In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Mammals, reptiles and birds.
AT LARGE
To be off the premises of the owner and not under the control
of some person either by leash or otherwise, but a dog or cat within
an automobile of its owner, or in an automobile of any other person
with the consent of the owner of said dog or cat, shall be deemed
to be upon the owner's premises.
CAT
Any feline, regardless of age or sex.
CRUEL
Causing unnecessary and excessive pain or suffering or unjustifiable
injury or death.
DOG
Any canine, regardless of age or sex.
FARM ANIMAL
Any warm-blooded animal normally raised on farms in the United
States and used for food or fiber.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Has that meaning as appears in § 967.02(5), Wis.
Stats., and includes a humane officer under § 173.03, Wis.
Stats., but does not include a conservation warden appointed under
§ 23.10, Wis. Stats.
NEUTERED
A dog or cat having nonfunctional reproductive organs.
OWNER
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog or cat and
the occupant of any premises on which a dog or cat remains or to which
it customarily returns daily for a period of 10 days; such person
is presumed to be harboring or keeping the dog or cat within the meaning
of this chapter.
PET
An animal kept and treated as a pet.
RESIDENTIAL LOT
A parcel zoned as residential, occupied or to be occupied
by a dwelling, platted or unplatted and under common ownership. For
the purpose of this chapter, any vacant parcel or parcels adjoining
a dwelling and under the same ownership shall constitute one lot.
RESTRAIN
Includes notifying the dog's or cat's owner or an officer
and requesting either the owner or officer to capture and restrain
the dog or cat, or capturing and restraining the dog or cat, and killing
the dog or cat if the circumstances require immediate action.
UNTAGGED
Not having a valid license tag attached to a collar kept
on the dog whenever the dog is outdoors unless the dog is securely
confined in a fenced area.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall assess and collect a late
fee as set by the Village Board from every owner of a dog five months
of age or over if the owner failed to obtain a license prior to April
1 of each year, or within 30 days of acquiring ownership of a licensable
dog, or if the owner failed to obtain a license on or before the dog
reached licensable age. Said late fee shall be charged in addition
to the required license fee.
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a dog or cat who
knows that such dog or cat has bitten any person shall immediately
report such fact to the Village Police Department and shall keep such
dog or cat confined for not less than 10 days or for such period of
time as directed. The owner or keeper of any such dog or cat shall
surrender the dog or cat to a law enforcement or humane officer upon
demand for examination.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing an
animal, dog or cat to permit such animal, dog or cat to go upon any
parkway or private lands or premises without the permission of the
owner of such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or injure
any lawn, flowerbed, plant, shrub, tree or garden in any manner whatsoever
or defecate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to keep or harbor
any dog which habitually barks, howls or yelps or any cat which habitually
cries or howls to the great discomfort of the peace and quiet of the
neighborhood or in such manner as to materially disturb or annoy persons
in the neighborhood who are of ordinary sensibilities. Such dogs and
cats are hereby declared to be a public nuisance. A dog or cat is
considered to be in violation of this section when two formal, written
complaints are filed with the Village Police Department within a four-week
period.
[Amended 10-11-2011]
No person except a law enforcement or animal control officer
in the pursuit of his duties shall, within the Village, shoot or kill
or commit an act of cruelty to any animal or bird or disturb any bird's
nest or bird's eggs.