[Ord. No. 614 §§1 —
5, 8-16-1993]
A. For
purposes of this Article, the following terms shall mean:
ADEQUATE CARE
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal including
wholesome food, clean water, shelter and health care as necessary
to maintain good health in a specific species of animal.
ADEQUATE CONTROL
To reasonably restrain or govern an animal so that the animal
does not injure itself, any person, any other animal or property.
ANIMAL
Every living vertebrate except a human being.
HARBOR
To feed or to shelter an animal at the same location for
three (3) or more consecutive days.
OWNER
In addition to its ordinary meaning, any person who keeps
or harbors an animal or professes to be owning, keeping or harboring
an animal.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation,
association, trust, estate, or other legal entity.
B. A person
is guilty of animal neglect when he/she has custody or ownership or
both of an animal and fails to provide adequate care or adequate control.
C. A person
is guilty of animal abuse when a person:
1. Intentionally or purposely kills an animal in any manner not allowed
by or expressly exempted by the terms of this Article.
2. Purposely or intentionally or recklessly causes injury, suffering
or pain to an animal.
3. Abandons an animal in any place without making provision for its
adequate care.
4. Overworks or overloads an animal or drives or works an animal unfit
to work.
5. Having ownership or custody of an animal willfully fails to provide
adequate care or adequate control.
D. The
parent or guardian of a minor child is responsible for the adequate
care of any animal owned by, in the control of, or harbored by that
minor child.
E. Any
person found guilty of violating the terms of this Article shall be
guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of up to five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not in excess
of thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.