[Ord. No. 1141 §I(215.001), 4-10-2000]
A. The
purpose of this Chapter is to promote harmonious relationships in
the interaction between man and animal by:
1. Protecting animals from improper use, abuse, neglect, exploitation,
inhumane treatment and health hazards.
2. Delineating the animal's owner or harborer responsible for the acts
and behavior for his/her animal at all times.
3. Providing security to residents from annoyance, intimidation, injury
and health hazards by animals.
4. Encouraging responsible pet ownership.
5. Providing standards for any and all persons and agencies, public
or private, engaged in confinement, buying, selling, harboring or
dealing with animals in any manner whatsoever.
[Ord. No. 1141 §I(215.005), 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 1269 §I, 3-18-2002]
The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
ANIMAL
Any mammal domestic or wild, other than man, which may be
affected by rabies.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
That person educated in the care, seizure, custody and confinement
of animals or his/her agent as appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of the Board of Aldermen and supervised by the Chief of Police.
ANIMAL NUISANCE
Created when an animal:
2.
Molests or disturbs persons or vehicles by chasing, barking
or biting;
4.
Damages property other than that of the owner or harborer;
5.
Barks, whines, howls, honks, brays, cries or makes other noises
excessively;
6.
Creates noxious or offensive odors;
7.
Defecates upon any public place or upon premises not owned or
controlled by the owner or harborer unless promptly removed by the
animal owner or harborer; or
8.
Creates an insect breeding and/or attraction site due to an
accumulation of excreta.
ANIMAL SHELTER
A facility which is used to house or contain animals, which
is owned, operated, or maintained by an incorporated humane society,
animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals,
or other not-for-profit organization devoted to the welfare, protection,
and humane treatment of such animals, or a person whose primary purpose
is to act as an animal rescue, to collect and care for unwanted animals
or to offer them for adoption.
AT LARGE
When animal is off the property of the owner and unleashed.
BITE
To be seized with the teeth or jaws so that a person or animal
has been nipped, gripped, wounded, pierced or scratched by the biting
animal.
BOARDING KENNEL
A place or establishment, other than a pound or animal shelter,
where animals, not owned by the proprietor, are sheltered, fed, and
watered in return for a consideration; however, "boarding
kennel" shall not include hobby or show breeders who board
intact females for a period of time for the sole purpose of breeding
such intact females, and shall not include individuals who temporarily,
and not in the normal course of business, board or care for animals
owned by other individuals.
CAT
Any member of the animal species Felis Catis both male and
female over three (3) months of age.
CITY
The City of Bowling Green, Missouri, a municipal corporation
of the Fourth Class.
COMMERCIAL BREEDER
A person, other than a hobby or show breeder, engaged in
the business of breeding animals for sale or for exchange in return
for a consideration, and who harbors more than three (3) intact females
for the primary purpose of breeding animals for sale.
CONTROL OF AN ANIMAL
That same is on a leash not more than eight (8) feet in length;
is restrained on or within a vehicle being driven or parked; or is
within the property limits of its owner or harborer or upon the premises
of another person with the consent of that person.
DOG
Any member of the animal species Canis Familiaris both male
and female over three (3) months of age.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Includes dogs and cats, indoors or outdoors, and exotic birds
and other animals raised and/or maintained in confinement indoors
such as hamsters, gerbils, and non-venomous, non-constricting snakes.
[Ord. No. 1931, 9-20-2021]
EUTHANASIA
The act of inducing a humane death by a technique which produces
rapid loss of consciousness, followed by cardiac arrest and ultimate
loss of brain function.
EXHIBITOR
A person who exhibits animals for compensation or improvement
of the breed.
EXPOSED TO RABIES
When bitten by, or fought with, or has come in close contact
with a dog or other animal shown to be infected with the rabies virus
as determined by standard laboratory testing.
GROOMER
A person who performs the service of trimming, bathing or
pedicure of animals, normally dogs and cats.
HARBORER
Any person who provides food and shelter to any domesticated
animal other than a periodic or temporary basis.
IMPOUND
To take into custody any animal for the purpose of confinement.
KITTEN
Any member of the feline (genus felis) family under three
(3) months of age.
LIVESTOCK
Any horse, cow, pig, hog, sheep or goat.
NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL
All felines (other than the domestic house cat), non-human
primates, bears, wolves, coyotes, foxes and venomous reptiles, any
animal having a poisonous bite, constrictor reptiles and any crossbreed
of such animals which have similar characteristics of the animals
specified herein. In order to properly administer the provisions of
this Section, the Animal Control Commission may add to or remove from
the classification of non-domestic animals any bird, mammal, reptile,
aquatic and amphibious forms or other members of the animal kingdom.
Additions to the list may be made only if the Animal Control Commission
determines, after public hearing, that such species because of habit,
mode of life or natural instinct is incapable of being domesticated,
requires the exercise of art, force or skill to keep them safely in
subjection and would create a reasonable likelihood of hazard to the
public. Each determination by the Animal Control Commission as to
additions or deletion shall become effective when filed with the City
Clerk.
OWNER
Any person having the right of property in any animal; who
keeps an animal; who has an animal in his/her care or custody; or
who knowingly permits an animal to remain on or about any premises
by him/her.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, estate or other legal entity.
PET SHOP
An establishment operated by a person which acquires animals,
birds, reptiles and fish bred by others whether an owner or agent
or on consignment and sells, offers to sell, exchanges or offers for
adoption with or without charge such animals, birds, reptiles and
fish as domestic pets to the general public at wholesale or retail.
POUND
That facility as designated by the City used to temporarily
shelter, confine and house animals that have been seized.
PUP
Any member of the canine (genus canis) family under three
(3) months of age.
TAG
Any object, regardless of shape or size, bearing a registration
number and year and the words "registered and vaccinated for rabies"
issued by a practicing licensed veterinarian.
TRAINER
A person qualified by training and experience in training
animals for work, hunting, pleasure, obedience or exhibition.
TRAP
Any mechanical device or snare which seeks to hold, capture
or kill an animal.
TRAPPING
The setting or laying or otherwise using of a trap.
VACCINATION
The administration of vaccine by a licensed veterinarian
at such intervals as required by State Statutes and the State Department
of Agriculture.
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.
WILD/STRAY CAT
Any cat over the age of six (6) months, which is not registered
and appropriately tagged and chipped as required by the ordinances
of the City of Bowling Green, Missouri.
WORK DOG
Any member of the animal species Canis Familiaris trained
for and actively engaged in rescue, law enforcement or war work, or
as a guide of the blind or deaf.
[CC 1996 §215.010; CC 1977 §73.010; Ord. No. 870 §I, 3-8-1993; Ord. No. 915 §I, 2-8-1995; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 1184 §I, 11-20-2000; Ord. No. 1208 §I, 3-19-2001; Ord. No. 1696 §I, 8-20-2012]
A. No
dog or feline shall be kept within the City limits without having
obtained a license from the City license administration. The license
administration shall provide to all animal owners who pay the animal
license fee and show proof of a certificate of vaccination from a
licensed veterinarian that said animal has been properly vaccinated
against rabies. The following shall apply for registering animals
owned or harbored within the City limits:
1. Any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of any animal
over the age of three (3) months within the municipality shall obtain
a license. This may not apply to small caged birds, aquatic or amphibian
animals kept solely as pets.
2. A written application for license shall include name, address of
applicant, description of the animal, a certificate of rabies vaccination
from a licensed veterinarian or anti-rabies clinic and shall be made
to the licensing authority.
3. The licensing period shall begin with the calendar year and run for
one (1) year ending on the thirty-first (31st) day of December. A
license application for an animal may be made thirty (30) days prior
to the licensing period.
4. Application for a license shall be made upon obtaining an animal
requiring a license over the age of three (3) months. This shall not
apply to a non-resident keeping an animal within the municipality
less than thirty (30) days.
5. License fees shall not be required for certified Seeing Eye dogs,
hearing dogs or dogs that are trained to assist the physically handicapped.
6. Upon acceptance of the license application and fee, the licensing
authority shall issue a durable tag stamped with a identifying number
and the year issued. Tags should be designed so that they may be conveniently
fastened to the animal.
7. Dogs and felines must wear designated license tags at all times when
off owner's or keeper's premises.
8. The licensing authority shall maintain a record of the identifying
number of tags issued and shall make record available to inspector.
9. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the period
specified in this Section shall be subject to a minimal fine of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00).
10. A license shall be issued after payment to the City Collector and
a receipt in duplicate shall be executed with the original being issued
to the person paying the fee. The fee shall be as follows:
a. Unneutered or unspayed dog or feline shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00).
b. Neutered or spayed dog or feline shall be five dollars ($5.00).
