It is the purpose of the City of Hometown to protect animals
from neglect and abuse, to protect residents from annoyance and injury
by animals, to assist in providing housing for animals in the custody
of the City, to cover the cost of licensing and caring for animals
and to establish a program to discourage the excessive multiplication
of animals; and also provide for the assessment of penalties for violations
and for the enforcement and administration of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Every living creature, domestic or wild, except man.
A place designated by the Mayor or Director of Public Health
and Safety for the housing of animals in the temporary custody of
the City.[1]
A person performing duties prescribed by the Mayor or Director
of Public Health and Safety to effectuate this chapter.[2]
Any individual dog anywhere other than upon the property of
the owner or custodian of the dog and unmuzzled, unleashed, or unattended
by its owner or custodian that behaves in a manner that a reasonable
person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat
of serious physical injury or death to a person or a companion animal;
or
A dog that, without justification, bites a person and does not
cause serious physical injury.
A male or female animal treated by a licensed veterinarian
to render it incapable of reproduction.
Any person who:[4]
To be free of restraint off the premises of the owner.
Any animal which bites or in any other manner attacks or
attempts to attack, except that any animal that bites, attacks or
attempts to attack any person entering unlawfully upon its owner's
premises, or which is provoked to attack, shall not be deemed a vicious
animal.
