[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
There is hereby established the position of Animal Control Officer.
The officer shall be appointed by the City Administrator with the
advice and consent of the City Council. The Animal Control Officer
shall be of good character. It shall be the officer's duty to enforce
all provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a dog, cat or
other domestic animal in the City of St. Robert without making provisions
for its adequate care.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
Any dog in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be impounded pursuant to Section 210.060. Any other animal may, at the City's discretion, be impounded pursuant to the provisions of said Section that shall govern said impoundment to the maximum extent possible.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning, controlling,
harboring, possessing or having the management or care, in whole or
in part, of any dog to permit such dog(s) to run-at-large. For the
purpose of this Chapter, every dog when on any street, alley or any
other public place in the City of St. Robert, which is not attached
to a leash, the other end of which is securely held or when on private
property within said City, which is either not attached to a leash,
the other end of which is securely held, or which is not so confined
to the owner's property, shall be deemed running-at-large.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
The Police Department or Animal Control Officer shall have the
power to enforce the provisions of this Chapter, including, but in
no way limited to, the powers to issue notice of violation and, as
far as permissible under the laws of the State and ordinances of the
City, to enter upon private property after observing any violation
of the provisions of this Chapter for the purpose of enforcement hereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to deliver up to the
Animal Control Officer or Police Officer any animal, fowl or reptile
when requested to do so under the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of a motor vehicle
to leave an animal confined in a motor vehicle under circumstances
that could endanger its life. In the event the Animal Control Officer
determines an animal is confined under these circumstances, the Animal
Control Officer, with the assistance from the Police, is hereby authorized
and may enter said vehicle and rescue the endangered animal and thereafter
impound it. A prominent written notice shall be left on or in the
vehicle advising that the animal has been removed under the authority
of this Section and impounded at the City animal shelter.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
All structures, pens, coops or yards wherein animals or fowl
are kept or permitted to be shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times, devoid of all rodents and vermin, and free
from offensive, disagreeable or noxious smell or odor to the injury,
annoyance or inconvenience of any inhabitant of the neighborhood.
The enclosed area of all such structures shall be constructed in such
a way as to be dry at all times on the inside. The Animal Control
Officer may at any time inspect, or cause to be inspected, any structure
or premises and issue any such order as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Section.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
No person shall keep any dog without a current City license for such animal as provided for in Section 210.010. Any person owning, keeping or harboring any animal subject to the provisions of this Chapter who shall knowingly make a false statement to the Animal Control Officer or person issuing a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A license for a dog shall be issued only after the applicant pays a license fee in accordance with Section 210.020.
[RSMo. §578.018; Ord. No. 1725 §§1 — 3, 10-18-2004]
A.
Required. Any person, persons, association, firm or corporation who shall own and keep or harbor upon a single location more than four (4) dogs or four (4) cats, or a combination of the two (2), totaling four (4) over six (6) months of age shall be deemed the owner of a kennel. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, association, firm or corporation to own and keep or harbor upon a single location more than four (4) dogs or four (4) cats, or a combination of the two (2) , totaling four (4) over six (6) months of age without a kennel license. Said kennel may harbor no more than ten (10) dogs or ten (10) cats or a combination of the two (2) totaling ten (10). Such owner shall file application, therefore, on a form provided by the City Clerk, prescribed by the City Administrator, which application shall provide information to indicate whether or not the proposed kennel and its operation thereof will not be in violation of State laws and City ordinances. If it appears that such kennel and the operation thereof will not be in violation of State laws and City ordinances, the City Clerk shall issue a kennel license to said applicant upon payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). This fee will be in addition to individual dog licenses that shall be required. However, the kennel license does not preclude the need for each dog to be vaccinated according to Section 211.065 or the need to obtain other City or State licenses when engaged in a commercial business.
B.
Expiration. Such license shall become due on or before the
first (1st) day of January and shall permit the applicant to operate
such kennel described in the application until the license expires
on the thirty-first (31st) day of December next following the issuance
unless said license is revolved. Two (2) or more violations of this
Section as determined by the Municipal Court after all appeals have
been decided and the decision has become final, or two (2) or more
violations of Sections 578.009 or 578.012, RSMo., shall constitute
sufficient cause for revocation of such license.
C.
Separate Enterprise. Every facility regulated by this Section
shall be considered a separate enterprise with each facility requiring
an individual license.
