[Ord. No. 558.009 §1, 12-11-1989]
The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
DOGS OR CATS
All animals of the canine or feline species, both male and
female.
OWNER OR KEEPER
Any person having a right of property in a dog or cat, or
who keeps or harbors a dog or cat, or who has it in his/her care or
acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits a dog or cat to remain
on or about any premises owned or occupied by him/her.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
A dog or cat which:
1.
Molests passersby or chases passing vehicles or bicycles;
2.
Damages private or public property;
3.
Female dogs or cats in heat.
RUNNING AT LARGE
Allowing a dog or cat to be off the private premises of the
owner or keeper, or his/her agent or servant, and not on a leash or
confined to the arms, motor vehicle, trailer or other conveyance of
the owner or keeper, his/her agent or servant.
UNRESTRAINED DOG
Any dog running at large or a dog on the premises of its
owner or keeper but not confined to said premises by a leash, fence,
structure or other means that would prevent the dog from leaving such
premises.
VICIOUS ANIMAL
Any dog or cat that constitutes a physical threat to human
beings or other animals.
[Ord. No. 558.009 §2, 12-11-1989]
Every owner shall exercise proper care and control of his/her
animal to prevent them from becoming a public nuisance. Every female
dog or cat in heat shall be confined in such a manner that they cannot
come into contact with another animal except planned breeding. Every
vicious animal, as determined by the Chief of Police, shall be confined
by the owner and shall be securely muzzled or caged whenever off the
premises of its owner. Any owner who allows his/her dog or cat to
become a nuisance shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 558.009 §3, 12-11-1989]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning, controlling,
keeping, possessing or having the management or care, in whole or
in part of any dog or cat, to permit such dog or cat to run at large
or go off the premises of the owner or the keeper thereof, or to be
upon any street, or other public place within the corporate limits
of the City of Laurie at any time, day or night, unless such dog or
cat is in the custody and control of some responsible person.
[Ord. No. 558.009 §7, 12-11-1989]
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor any
dog which by loud, continual or frequent barking or howling disturbs
the neighborhood or any person, or which habitually barks, threatens
or chases pedestrians or vehicles.
Whenever rabies becomes prevalent in the City, the Mayor shall,
according to the necessity of the case, issue a quarantine order requiring
every owner or person in charge of any dog or dogs within the limits
of the City to either kill or impound his/her dog or dogs or to have
such dog or dogs immunized. Said order shall be published once in
the paper officially publishing the business of the City; and in the
absence of such paper, shall be posted as in case of sales of personal
property. The Mayor is authorized by proclamation to terminate any
such quarantine whenever, in his/her judgment, the necessity for it
no longer exists.
[Ord. No. 2000-12 §§1
— 4, 8-14-2000; Ord. No. 2001-03 §1, 2-12-2001]
A. No
person may keep, harbor nor publicly exhibit any wild animals as hereinafter
defined within the limits of the City of Laurie without complying
with the terms of this Section and without obtaining a permit therefor
as hereinafter provided. For the purpose of this Section, a "wild animal" is defined as any carnivorous animal or venomous
reptile or alligator or crocodile not to include domestic dogs, cats
and domestic farm animals or poultry.
B. Any
person keeping a wild animal within the City limits in accordance
with this Section shall keep said wild animal confined in an enclosure
sufficient to contain said animal at all times. No person shall allow
said wild animal to come into physical contact with any person other
than the keeper of said animal operating under a permit issued hereunder.
C. Any
person keeping or harboring any such wild animal within the limits
of the City of Laurie shall first obtain a permit therefor from the
City Clerk of the City, which permit shall be issued upon payment
of an annual permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). No permit
for the keeping of a wild animal shall be issued unless the person
keeping or harboring said wild animal shall first provide documentary
evidence of his/her holding all required State and Federal permits
and of the existence of public liability insurance, said insurance
to cover any liability of the keeper and/or the issuer of the permit
with limits of not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00)
per any one (1) person injured as a result of the escape or injury
by any said wild animal.
D. Any person keeping or harboring a wild animal within the City limits without a permit or failing to keep said wild animal in enclosures or not in accordance with the terms of Subsection
(B) hereof shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Section and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation thereof shall continue shall be considered a separate offense of violation.
[Ord. No. 2015-11 §A, 12-8-2015]
A. Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
COMMUNITY CAT
A cat that is abandoned, stray, lost or feral and cared for
by a community cat caregiver pursuant to this Section.
COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER
A person who, in accordance with and pursuant to a policy
of Trap-Neuter-Return, provides care, including food, shelter or medical
care to a community cat, while not being considered the owner, harborer,
controller, or keeper of a community cat.
EARTIPPING
The removal of the one-fourth (1/4) inch tip of a community
cat's left ear, performed while the cat is under anesthesia,
in compliance with any applicable Federal or State law, and under
the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, designed to identify the
community cat as being sterilized and lawfully vaccinated for rabies.
TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN/TNR
The process of humanely trapping, sterilizing, vaccinating
for rabies, eartipping, and returning community cats to their original
location.
B. Permitted Acts. The following actions shall be permitted
in the City in pursuance of a process of Trap-Neuter-Return:
1.
Trapping, for the sole purpose of sterilizing, vaccinating for
rabies and eartipping community cats, in compliance with any applicable
Federal or State law, and under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian,
where applicable.
2.
An eartipped cat received by local shelters will be returned
to the location where trapped unless veterinary care is required.
A trapped eartipped cat will be released on site unless veterinary
care is required.
3.
Community cat caregivers are empowered to reclaim impounded
community cats without proof of ownership solely for the purpose of
the implementation of the process of Trap-Neuter-Return as more particularly
provided in this Section.
4.
A community cat caregiver who returns a feral, or community
cat in conjunction with TNR is not deemed to have abandoned the community
cat.