[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Coloma 6-30-1994 as Title 7, Ch.
1, of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
License required. It shall be unlawful for any person in the Village
to own, harbor or keep any dog more than five months of age without
complying with the provisions of this chapter relating to the listing,
licensing and tagging of the same.
B.
AT LARGE
CAT
DOG
OWNER
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter
otherwise require, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
To be off the premises of the owner and not under the control
of some person either by leash or otherwise, but a dog or cat within
an automobile of its owner or in an automobile of any other person
with the consent of the owner of said dog or cat shall be deemed to
be upon the owner's premises.
Any feline, regardless of age or sex.
Any canine, regardless of age or sex.
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog or cat and
the occupant of any premises on which a dog or cat remains or to which
it customarily returns daily for a period of 10 days is presumed to
be harboring or keeping the dog or cat within the meaning of this
section.
The owner of a dog shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies
by a veterinarian at no later than five months of age and revaccinated
within one year after the initial vaccination. If the owner obtains
the dog or brings the dog into the Village after the dog has reached
five months of age, the owner shall have the dog vaccinated against
rabies within 30 days after the dog is obtained or brought into the
Village unless the dog has been vaccinated as evidenced by a current
certificate of rabies vaccination from this state or another state.
The owner of a dog shall have the dog revaccinated against rabies
by a veterinarian before the date that the immunization expires as
stated on the certificate of vaccination or, if no date is specified,
within three years after the previous vaccination.
Dog licenses:
A.
Every owner of a dog more than five months of age on January 1 of
any year, or five months of age within the license year, shall annually
or within 30 days from the date such dog becomes five months of age,
in the manner provided by law for the payment of a personal property
tax, pay a dog license tax and obtain a license therefor as provided by §§ 174.05 and
174.07, Wis. Stats.; which sections so far as applicable are hereby
adopted by reference. The license year shall commence on January 1
and end on the following December 31. Such dog license tax shall be
$5 for each neutered male dog and spayed female dog and $10 for each
unneutered male or unspayed female dog.[1]
B.
Upon payment of required dog license fee and upon presentation of
evidence that the dog is currently immunized against rabies, the Clerk/Treasurer
shall complete and issue to the owner a license and tag for the dog.
The Clerk/Treasurer shall assess and collect a late fee of $5
from every owner of a dog five months of age or over, if the owner
failed to obtain a license prior to April one of each year, or within
30 days of acquiring ownership of a licensable dog or if the owner
failed to obtain a license on or before the dog reached licensable
age. All late fees received or collected shall be paid to the local
treasury as revenue of the Village.
An owner who fails to have a dog vaccinated against rabies as required under § 182-2 may be required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $100.
A.
Restrictions. It shall be unlawful for any person within the Village
limits to own, harbor or keep any dog or cat which:
(1)
Habitually pursues any vehicle upon any public street, alley or highway
in the Village.
(2)
Assaults or attacks any person.
(3)
Is at large within the limits of the Village.
(4)
Habitually barks or howls to the annoyance of any person or persons.
(5)
Kills or wounds any domestic animal.
(6)
Is known by such person to be infected with rabies or to have been
bitten by an animal known to have been infected with rabies.
B.
Vicious dogs. No vicious dog shall be allowed off the premises of
its owner unless muzzled or on a leash in charge of the owner or a
member of the owner's immediate family over 16 years of age.
A dog is declared to be vicious within the meaning of this section
when it shall have bitten any person or when a propensity to attack
or bite human beings shall exist and is known or thought reasonably
to be known to the owner or any member of the owner's immediate
family over 16 years of age. Any vicious dog, which is found off the
premises of its owner other than as hereinabove provided, may be seized
by any person and upon delivery to the proper authorities may, upon
establishment to the satisfaction of a court of competent jurisdiction
of the vicious character of said dog, by testimony under oath reduced
to writing, be killed by the police authorities.
C.
Dogs and cats running at large.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing any dog
or cat to permit the same to run at large. For the purpose of this
subsection, "running at large" shall be defined to be the presence
of a dog or cat at any place except upon the premises of the owner.
(2)
A dog or cat shall not be considered to be running at large if it
is on a leash and under control of a person physically able to control
it.
A.
Impoundment of dogs. In addition to any penalty hereinafter provided
for a violation of this chapter, any person may impound any dog or
cat, and any police officer or dog catcher of the Village may kill
any dog or cat which habitually pursues any vehicle, bicycle or pedestrian
upon any street, alley or highway of this Village, assaults or attacks
any person, is at large within the village, habitually barks, cries
or howls, kills or wounds any domestic animal or is infected with
rabies.[1]
B.