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Any dog or feline believed to be of unsound health, due to age
or physical condition by a licensed veterinarian, shall not be required
to be neutered or spayed and the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee shall
be waived when written verification is provided to the license administration.
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11. A replacement license for one destroyed or lost may be obtained for
a fee of one dollar ($1.00).
12. No person may use any license for any animal other than the animal
for which it was issued. It shall be unlawful to counterfeit or attempt
to counterfeit the tags provided for in this Chapter or to take from
any animal a tag legally placed upon it by its owner. Dog and feline
tags are not transferable and no refund shall be made on any license
fee because of leaving the City or death of the animal prior to the
expiration of the license.
13. The City Collector shall procure a sufficient number of metal tags,
the shape and color shall be different for each licensing year, and
numbered in sequence for identifying the licensed animal.
[CC 1996 §215.020; CC 1977 §73.020; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 1119 §II, 9-16-1999; Ord. No. 1227 §I, 6-18-2001]
Upon presentation of the vaccination certificate, the Assistant
Collector shall execute a receipt in duplicate. He/she shall deliver
the original receipt to the person who pays the fee, retaining the
duplicate. He/she shall also procure a sufficient number of suitable
metallic tags, the shape of which shall be different for each license
year, and shall deliver one (1) appropriate tag to the owner of the
dog or feline when the fee is paid. The owner shall cause the tag
to be affixed by a permanent fastening to the collar of the dog or
feline so licensed. The owner shall see that the tag is constantly
worn by his/her dog or feline, however, if the owner of any dog or
feline so chooses, he/she may have a microchip inserted in the animal
by a licensed veterinarian and if such chip is inserted, the license
tag does not have to be worn by the animal, however, the tag must
still be purchased as a means of registration. In the case that any
dog's or feline's tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued by the Clerk
or Collector upon presentation of receipt showing payment for the
license fee for the current year. A charge of one dollar ($1.00) shall
be made for each such duplicate tag. It shall be unlawful to counterfeit
or attempt to counterfeit the tags provided for in this Chapter or
to take from any dog or feline a tag legally placed upon it by its
owner or to place a tag upon a dog or feline not licensed in accordance
with this Chapter. Dog and feline tags are not transferable and no
refund shall be made on any dog or feline license fee because of leaving
of the City or the death of the dog or feline prior to the expiration
of the license.
[CC 1996 §215.045; Ord. No. 1090 §I, 4-5-1999; Ord.
No. 1555 §I(D), 2-26-2007]
A. No
other provision of this Chapter notwithstanding, no person shall cause
or permit any dog owned or kept by him/her to run at large at any
time or in any place in the City; provided however, that the provisions
of this Section shall not prohibit the owner or keeper from permitting
such dog to run at large on the private premises of such owner or
keeper or upon the private premises of another person with such person's
consent, so long as otherwise consistent with this Section.
B. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, dogs may be permitted to run upon
public ways, including streets and sidewalks, but only when on a leash
not exceeding ten (10) feet in length controlled by the owner or keeper
of the dog.
C. It
shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of any dog to keep such dog
from running at large. If a dog is running at large through the act
or intervention of a third (3rd) person not a member of the owner's
household and without the owner's consent, such fact shall be and
constitute an affirmative defense to any proceedings brought under
this Section.
D. Any person, firm or corporation who violates this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the first (1st) violation within a twelve (12) month period of time; one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a second (2nd) violation within any twelve (12) month period of time; two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a third (3rd) violation within any twelve (12) month period of time; and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a fourth (4th) and subsequent violations within a twelve (12) month period. Upon the fourth (4th) or subsequent offense and conviction thereof, the Municipal Judge may declare the dog or feline abandoned and order the dog or feline impounded as provided herein. Upon the first (1st) offense of this Section, payment of the impounding fee shall be governed by Section
210.050 herein. For the second (2nd) and subsequent offenses within a twelve (12) month period of time, all fines and impound fees must be paid by the dog owner prior to the dog being released from impound. Failure to retrieve any dog or feline from impound within thirty (30) days following any conviction under this Section shall be deemed abandonment of said dog or feline.
[CC 1996 §215.050; Ord. No. 1141 §I, 4-10-2000]
A. There
is hereby created and established the office of Animal Control Officer
which shall be either within the organization of the Police Department
or contracted to an outside agency and employed by the City Administrator.
