Town of Rock Hall, MD
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2023-06-29
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 94 Dogs and Other Animals
- The Charter
- Chr C Municipal Charter of Rock Hall
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Bank Accounts
- Ch 4 Communications Board
- Ch 5 Debt Policy
- Ch 7 Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements
- Ch 9 Drug-Free Workplace Policy
- Ch 12 Elections
- Ch 14 Energy Policies
- Ch 15 Ethics
- Ch 17 Expenses
- Ch 19 Identity Theft Prevention Program
- Ch 20 Investment Policy
- Ch 24 Mayor
- Ch 25 Meetings, Public
- Ch 26 Museum Board
- Ch 28 Parks and Recreation, Board of
- Ch 32 Personnel Policy
- Ch 36 Planning Commission
- Ch 40 Plumbing Board
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 47 Records
- Ch 49 Retirement Plan
- Ch 53 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 57 Smoking
- Ch 58 Social Media Policy
- Ch 59 Town Manager
- Ch 61 Utilities Board
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 65 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 69 Bicycles and Motorized Recreational Vehicles
- Ch 73 Boating
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Building Construction
- Ch 85 (Reserved)
- Ch 87 Cable Television
- Ch 89 Curfew
- Ch 94 Dogs and Other Animals
- § 94-1 Legislative authority.
- § 94-2 Adoption of standards; areas off limits.
- § 94-3 Amendments to Kent County Code applicable within Town limits.
- Ch 98 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 102 Fees
- Ch 106 Fences
- Ch 110 Fire Prevention
- Ch 113 Flag
- Ch 117 Floodplain Management
- Ch 121 Forest Conservation
- Ch 125 Garbage, Rubbish and Waste
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Housing Standards and Property Maintenance
- Ch 137 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 142 Licensing
- Ch 147 Littering
- Ch 151 Loitering
- Ch 153 Municipal Infractions
- Ch 155 Noise
- Ch 157 Nuisances and Public Hazards
- Ch 159 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 163 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 167 Plumbing
- Ch 171 Ponds
- Ch 176 (Reserved)
- Ch 180 Sediment Control
- Ch 184 Sewers
- Ch 188 Skateboards
- Ch 192 Stormwater Management
- Ch 196 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 200 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 204 Taxation
- Ch 205 Temporary Outdoor Dining Permits
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 212 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 215 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 220 Water
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Rock Hall 7-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 94, Dogs and Other Animals, comprised of Art. I, Dog Control
Regulations, adopted 6-1-1978 by Ord. No. 30, as amended, and Art.
II, Animals at Large, adopted 10-6-1977 by Ord. No. 26, as amended.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Town Charter
of Rock Hall, the Mayor and Council do hereby adopt the following
chapter.
A.
Chapter 64 (Animals) of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Kent County, as amended, shall be applicable and enforceable by
Kent County, Kent County's designee, or the Mayor and Council's designee
within the boundaries of the Town of Rock Hall, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter. The complete text of the Kent County Animal
Control Law, as applicable and enforceable in the Town, is on file
and available for public review in the Town office.
[Amended 11-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-05]
B.
The Mayor and Council are authorized to declare certain
public areas within the Town off limits to dogs and other animals.
Areas so designated shall be posted. A violation of this provision
shall be a municipal infraction.
[Added 11-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-05]
Chapter 64 (Animals) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Kent County, as applied and enforced within the Town limits as Chapter 94, Dogs and Other Animals, of the Code of the Town of Rock Hall, is hereby amended as follows.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: A copy of Kent County Chapter 64, as
amended by this ordinance, is on file with a complete copy of the
ordinance in the Town offices. According to the recitals of this ordinance,
the amendment to Ch. 64 provides for the deletion of provisions permitting
the harboring of feral cat colonies.
