[HISTORY: Adopted by the 5-9-2005 ATM, Art. 37.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 120.
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Editor's Note: This bylaw also repealed former Ch. 85, Dogs, which consisted of the following: Art. I, Restraint, adopted 7-8-1968 STM, Art. 11, as amended; Art. II, Licensing and Keeping of Dogs, adopted 5-8-1989 ATM, Art. 19.
The purpose of this Bylaw is to insure the humane treatment and control of animals and to promote a safe environment for humans.
All dogs shall be restrained or under the control of a responsible person at all times while off the premises of its owner.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper, or person responsible for any dog to permit it to be on any public property which has been closed to dogs by the municipal agency with care, custody and control over such property.
All animal owners, keepers or persons having control of an animal are responsible for immediately removing and disposing of in a sanitary manner all solid wastes produced by said animal on any property, other than the property of the animal owner.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or cat more than four (4) months old to fail to inoculate it against rabies. Dogs and cats must also be revaccinated periodically in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
[Amended 5-13-2013 ATM, Art. 33]
The registration, numerical listing, description and licensing of dogs shall be conducted in the office of the Town Clerk. Licenses are due March 1st of each year. It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog more than six (6) months old to fail to obtain a dog license and keep it securely affixed to the dog's collar or harness at all times. It shall be unlawful to own or keep more than three (3) dogs on a single premise unless a kennel permit has also been obtained from the Town Clerk, other than three or more dogs kept solely as personal pets of the owner of the dogs.
A. 
License Fees/Late Fees
a. 
The fees for dog licenses are as follows:
i. 
Spayed and neutered dogs Ten ($10) Dollars.
[Amended 5-13-2019 ATM by Art. 53]
ii. 
Non-spayed, Non-neutered dogs Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars.
[Amended 5-13-2019 ATM by Art. 53]
iii. 
Kennels
1. 
Not more than four dogs, Ten ($10.00) Dollars
2. 
More than four but not more than ten dogs, Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars.
3. 
More than ten dogs, Fifty ($50.00) Dollars.
iv. 
A $5.00 late fee will be assessed for licenses obtained after March 1st; and, a $25.00 dollar late fine will be assessed for licenses obtained after June 1st in addition to the license fee and late fee.
B. 
Disposition of Licensing Fees. All money received from the issuance of dog licenses by the Town or recovered as fines or penalties under the provisions of G.L. c. 140 relating to dogs, shall be paid into the treasury of the Town and shall not thereafter be paid over to the treasury of Barnstable County.
A. 
The Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator, Park Department, Conservation Commission, Board of Health, Police Department, Harbormaster, and such other individuals as may be designated by the Board of Selectmen may enforce this Bylaw.
B. 
Violations of this Bylaw will be subject to the provisions of G.L. c. 40, § 21D, regarding non-criminal dispositions as adopted by the Town of Orleans.
C. 
Any person who violates the provisions of this Bylaw will be subject to the following actions for each offense:
1. 
A fine of twenty-five ($25) for the first offense.
2. 
A fine of fifty dollars ($50) for the second offense and for any subsequent offenses.
If any section or provision of this Bylaw shall be deemed invalid, the validity or enforcement of any other section or provision of this Bylaw shall not be affected.