer.
(c)
Whenever it shall be affirmed in writing by two or more persons having
separate residences or by persons regularly employed in the neighborhood
that any animal is an habitual nuisance because of trespassing; howling,
barking or other noise; damaging property; being vicious or by its
actions potentially vicious; or in any other manner causing undue
annoyance, the animal control officer, if he finds such nuisance to
exist, shall serve notice upon the owner or custodian that such nuisance
must be abated.
(d)
Barking dogs. No person shall keep or harbor any dog licensed or
not, which by habitual howling, yelping, or barking does disturb the
quiet of any person residing in the neighborhood, and each day shall
constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 2-4-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-03]
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person convicted
of violating any provision of this section may be punished by the
payment of a fine not exceeding $50 for the first offense, not exceeding
$100 for the second offense within a year and not exceeding $200 for
the third and any subsequent offense within a year, to be recovered
by action of debt or by complaint and warrant. However, any person
cited for any violation of this section may be issued a citation in
such form as the Chief of Police shall authorize, and the payment
of the fine for the violation may be paid by mail. Should the required
fine not be received by the Police Department within 30 days of the
date of issuance or should the person so cited return the citation
indicating a not guilty plea to any such charge, a summons shall issue
to the person so cited requiring an appearance in the Sixth Division
Court of the State or the Town of Cumberland Municipal Court to answer
the charge.
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[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 4(e)]
Any animal, other than a dog, found running at large within
the Town limits may be impounded or disposed of according to law when
such action is required either to protect the animal or to protect
the residents of the Town.
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 5(b)]
Any animal other than a dog impounded under the provisions of
this chapter may be reclaimed by the owner upon the payment of impoundment
fees established from time to time by the Town Council and on file
in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Ord. of 11-18-1987, §§ 1,
2]
[Ord. of 7-11-1968, § 7(f)]
No wild animal may be kept within the Town limits, except under
such conditions as shall be fixed by the animal control officer. However,
wild animals may be kept for exhibition purposes by circuses, zoos
and educational institutions in accordance with such regulations as
shall be established by the animal control officer. Any wild animal
which escapes and is found at large may be destroyed by the animal
control officer or any regular police officer.
[Ord. of 1-10-1957, § I]
Hunting, possessing or taking deer is prohibited within the
boundaries of the Town.