The Animal Control Officer shall receive such compensation as is in
conformity with the established pay scale of the City. The Animal
Control Officer or his/her agent or any officer of the law:
1. May enter upon private premises to apprehend a stray, a vicious animal,
a wild creature, a non-domestic animal or an animal suspected of being
infected with rabies;
2. May enter upon private premises to investigate complaints of irresponsibility
or inhumane animal care; and
3. May seize, impound and dispose of any vicious animal of any kind
when necessary for the protection of any person or animal.
[CC 1996 §215.060; Ord. No. 915 §III, 2-8-1995; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 1141 §I, 4-10-2000]
It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer and all Police
Officers to take up and impound such dogs or felines found in the
City running at large as are in this Chapter prohibited; and to enforce
this Chapter the Animal Control Officer and Police Officers are empowered
and instructed to enter upon any private premises, but not to enter
any buildings without the owner's consent, where they have reasonable
cause to believe there is a dog or feline in violation of this Chapter.
Any dog or feline so taken up by a proper officer shall be impounded
in some suitable place. DHLPP (distemper, hepatitis, lento, para influenza
and parvo) vaccine shall be given on entry to the animal shelter by
the Animal Control Officer. Any dog or feline may be redeemed from
the pound by the owner thereof within five (5) days after the impounding.
If such dog or feline is unlicensed, an impounding fee as set by policy
for each day the dog or feline is confined to the pound as the cost
of feed and care, the daily fee provided for herein will be raised
or adjusted from time to time in the discretion of the City Administrator
as the actual costs of the keeping of such animals dictate. Upon the
presentation of a correct license tag for a dog or feline for the
current year and for the fees provided for in this Chapter, the dog
or feline shall be released to any owner claiming the dog or feline.
Any dog or feline which is not claimed as provided in this Chapter
within five (5) days after impounding may be adopted for not less
than the amount due for redemption to anyone desiring to adopt said
dog or feline. No animal shall be transferred to a research or educational
institution for any reason whatsoever. Any dog or feline which is
not claimed by the owner or adopted shall be euthanized in any manner
consistent with the laws of the State of Missouri. All males and females
adopted by new owners must be spayed or neutered. Fees will be set
by veterinarians. Owners reclaiming dogs or felines will not have
to spay or neuter the animals. All fees must be paid in advance (rabies,
shots, spaying or neutering).
[CC 1996 §215.080; Ord. No. 915 §IV, 2-8-1995; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 1239A §§I — II, 9-26-2001]
A. Any dog, except a trained dog maintained and utilized by the Bowling
Green Police Department as a Police dog or cat, which bites, injures
or attacks any person shall be immediately taken up and impounded
for a period of ten (10) days. The animal shall be impounded in Pike
County, Missouri, by the animal's owner with a veterinarian of the
owner's choice. It shall be unlawful for the animal's owner to refuse
to so impound the animal. If the animal's owner does not impound the
animal, the Animal Control Officer is authorized to impound the animal
and deliver said animal to a veterinarian for impoundment. If within
the period of ten (10) days the animal does not develop hydrophobia
or rabies, it may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the impoundment
fees and the boarding fees charged by the veterinarian. If such animal
is not redeemed at the end of such ten-day period, after expiration
of the ten-day period, it shall be disposed of as provided in this
Chapter. If such animal does develop rabies during the period of time
it is confined, it shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer
to cause such animal to be examined by a licensed veterinarian, but
not to be released by said veterinarian without prior notice to the
Animal Control Officer and his/her written consent thereto. Any other
warm-blooded animal which bites, injures or attacks any person may,
upon an order of the Municipal Judge, be impounded and humanely euthanized
and the brain and/or other structures submitted for rabies diagnosis.
Any animal, which during its ten (10) days of confinement dies, shall
be subject to a reasonable examination for the existence of rabies
if there has been any exposure to human beings.
[Ord. No. 1848 §§ I
— II, 8-21-2017]
B. In
the event the owner of any animal does not pay the veterinary fees
required and the impoundment fees to the veterinarian, the City shall
reimburse the veterinary clinic for the actual costs of impoundment
and the City is thereafter empowered to collect from the animal's
owner the veterinary fees, together with interest at the rates provided
by law from and after demand, the impoundment fees called for by this
Chapter and in the event the City is required to file a suit to collect
these fees, their reasonable attorney's fees and court costs shall
be assessed against the owner.
