The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall assess and collect a late
fee as designated on the Village Rate Schedule from every owner of
each dog five months of age or over if the owner failed to obtain
a license prior to April 1 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. Said late fee
shall be charged in addition to the required license fee.
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a dog or cat who
knows that such dog or cat has bitten a person shall immediately report
such fact to the Village Clerk-Treasurer or Sheriff's Department
and shall keep such dog or cat confined for not less than 10 days
or for such period of time as directed. The owner or keeper of any
such dog or cat shall surrender the dog or cat to a law enforcement
or humane officer upon demand for examination.
See Chapter
297, Property Maintenance, §
297-4I, Animal excreta.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing an
animal, dog or cat to permit such animal, dog or cat to go upon any
parkway or private lands or premises without the permission of the
owner of such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or injure
any lawn, flower bed, 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. A dog or cat is
considered to be in violation of this section when two formal, written
complaints are filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer within a four-week
period.
Acts of cruelty prohibited. No person except a law enforcement
or animal control officer in the pursuit of his duties shall, within
the Village, shoot or kill or commit an act of cruelty to any animal
or bird or disturb any bird's nests or bird's eggs.