The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
DOGS or CATS
All animals of the canine or feline species, both male and
female.
OWNER or KEEPER
Any person having a right of property in a dog or cat, or
who keeps or harbors a dog or cat, or who has it in his/her care,
or acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits a dog or cat to
remain on or about any premises owned or occupied by him/her.
RUNNING AT LARGE
Allowing a dog or cat to be off the private premises of the
owner or keeper, or his/her agent or servant, and not on a leash or
confined to the arms, motor vehicle, trailer or other conveyance of
the owner or keeper, his/her agent or servant.
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
Physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death
or that causes serious disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment
of the function of any part of the body.
TRESPASSER
A person upon the premises of the owner or keeper of the
dog in question without license or privilege to be upon said premises.
UNRESTRAINED DOG
Any dog running at large or a dog on the premises of its
owner or keeper but not confined to said premises by a leash, fence,
structure or other means that would prevent the dog from leaving such
premises.
VICIOUS DOG
Any of the following dogs:
1.
Any dog, whether or not running at large and whether or not
unrestrained, that without provocation has bitten any person not a
trespasser causing serious physical injury to that person.
2.
Any unrestrained dog, whether or not running at large, that
without provocation has attempted to bite any person not a trespasser
which would cause serious physical injury to that person.
3.
Any unrestrained dog, whether or not running at large, that
without provocation has placed any person not a trespasser in apprehension
of immediate serious physical injury.
4.
Any dog that has killed another dog, cat or other domestic animal
without provocation.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or cat
to permit the same to run at large within the Village of Indian Point
at any time. Any dog or cat found running at large, shall be impounded.
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.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, the Village Police, and any other person of the Village of Indian Point, especially designated by the Board of Trustees and the Chairman for such purpose, to take up any dog or cat running at large, or any vicious dog in violation of Section
205.040 above and to impound the same. In effecting the capture of any dog or cat, the officers aforesaid are authorized and directed to use traps, nets, tranquilizer guns or any other humane method.
Every officer impounding a dog or cat under this Chapter shall,
within twenty-four (24) hours after such impounding, enter upon a
registry open to the public and in plain public view at the Village
Hall of the Village, a description of such dog or cat, including breed,
color and approximate size, and the date apprehended, and if the owner
or keeper is known, the name and address of such owner or keeper;
or the owner or keeper shall be given actual notice of the impoundment
of such dog or cat before disposition of such dog or cat.
The owner or keeper of any dog or cat impounded under this Chapter
shall pay to the Chief of Police, Police Officer, or other official
especially designated to receive the same, a sum sufficient to reimburse
the Village for its costs in impounding such dog or cat and keeping
it impounded.
It shall be the duty of any officer impounding any dog or cat under this Chapter to keep the same impounded for a period of seven (7) days, unless such dog or cat shall be reclaimed by his/her owner or keeper under Section
205.070 of this Chapter. If, after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of such impoundment, such dog or cat shall not have been reclaimed, the same shall be disposed of or destroyed in a humane manner.
Any person in physical possession and control of any animal
shall remove excreta or other solid waste deposited by the animal
in any public or private area not designated to receive such wastes
including, but not limited to, streets, sidewalks, parking lots, public
parks or recreation areas and private property. The provisions of
this Section shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind
person.
Whenever rabies becomes prevalent in the Village, the Chairman
shall, according to the necessity of the case, issue a quarantine
order, requiring every owner or person in charge of any dog or dogs
within the limits of the Village, to either kill or impound his/her
dog or dogs, or to have such dog or dogs immunized. Said order shall
be published once in the paper officially publishing the business
of the Village; and in the absence of such paper, shall be posted
as in case of sales of personal property. The Chairman is authorized
by proclamation, to terminate any such quarantine whenever, in his/her
judgment, the necessity for it no longer exists.
No person may keep any lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar,
cheetah, margay, mountain lion, Canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena,
wolf, bear, non-human primate, coyote, any deadly, dangerous, or poisonous
reptile, or any deadly or dangerous reptile over eight (8) feet long,
in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus,
scientific or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary
hospital, or animal refuge.
[Ord. No. 90-1 §1, 5-8-1990]
No person shall own, keep or harbor upon his premises any dog
that by loud or frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling;
or by threat of attacking or biting, causes fear or annoyance to the
neighborhood; or to persons passing upon the streets or sidewalks.