A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or keep a dog four months old or older within the Village, unless such dog is licensed as required by state law.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog six months old or older to permit such dog to be off the premises of the owner, unless it is wearing a collar or harness to which is attached a current license tag as required by state law.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, except the owner or his authorized agent, to remove any collar, harness or license tag from a dog.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit such dog to be off the premises of such owner, including, but not limited to, private roads open to the general public and the common areas of multiple dwellings and trailer parks, unless the dog is held securely on a leash.
B. 
This section shall not apply to working dogs, such as leader dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, hunting dogs and other dogs, when accompanied by their owner or his authorized agent, while actively engaged in lawful activities for which such dogs are trained. This section shall not apply to dogs which are under the immediate control of the owner and provided the owner is in the immediate proximity to the dog. Should a dog while not on a leash attack, chase or bite another human or animal, it shall be presumed that the dog is not under the immediate control of the owner, and that, therefore, there is a violation of this section.
C. 
The Village shall not be responsible for damages done by any dog which is found at large as deemed in the definition of "at large" in § 144-2.
D. 
Any dog found running at large in the Village in violation of this section may be captured and turned over to the custody of Kalamazoo County Animal Control.
E. 
It shall be the duty of the Village of Vicksburg Police Department or Kalamazoo County Animal Control to take and retain any dog running at large anywhere within the limits of the Village, as defined in the definition of "at large" in § 144-2. The owner of such dog shall be required to pay all charges or costs of such detention as required by law.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor upon the resident premises of such person more than three dogs at any one time, provided that the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to puppies not exceeding 12 weeks of age.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or person having the charge, custody or control of any dog to permit such dog to continue to howl, bark, yelp, growl, whine, bay or make other noises which annoy or disturb the public while within the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or person having the charge, custody or control of any dog to accompany such dog on the public streets, sidewalks or other public property or upon private property not owned or under such person's control unless such owner or person in charge, custody or control of such dog shall have possession of a trowel, shovel or similar device and a bag or box or other similar container for the purpose of removing any nuisance committed by such dog.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or have charge, custody or control of any dog which is vicious or dangerous, as defined in the definition of "vicious and dangerous animal" in § 144-2. This subsection does not apply to guard dogs maintained for security purposes, provided that such guard dog has been professionally trained for that purpose and that documentation for said training has been presented to the Village Police Chief for verification.
The owner of any dog which has bitten a human or other animal shall immediately place and keep such dog on a leash, even though it remains on the owner's property, and shall immediately notify the Village of Vicksburg Police Department or Kalamazoo County Animal Control of all facts known to the owner regarding the incident. The owner shall keep the dog continually under secure quarantine and under such supervision and control as may be required by the Village of Vicksburg Police Department or Kalamazoo County Animal Control or shall turn the dog over to the care and custody of Kalamazoo County Animal Control for impoundment until such time as animal control and the health department determine it is safe to release the dog, at which time all costs for the dog's care shall be paid by the owner to animal control.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor any dog which commits a nuisance, as deemed in the definition of "nuisance" in § 144-2.
A. 
Any member of the Police Department of the Village or any Animal Control Officer of the County shall have the power and duty to seize and hold any dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, which is found off the premises of its owner in violation of this article.
B. 
Any member of the Police Department of the Village or any Animal Control Officer of the County shall have the power and duty to seize and hold any dog required under this article to be wearing a collar or harness with a current license, when said dog is not wearing a collar or harness with a current license.
C. 
The authority and duty to seize and hold a dog under this section shall include, but is not limited to, the pursuit of said dog onto private property for the purposes of capture.
D. 
Dogs seized and held under this section shall be held at the County's animal control facility and shall be disposed of under the rules and regulations adopted by the County's animal control facility, including, but not limited to, payment of fees, hours of operation, licensing and care of said dog's health.