C. In
the case of an animal protecting its owner or his/her property or
a provoked attack in which the animal is otherwise in compliance with
this Chapter, this Section shall not apply. Any trained dog maintained
and utilized by the Bowling Green Police Department as a Police dog
which has been vaccinated against rabies as required by this Code
and which, while in the control or direction of the City Police Department,
attacks any person shall be examined, impounded or tested as the City's
veterinarian deems appropriate. Any trained dog maintained and utilized
by the Bowling Green Police Department as a Police dog without vaccination
against rabies required by this Code which bites or attacks or injures
any person when not under the control or direction of the Bowling
Green Police Department shall be impounded as set out in the required
Section for impoundment.
[CC 1996 §215.090; CC 1977 §73.070]
Any animal, which has become dangerous and uncontrollable by
reason of terminal injury or wounding and which cannot be safely taken
up and impounded, may be killed by the Animal Control Officer or any
Police Officer of the City if, in his/her judgment, such is reasonably
necessary.
[CC 1996 §215.130; CC 1977 §73.210; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any female dog
or feline to suffer or permit such dog or feline to run at large during
such time as the dog or feline is in heat. During such time the owner
and/or keeper of said female dog or feline shall keep such dog or
feline in an enclosure which is non-accessible to dogs or felines
running at large and in the event that male dogs or felines congregate
at such location, shall be responsible for and liable to the owner
of any property which is damaged by said male dogs or felines who
may so congregate. If a female dog or feline, while in heat, is found
running at large, it shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer
to impound said female dog or feline pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter.
[CC 1996 §215.140; CC 1977 §73.220; Ord. No. 1065 §I, 12-7-1998]
A. Any
person, firm, partnership or corporation owning, keeping, harboring
or protecting more than three (3) dogs or felines over the age of
three (3) months shall be classified as operating a kennel.
1. No commercial kennels shall be permitted within the corporate limits
of the City of Bowling Green, Missouri. A "commercial kennel" shall be a kennel which performs grooming or training services for
animals, and may or may not render boarding services in return for
a consideration.
2. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation desiring a permit to
operate a non-commercial kennel within the City of Bowling Green,
Missouri, shall, prior to operating and annually thereafter, procure
a permit therefor by applying to the City Clerk for such annual permit,
which permit shall not be issued until countersigned and approved
by the Animal Control Officer after an inspection of the proposed
premises. The inspection shall insure that the proposed location will
not be a nuisance to the neighborhood. Proof of rabies vaccination
and City license is necessary on each animal to purchase said permit.
The City Clerk shall charge and collect a fee of thirty-five dollars
($35.00) for such permit.
a. A "non-commercial kennel" is the keeping of more
than three (3) dogs over the age of three (3) months for the private
enjoyment of the operator with no business purpose, no breeding or
sales.
b. In the event that after a permit is issued the Animal Control Officer
determines that the operation of the "non-commercial kennel" has become a nuisance to the neighborhood, said permit may be revoked
by the Animal Control Officer and the continued operation thereafter
shall be unlawful.
c. All areas shall be maintained in a clean, healthy and humane manner,
free of all offensive odors, sounds and nuisances. Any violation of
same shall subject the owner or operator to a citation for violation
of this Chapter as well as being grounds for the Animal Control Officer
to revoke the permit.
d. All dogs or felines shall be confined in suitable pens at said area
and shall not be permitted to run at large and shall be restrained
by a leash or other restraining device, as well as accompanied by
a person over the age of fourteen (14) years at all times when they
are outside of the enclosed pen.
e. All persons, firms, partnerships or corporations now operating a
non-commercial kennel according to the definitions and conditions
set forth herein shall apply for the permit required hereunder within
sixty (60) days of the date of enactment of this Section and shall
comply with all provisions hereof within said sixty (60) days. Permit
shall include tags. Dogs and felines at large must show tags. Proof
of rabies vaccination is necessary to purchase permit.
f. The Animal Control Officer shall notify the City Clerk of the revocation of any permit hereunder and the City Clerk shall cause a written notice of such revocation to be delivered to the licensee by regular United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address contained on said license. Further operation of the non-commercial kennel by the licensee after ten (10) business days of the date of said notice shall be unlawful and constitute a violation of this Chapter and subject said person to the penalties of Section
100.220 of the Bowling Green, Missouri, City Code for each and every day of violation.