D.
Zoning. It shall be unlawful for kennels to operate in
any residentially zoned area of the City.
E.
Regulations. It shall be unlawful for a person to operate
a kennel without meeting the following conditions:
1.
Housing facilities shall be provided the animals, and such shall
be structurally sound, shall be maintained in good repair and shall
be constructed to provide shelter from excessive sunlight, rain, snow,
wind or other elements. In addition, such facilities shall be constructed
to provide sufficient space for the proper exercise and movement of
each animal contained therein; to provide drainage to prevent the
accumulation of water, mud, debris, excreta or other materials and
shall be designed to facilitate the removal of animal and food wastes.
The housing facilities shall be designed so as to protect the animals
from injury, shall contain the animals and shall restrict the entrance
of other animals.
2.
Suitable food and bedding shall be provided and stored in facilities
adequate to provide protection against infestation or contamination
by insects or rodents. Refrigeration shall be provided for the protection
of perishable foods.
3.
Provisions shall be made for the removal and disposal of animal and
food wastes, bedding, dead animals and debris on a daily basis. Waste
disposal facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition and
the kennel shall be free from the infestation or contamination of
insects, rodents or disease and from obnoxious or foul odors.
4.
Water must be conveniently available for cleaning purposes.
5.
Sick animals shall be separated from those appearing healthy and
normal. Sick animals shall be removed from display or sale and kept
in isolation quarters with adequate ventilation to keep from contaminating
well animals.
6.
If the operation of the kennel includes the sale of animals, then
there shall be an employee or owner on duty at all times during the
hours any store is open whose responsibility in that shop or department
shall be the care and welfare of the animals held for sale or display.
7.
If the operation of the kennel includes the sale of animals, then
an employee or owner shall come in to feed, water and do necessary
cleaning of animals on days the store or shop is closed.
8.
No person, persons, association, firm or corporation shall knowingly
sell a sick or injured dog or cat.
9.
No person, persons, association, firm or corporation shall knowingly
misrepresent a dog or cat to a customer in any way.
10.
The Animal Control Officer, Fire Department and the Police shall
have the right to inspect such kennels at reasonable hours and to
enforce State Statutes pertaining to neglected or abused animals.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
No refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of the
dog leaving the City or the death of the dog before the expiration
of the license.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
No license shall be a granted for a dog for which the owner
cannot produce proof of a current rabies medicine in the State in
which the dog is vaccinated or someone under the supervision of a
veterinarian in said State. A veterinarian who vaccinates a dog to
be licensed in the City shall complete a duplicate certificate of
vaccination. One (1) copy shall be issued to the owner for proof of
vaccination for City license application, and one (1) copy shall be
retained in the veterinarian's files.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A certificate shall accompany every application for a dog license
required by this Code from a qualified veterinarian showing that the
animal to be licensed has been given a vaccination against rabies
in compliance with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
All licenses required by the provisions of this Chapter shall comply with Section 210.020 and Section 211.055(B).
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A.
Upon
the payment of the license fee required by this Chapter, the City
shall execute a receipt in duplicate. The original receipt shall be
given to the person who pays the fee, and the duplicate shall be retained.
The City shall procure a sufficient number of suitable tags, the shape
of which shall be different for each license year, and shall deliver
on appropriate tax to the owner when the fee is paid.
B.
The
owner shall cause such tag to be affixed by a permanent metal fastening
to the collar of the dog so licensed in such a manner that they may
be easily seen and shall see that such dog constantly wears the tag.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
In case any dog tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued by the City Collector in accordance with Section 210.160.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful to counterfeit or attempt to counterfeit
the tags provided for in this Chapter or take from any dog a tag legally
placed upon it by its owner with the intent to place it upon another
dog.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
Dog license tags shall not be transferable unless ownership
of a dog is transferred. In such case the tags remain with the pet.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any dog
or cat which continually barks or cries so as to disturb the peace,
comfort or repose of any person in the neighborhood.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
Whenever the prevalence of hydrophobia renders such action necessary
to protect the public health and safety, the Mayor shall issue a proclamation
ordering every person owning or keeping a dog to confine it securely
on his premises unless it is muzzled so that it cannot bite. No person
shall violate such proclamation, and any dog running-at-large during
the time fixed in the proclamation shall be destroyed by the Animal
Control Officer or any Police Officer without notice to the owner.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any dog owner or any person having
control or command of a dog to fail to prevent or keep his dog from
doing any damage to lawn, garden or other property or to fail to prevent
or keep his dog from biting, injuring, menacing or attacking any person.
