[Amended 7-11-2012; 12-10-2012]
A. Dog licenses.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person in the Village of Argyle to own,
harbor or keep any dog more than six months of age without complying
with the provisions of §§ 174.05 through 174.10, Wis.
Stats., relating to the listing, licensing and tagging of the same.
(2) The owner of any dog more than six months of age on January 1 of
any year, or six months of age within the license year, shall annually
or on or before the date the dog becomes six months of age pay a license
tax and obtain a license.
(3) The minimum license tax under this section shall be based on whether
or not the dog is spayed or neutered, and the fee shall be as set
from time to time by resolution of the Village Board.
(4) Upon payment of the required license tax and upon presentation of evidence that the dog is currently immunized against rabies, as required by §
164-2 of this chapter, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall complete and issue to the owner a license for such dog containing all information required by state law. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall also deliver to the owner, at the time of issuance of the license, a tag of durable material bearing the same serial number as the license, the name of the county in which issued and the license year. Guide dogs for the disabled shall receive a license at no cost.
(5) The owner shall securely attach the tag to a collar, and the collar with the tag attached shall be kept on the dog for which the license is issued at all times, except as provided in §
164-2E.
(6) The fact that a dog is without a tag attached to the dog by means
of a collar shall be presumptive evidence that the dog is unlicensed.
Any law enforcement or humane officer shall seize, impound or restrain
any dog for which a dog license is required which is found without
such tag attached.
(7) Notwithstanding the foregoing, every dog specifically trained to
lead blind or deaf persons is exempt from the dog license tax, and
every person owning such a dog shall receive annually a free dog license
from the Village Clerk-Treasurer upon application therefor.
B. Multiple dog licenses.
(1) Any person who keeps more than two dogs shall, instead of the license tax for each dog required by this chapter, apply for a multiple dog license for the keeping of the dogs. Such person shall pay for the license year a license tax as set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board for 12 or fewer dogs and an additional fee for each dog in excess of 12. Upon payment of the required multiple dog license tax and, if required by the Village Board, upon presentation of evidence that all dogs over six months of age are currently immunized against rabies, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall issue the multiple dog license and a number of tags equal to the number of dogs authorized to be kept. Multiple dogs may only be located in residential areas following a public hearing and approval by the Village Board; the Board may attach conditions to such approval as a conditional use under the Village's Zoning Code (see Chapter
715, Zoning).
[Amended 7-11-2012]
(2) The owner or keeper of multiple dogs shall keep at all times a multiple
dog license tag attached to the collar of each dog over six months
old kept by the owner or keeper under a multiple dog license, but
this requirement does not apply to a show dog during competition,
to a dog securely confined indoors or to a dog securely confined in
a fenced area. The rabies vaccination tag or substitute tag shall
remain attached to the dog for which it is issued at all times, but
this requirement does not apply to a show dog during competition,
to a dog securely confined indoors or to a dog securely confined in
a fenced area. No dog bearing a multiple dog tag shall be permitted
to stray or to be taken anywhere outside the limits of the owner's
premises unless the dog is on a leash or temporarily unconfined/unleashed
for the purposes of hunting, breeding, trial, training or competition.
(3) The term "multiple dog" means any establishment wherein or whereon
three or more dogs are kept.
(4) No multiple dog license shall be issued to the keeper or operator
of multiple dogs who fails to provide proper food and drink and proper
shelter for the dogs or who neglects or abandons said dogs. Designated
officials shall investigate any complaints regarding the failure to
maintain proper standards or investigate any multiple dog premises
upon his/her own initiative. Expressly incorporated by reference in
this section as minimum standards for multiple dog keepers or operators
are the relevant provisions of Ch. 174, Wis. Stats.
(5) A condition of a multiple license shall be that the licensed premises
may be entered and inspected at any reasonable hour by appropriate
Village officials without any warrant, and the application for a license
hereunder shall be deemed a consent to this provision. Any refusal
to permit such inspection shall automatically operate as a revocation
of any license issued hereunder and shall be deemed a violation of
this section. Should any multiple dog license be found to constitute
a public nuisance, the license shall be revoked and the nuisance abated
pursuant to Village ordinances.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall assess and collect a late
fee, as set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board,
from every owner of a dog six 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 other domesticated
animal who knows that such dog or other domesticated animal has bitten
any person shall immediately report such fact to Village law enforcement
officers and shall keep such dog or other domesticated animal confined
for not less than 10 days or for such period of time as directed.
The owner or keeper of any such dog or other domesticated animal shall
surrender the dog or other domesticated animal 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, flower bed, plant, shrub, tree or garden in any manner whatsoever,
or to defecate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to keep or harbor
any dog which habitually barks, howls or yelps 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 are hereby declared to be a public
nuisance. The owner of a dog is considered to be in violation of this
section when two formal, written complaints are filed with Village
law enforcement officers within a four-week period.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or maintain
any hive, stand or box where bees are kept or keep any bees in or
upon any premises within the corporate limits of the Village unless
the bees are kept in accordance with the following provisions:
A. No hive, stand or box where bees are kept shall be located closer
than 20 feet to any property boundary. Such hives, stands or boxes
may only be located in the rear yard.
B. If bee colonies are kept within 50 feet of any exterior boundary
of the property on which the hive, stand or box is located, a barrier
that will prevent bees from flying through it, no less than five feet
high, shall be installed and maintained along said exterior boundary.
Said barrier may be either a natural planting or artificial.
C. Fresh, clean watering facilities for bees shall be provided on the
said premises.
D. The bees and equipment shall be kept in accordance with the provisions
of state law.
E. A conditional user permit shall first be obtained pursuant to the Village Zoning Code (Chapter
715, Zoning).
It shall be unlawful for anyone to place any type of feeder,
above or on the ground, for the purpose of offering any feed such
as salt, minerals, apples, corn, sunflower seeds, deer suckers, or
any other type of feed for the purpose of enticing deer into any specific
area of anyone's property in the Village of Argyle.