[CC 1996 §215.150; CC 1977 §73.300; Ord. No. 1931, 9-20-2021]
A. Except for licensed veterinarians and permitted abattoir, it shall
be unlawful to keep, harbor, own, maintain or in any way possess within
the corporate limits of the City of Bowling Green, Missouri:
1.
Any warm-blooded, carnivorous or omnivorous, wild or exotic
animal, including, but not limited to, non-human primates, raccoons,
skunks, foxes, fowl, swine, sheep, rabbits, cattle or other non-domesticated
animal;
2.
Any animal, including reptiles, having a poisonous bite.
B. Residents who possess rabbits outdoors as of the date of enactment
of this ordinance shall be allowed to maintain the existing rabbits but
may not add rabbits if any are lost or sold.
[CC 1996 §215.160; CC 1977 §73.350]
A. No
diseased animal shall be brought into the City, other than directly
to the offices of licensed veterinarians.
1. It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to secure the
proper disposition of any diseased animal and to provide such treatment
of any infected premises so as to prevent the communication and spread
of the contagion or infection, except where the owner of the animal
employs a licensed veterinarian to provide such treatment.
2. Any person owning or knowing of any animal afflicted with a suspected
or confirmed contagious or infectious disease shall promptly report
such information to the Animal Control Officer.
[Ord. No. 1141 §I(215.161), 4-10-2000]
All cases of rabies occurring within the City shall be reported
to the Police Department. It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer
of any animal to refuse or fail to promptly surrender any animal suspected
of being affected by rabies. Any animal suspected of being affected
by rabies shall be seized by the Animal Control Officer and handled
according to the most recently published compendium on rabies. If
in the opinion of the Health Officer danger of rabies epidemic exists,
legal notice shall be used to inform all owners and harborers of animals
to confine or securely muzzle their animals for such period of time
as shall be designated in the published notice.
[CC 1996 §215.170; Ord. No. 1227 §III, 6-18-2001]
A. Any
dog which unduly disturbs the quiet and peace of any person or neighborhood,
molests passersby, chases vehicles or bicycles, attacks other domestic
animals, trespasses upon school ground, trespasses upon private property
in such a manner as to damage property or which shall bite any person
or injure any person shall be deemed a nuisance.
B. Any
feline which unduly disturbs the quiet and peace of any person or
neighborhood, molests passersby, attacks other domestic animals, trespasses
upon school ground, trespasses upon private property in such a manner
as to damage property or which shall bite any person or injure any
person shall be deemed a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 1709 §§I —
II, 11-19-2012]
A. Any
person who shall cruelly overwork any domestic animal or shall cruelly
drive or work the same when unfit for labor, or shall abandon the
same to die, or shall beat, ill-treat, torment or cause injury or
unnecessary pain to any animal, or shall carry or cause the same to
be carried, moved or kept in or upon any vehicle in a cruel or inhumane
manner, or shall impound or confine or cause to be impounded or confined
in any place any animal or creature and fail to supply the same during
such confinement with the following:
1. A structurally sound, properly ventilated, sanitary, dry and weather-proof
shelter suitable for the species, age and condition of the animal,
which is free of litter or hazardous substances and objects and which
provides access to shade from direct sunlight and regress from exposure
to inclement weather conditions;
2. Wholesome foodstuffs suitable for the species which is provided at
suitable intervals in a sanitary manner in quantities sufficient to
maintain good health in the animal considering its age and condition;
3. Constant access or access at suitable intervals to a supply of clean,
potable, unfrozen water, provided in a sanitary manner and in sufficient
amounts for the species to maintain good health in the animal; and
4. Normal and prudent attention to the needs of the animal, including
all necessary immunizations, sufficient exercise and rest to maintain
good health and the provision to each sick or injured animal of the
necessary veterinary care or humane death;
5. Less than ten (10) feet in length of a restraining device such as
a chain, cable or similar attachment restricting movement so that
the ability of the animal to move about is unduly restricted.
B. Penalties for violation of this Section are as provided for in Section
100.220 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bowling Green, Missouri. Nothing in this Section shall be construed so as to prevent a person from taking whatever action is necessary to defend himself or herself, another individual or an animal when endangered by an animal attack.
Whenever rabies becomes prevalent in the City, the Mayor 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 City, 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 City;
and in the absence of such paper, shall be posted as in case of sales
of personal property. The Mayor is authorized by proclamation, to
terminate any such quarantine whenever, in his/her judgment, the necessity
for it no longer exists.