Any owner having an aggressive or biting dog shall post a sign to
that effect.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A.
Any
dog which is required to be impounded under this Chapter and cannot
safely be taken up and impounded may be tranquilized by the Animal
Control Officer or any Police Officer, if in his judgment such is
reasonable and necessary. The animal shall then be impounded.
B.
If
any animal is found running-at-large without a license or otherwise
in violation of this Chapter and cannot be safely taken up and impounded
by means such as humane trap, tranquilizer dart gun or other conventional
means, the animal may be destroyed by the Animal Control Officer or
a Police Officer.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A.
Any
dog which bites, injures or attacks any person shall be taken up and
quarantined by the Animal Control Officer or any Police Officer for
a period of ten (10) days, the expense thereof to be paid by the person
possessing, owning or otherwise having under his custody or control
such dog.
B.
If within said period of ten (10) days the dog does not develop or manifest hydrophobia or rabies, it may be redeemed by the owner in accordance with Section 210.100.
C.
If
said dog is not redeemed within one (1) day after the ten (10) day
period, it shall be disposed of as provided in this Chapter. If said
dog does develop hydrophobia during said period of time, it shall
be immediately put to death by the Animal Control Officer or any Police
Officer. In lieu of such dog being taken up by officials of the City,
the owner may, at his option, place the dog with a licensed veterinarian
who normally practices veterinary medicine in the City, at his own
expense, for said period of ten (10) days, but said animal shall not
be released without prior written notice to the City Administrator
or Animal Control Officer.
D.
If
the owner has proof of up-to-date immunizations and vaccinations for
hydrophobia or rabies, then said dog may be quarantined at the owner's
home with the Animal Control Officer's permission.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person to taunt, torment, tease,
beat, strike, torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison or kill any
dog or to interfere with or meddle with any Animal Control Officer
who is in the performance of his duties while enforcing any regulation
delineated in this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 3226, 4-3-2018]
A.
No
dog within the City limits of St. Robert shall be chained, tied, fastened,
or otherwise tethered to any stationary or inanimate object as means
of confinement and restraint.
Exceptions: Tethering is allowed on occasions when it is necessary
for dog owner to complete a temporary task that requires the dog to
be restrained. The dog shall not be tethered for more than ten (10)
continuous hours in a 24-hour period.
B.
When
a dog is tethered, as allowed under exceptions, the following conditions
must be met:
1.
The dog must be tethered by a no choke collar or body harness to
a tether that is at least fifteen (15) feet along and free from any
objects that could allow the tether to cause entanglement or strangulation.
2.
The dog must have access to food, water and adequate shelter and
protection from snow, cold, rain, wind, and sun. The shelter must
be cleaned on a regular basis.
C.
Penalties.
Violators will be punished by a fine of no more than two hundred twenty-five
dollars ($225.00).
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A.
"Vicious animal" is:
1.
Any animal which, when unprovoked, in a vicious or terrorizing manner
approaches any person in apparent attitude of attack upon any street,
sidewalk or other area used by the public or dedicated to public use;
2.
Any animal with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack
unprovoked, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of
human being or domestic animals as defined in this Chapter;
3.
Any animal which bites, inflicts injury, assaults or otherwise attacks
a domestic animal as defined in this Chapter or human being without
provocation on any property;
4.
Any animal owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose
of fighting or any trained for fighting; or
5.
Any animal which habitually snaps at, growls or otherwise manifests
a disposition to bite, attack or injure any person or domestic animal
or pet.
B.
An
animal is not a vicious animal if an injury or damage is sustained
by a person who, at the time such injury or damage was sustained,
was committing a willful trespass or other tort upon premises occupied
by the keeper or owner of the animal or was teasing, tormenting, abusing
or assaulting the animal or was committing or attempting to commit
a crime.
C.
An
animal is not a vicious animal if any injury or damage sustained by
a domestic animal which, at the time such injury or damage was sustained,
was teasing, tormenting, abusing or assaulting the animal. An animal
is not a vicious animal if the animal was protecting or defending
a human being within the immediate vicinity of the animal from an
unjustified attack or assault.
