[Code 1959, § 35.201]
No person shall cruelly treat or abuse any animal or bird.
[Code 1959, § 35.202; amended 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 22-4]
No person shall throw or deposit any poisonous substance on
any public place or exposed private place where such substance endangers,
or is likely to endanger, any animal. This section shall not prohibit
the use of poisonous bait upon vermin in any area which does not endanger
any other animal. In addition, this section shall not prohibit the
use of poisons by licensed exterminators in the course of their business.
[Code 1959, § 35.203]
No person, except a police officer acting in his official capacity,
shall molest, injure, kill or capture any wild bird, or molest or
disturb any wild bird's nest, or the contents thereof.
[Code 1959, § 35.204; amended 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 22-4]
(a)
No person shall keep horses, cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, any hoofed
animal or any poultry within the Village limits. The keeping of such
animals is declared a nuisance and is prohibited.
(b)
A person may keep certain birds as pets, including, but not limited
to, parakeets, parrots, cockatoos, mourning doves, and pigeons. Certain
birds not customarily kept as pets, including, but not limited to,
chickens, ducks, geese, ostriches, swans, emus and other fowl, are
declared a nuisance and are prohibited.
[Code 1959, § 35.302]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Means any person who has a right of property in a dog or
cat, or has such dog or cat in one's care or possession, or permits
a dog or cat to remain in or about any premises of such person for
a period of five days or more.
[Code 1959, § 35.301]
This article shall be enforced by the police department of the
Village and/or the dog warden of the county and any of his deputies.
[Code 1959, § 35.303]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or harboring a dog
or cat to:
(1)
Own or harbor a dog over four months old without such dog being licensed,
as provided by state law;
(2)
Own or harbor a dog over four months old unless such dog is fitted
with a collar or harness with an attached license tag, as provided
by state law, at all times when the dog is off the premises of such
owner;
(3)
Remove the collar or harness, or license tag, from any dog;
(4)
Allow any dog to stray off the property of the owner or harborer
unless such dog is properly held on a leash;
(5)
Own or harbor any fierce or dangerous dog or any dog which at any
time habitually runs and barks at pedestrians or vehicles, or destroys
property, or own or harbor any dog or cat which bites any human being;
(6)
Own or harbor any dog or cat which shall cause annoyance to the people
of the neighborhood by loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping
or howling;
(7)
Own or harbor any dog or cat which commits nuisances on the property
of persons other than such owner;
(8)
Own or harbor any dog or cat which is kept in unsanitary conditions
or under conditions creating vile smells which extend beyond the property
of the owner.
[Code 1959, § 35.304]
Any person who owns or harbors a dog or cat which has bitten
a human being shall immediately place and keep such dog or cat on
a leash, even though the dog or cat remains on the owner's property,
and immediately notify the police department or dog warden of all
facts known to the owner involving the biting incident. Such person
shall keep the dog or cat continually under secure quarantine and
under such supervision and control as may be required by the police
department or dog warden, or the dog or cat shall be turned over to
the care and custody of the dog warden to be impounded at the county
dog pound until such time as the dog warden and county health department
determine that it is safe to release the dog or cat, at which time,
all costs for the care of the dog or cat shall be paid to the dog
warden.
[Code 1959, § 35.305]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, prevent
or hinder any officer or warden in the enforcement of this article
or with the seizure of any dog or cat which is found not to be in
compliance with the standards established by this article.
[Code 1959, § 35.306; amended 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 22-4]
Any member of the Police Department of the Village or the Dog
Warden or his deputies shall have power, and it shall be their duty,
to seize any dog or cat running at large, or who has bitten or intimidated
a person or another animal, whether licensed or unlicensed, contrary
to the provisions of this article, or any dog found within the Village
not having a collar and license tag attached thereto, and to hold
and confine the dog at the dog pound of the county. Such impounded
dogs or cats shall be subject to such rules and regulations regarding
the payment of fees for release, the timing of release or the other
disposition of such dogs or cats as may be established by the county.