Owner may redeem. Possession of dogs or cats impounded under this
section may be obtained by paying $150 to the Clerk/Treasurer, plus
actual cost of caring for and maintaining the dog or cat for each
day impounded. Dogs or cats impounded for a period of 14 days may
be destroyed by or under the direction of the Police Department.
C.
Village not liable for impounded dogs. The Village shall not be liable
for the death of any dog, which has been impounded or disposed of
pursuant to this section.
No dog or cat is permitted in any public playground, public
park, beach or swimming area within the Village unless such dog or
cat is entered in a contest or obedience class approved by the Village
Board. Dogs and cats are prohibited from being in cemeteries. Every
dog specially trained to lead blind persons shall be exempt from this
section.
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a dog or cat who
knows that such dog or cat has bitten any person shall immediately
report such fact to the Police Department of the Village and shall
keep such dog or cat confined for not less than 14 days or for such
period of time as the Police Department shall direct. The owner or
keeper of any such dog or cat shall surrender the dog or cat to the
Village police officer upon demand for examination.
Any police officer or dog catcher may shelter and care for any
animal found to be cruelly exposed to the weather, starved, neglected
or abandoned and may deliver such animal to another person to be sheltered,
cared for and given medical attention, if necessary. In all cases,
the owner, if known, shall be immediately notified and the person
having possession of the animal shall have a lien thereon for its
care, keeping, medical attention and expenses of notice. Whenever,
in the opinion of the police officer, an animal is hopelessly injured
or diseased so as to be beyond the probability of recovery, such police
officer may kill such animal.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit a dog
or cat to be on property, public or private, not owned or possessed
by such person unless such person has in his/her immediate possession
an appropriate device for scooping excrement and an appropriate depository
for the transmission of excrement to a receptacle located upon property
owned or possessed by such person. This section shall not apply to
a person who is visually or physically handicapped.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing a dog
or cat to permit such dog or cat to go upon any parkway, private lands
or premises without the permission of the owner of such premises,
and break, bruise, tear up, crush or injure any lawn, flowerbed, plant,
shrub, tree or garden in any manner whatsoever or to defecate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to keep or harbor
any dog, which habitually barks, howls or yelps or any cat, which
habitually cries or howls to the great discomfort of the peace and
quiet of the neighborhood or in such manner as to materially disturb
or annoy persons in the neighborhood who are of ordinary sensibilities.
Such dogs and cats are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
No person shall sell or offer for sale, barter, or give away
baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl as pets or as novelties, whether
or not they are dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated. This
section shall not prohibit the sale or display of natural chicks or
ducklings, in proper brooder house facilities by hatcheries or stores
in the business of selling them to be raised for commercial purposes.
If this section is being violated, a humane officer, police officer,
or Sheriff shall seize such fowl or pets and provide the necessary
care and attention, and such fowl or pets shall not be returned to
the owner until all expenses for such are and attention shall have
been paid.
A.
Purpose. The keeping of a large number of dogs in a residential district
for a considerable period of time detracts from and, in many instances,
is detrimental to healthful and comfortable life for which such areas
were created. The keeping of a large number of dogs, is therefore
declared a public nuisance.
B.
FAMILY
[1]
RESIDENTIAL LOT
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
For the purpose of this section, the term "family" shall
be defined as one or more persons.
A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by a dwelling,
platted or unplatted and under common ownership. For the purpose of
this section, any vacant parcel or parcels adjoining a dwelling and
under the same ownership shall constitute one lot.
C.
Number
of dogs limited. No family or household shall own, harbor or keep
in its possession more than two dogs on any lot without the prior
approval of the Village Board except that a litter of pups or a portion
of a litter may be kept for not more than eight weeks from birth.
If more than one family resides on a residential lot, then only two
dogs shall be allowed on the residential lot unless the prior approval
is obtained from the Village Board.
D.
The above requirement may be waived with the approval of the Village
Board.
A.
Purpose. Except as otherwise stated in this chapter, any person violating any subsection of this chapter (§§ 182-1 through 182-15) shall be subject to a forfeiture as provided in § 1-2, General penalty, of this Code for each and every offense. Each day that the violation of this chapter continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition to the foregoing penalties, any person who violates this chapter shall pay all expenses, including shelter, food, handling, veterinary care and testimony, necessitated by the enforcement of this chapter together with any county assessments due and payable to the County Humane Society.[1]
B.
Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
decision of any court of competent jurisdiction such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