D.
"Enclosure", for the purposes of this Section, is a fence
or structure of at least six (6) feet in height forming or causing
an enclosure suitable to prevent the entry of young children and suitable
to confine a vicious animal in conjunction with other measures which
may be taken by the owner, such as tethering of the vicious animal.
[Ord. No. 1725 §§1 —
3, 10-18-2004]
A.
No
person shall own, keep, harbor or allow to be in or upon his premises
any vicious animal unless it is confined in accordance with the provisions
of this Section.
B.
Vicious
animals shall be securely confined indoors or in a securely enclosed
and locked kennel or cage. The kennel or cage shall be of a size appropriate
to the size of the animal kept therein and shall provide adequate
ventilation, shade from the sun and protection from the elements.
In the event of a dispute over the appropriate size, the guidelines
of the United States Department of Agriculture shall apply. The kennel
must have secure sides and a secure top attached to the sides. Such
kennel or cage must have a secure bottom or floor attached to the
sides or the sides must be embedded in the ground. The kennel or cage
must be locked with a key or combination lock when such animals are
within the structure. Any such kennel or cage must be located at least
ten (10) feet from any property line and must comply with all zoning
and building regulations of the City. Kennels for vicious dog must
be at least six (6) feet in height and, unless a secure bottom or
floor is attached to the sides, the sides must be embedded in the
ground not less than two (2) feet.
C.
When
confined indoors, no vicious animal may be kept on a porch, path or
in any part of a house, building or structure that would allow the
animal to exit such building on its own volition. No such animal may
be kept in a house, building or structure when screen windows or screen
doors are the only obstacles preventing the animal from exiting the
structure.
D.
Vicious
dog owners shall display a sign on the premises where the animal resides
warning that there is a vicious dog on the premises and reading in
letters not less that two (2) inches high "Vicious Dog Here", "Beware
of Vicious Dog", "Fierce Dog Here" or "Beware of Fierce Dog". The
sign shall be conspicuously visible to the public. In case a minor
is the owner or keeper of such vicious dog, this notice shall be posted
upon the home of the adult person in a whose family the minor lives
or the adult person who is in charge of the premises where such vicious
dog is kept.
E.
If
the vicious animal is removed from the enclosure, it shall be securely
muzzled and restrained with a lead having a minimum tensile strength
of three hundred (300) pounds and not exceeding three (3) feet in
length.
F.
Initial determination as to whether an animal is vicious or not shall be made by the Animal Control Officer based upon the circumstances that lead to the complaint. If in the opinion of the Animal Control Officer the animal is declared vicious, an owner shall have a maximum of seven (7) days in which to fully comply with the provisions of Section 211.050. During this period, the animal will be secured with a chain as provided for in Subsection (E) of this Section or placed in a secure building. Owner will have the right to appeal the decision to the Board of Aldermen.
G.
The
owner shall notify the Police Department or Animal Control Officer
immediately but no later than twenty-four (24) hours after a vicious
animal is at large, unconfined, or has attacked another animal or
a human being.
H.
Upon
conviction of any person in violation of this Section, the Municipal
Judge may, in addition to the usual judgment upon conviction, order
the Animal Control Officer to forthwith take up and put to death such
vicious animal.
[Ord. No. 2067 §§1 —
2, 3-17-2008]
A.
No
person shall sell, or offer for sale, any puppy, dog, kitten, cat
or any other domestic pet within the City limits of the City of St.
Robert without first complying with any and all terms and conditions
contained in this Section.
B.
Any
person who offers for sale any puppy, dog, kitten, cat or any domestic
pet (hereinafter "seller") shall first obtain a City of St. Robert
business's license and/or peddler's license as determined by the City
Clerk.
C.
No
seller shall sell, or offer for sale, any puppy, dog, kitten, cat
or any domestic pet upon the property of another without first obtaining
written permission from the owner of said property. Said written permission
shall be maintained by the seller and produced upon request of any
Law Enforcement or Animal Control Officer.
D.
Prior
to obtaining a permit, any seller shall provide in writing to the
City Clerk the following information:
E.
No
seller shall obstruct traffic or cause traffic to be obstructed by
the selling of any puppy, dog, kitten, cat or any other domestic pet.
