Town of Bethany Beach, DE
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2024-01-16
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The Code
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Part III: General Legislation — Public Conduct and Safety
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Chapter 240 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article II Unauthorized Killing of Animals
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 21 Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 32 Indemnification of Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Manager
- Ch 45 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 51 Pension Program for Town Employees
- Ch 56 Personnel Policies
- Ch 60 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 72 Town Bandstand and Plaza
- Part II: General Legislation — Commercial
- Ch 85 (Reserved)
- Ch 102 Business Licensing
- Ch 110 Circuses, Carnivals and Exhibitions
- Ch 116 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
- Ch 123 Commercial Activities and Concessionaires
- Ch 144 Geothermal Closed-Loop Heat Exchange Well Systems
- Part III: General Legislation — Public Conduct and Safety
- Ch 212 Aircraft
- Ch 217 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 223 Beach
- Ch 227 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 229 Boardwalk
- Ch 231 Boats, Personal Watercraft and Boat Trailers; Recreational Vehicles; Portable On-Demand Storage Units
- Ch 240 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 240 Art II Unauthorized Killing of Animals
- § 240-12 Definitions.
- § 240-13 Unauthorized killing unlawful; violations and penalties.
- Ch 247 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 251 Fires, Open and Recreational; Outdoor Cooking
- Ch 256 Fireworks
- Ch 260 Gambling and Games of Chance
- Ch 275 Noise
- Ch 272 Marijuana
- Ch 282 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 298 Skateboards, Roller Skates and In-Line Skates
- Ch 301 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 309 Trailers and Camping
- Ch 316 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part IV: General Legislation — Government Access
- Ch 349 Public Access to Records
- Ch 364 Taxation
- Ch 370 Tort Claims
- Ch 378 Voting and Voter Registration
- Volume II
- Part V: General Legislation — Building and Zoning
- Ch 395 Building Construction
- Ch 410 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 425 Zoning
- Part VI: General Legislation — Land and Infrastructure
- Ch 440 Brush and Grass
- Ch 448 Erosion Control
- Ch 453 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 461 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 475 Property Maintenance
- Ch 484 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 486 Littering, Solid Waste, Recyclables and Yard Waste
- Ch 493 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 500 Swimming Pools and Spas
- Ch 507 Trees
- Ch 516 Water and Sewers
- Ch 525 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 530 Signs
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-19-1976 by Ord. No. 9 (Ch.
106, Art. II, of the 1992 Code)]
[Added 9-18-1992 by Ord. No. 279]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A situation posing a clear and immediate threat to the lives
or personal safety of human beings.
[Amended 9-18-1992 by Ord. No. 279; 2-17-2006 by Ord. No.
407]
Any person hereafter found guilty of shooting, poisoning or otherwise harming or killing any cat or dog or other domesticated animal or fowl belonging to another within the corporate limits of the Town, without authority so to do under the laws of the State of Delaware or except in cases of extreme emergency, shall, upon conviction thereof, pay such fines as set out in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, Penalties.
