Town of West Greenwich, RI
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2023-12-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 138 Animals
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Capital Improvement Program
- Ch 9 Conservation Commission
- Ch 12 Courts
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Development Corporation
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 43 Juvenile Hearing Board
- Ch 54 Land Trust
- Ch 78 Pensions
- Ch 90 Purchasing
- Ch 111 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 119 Town Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 135 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 138 Animals
- Ch 138 Art I Animal Control
- § 138-1 Definitions.
- § 138-2 Enforcement.
- § 138-3 Interfering with enforcement.
- § 138-4 Exceptions to applicability.
- § 138-5 Complaints.
- § 138-6 Authority to enter premises and take possession of animal.
- § 138-7 Dogs to be kept under restraint; dogs at large prohibited; impoundment fees.
- § 138-8 Dogs prohibited on school property, in stores and in eating places; exception.
- § 138-9 Reporting bite cases.
- § 138-10 Record of bite cases.
- § 138-11 Records of impoundment and disposition.
- § 138-12 Confinement of dangerous or vicious animals and female animals in heat.
- § 138-13 Domestic animals creating nuisances and disturbances; vicious animals.
- § 138-14 Keeping of wild animals.
- § 138-15 Certificate of vaccination required for license.
- § 138-16 Dog licenses; fees.
- § 138-17 Vaccination required; violations and penalties.
- § 138-18 Burial of dead animals.
- § 138-19 Limitation on number of dogs, cats and ferrets kept at residences; violations and penalties; notification of inspection.
- Ch 138 Art II Impoundment
- § 138-20 Confinement at pound.
- § 138-21 Animals subject to impoundment; abandonment prohibited.
- § 138-22 Notice to owner of impounded animal.
- § 138-23 Redemption.
- § 138-24 Disposition of unredeemed animals.
- Ch 138 Art III Rabies Control
- § 138-25 Vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets.
- § 138-26 Quarantine of animal that has bitten person or been exposed to rabies.
- § 138-27 Surrendering animal for quarantine or destruction.
- § 138-28 Veterinarians to report suspected rabies cases.
- § 138-29 Death of quarantined animal.
- § 138-30 Surrender of carcass of animal exposed to rabies.
- § 138-31 Unauthorized destruction or removal of rabid animals, animals exposed to rabies or animals biting persons.
- § 138-32 Disposition of rabid animals.
- § 138-33 Destruction, isolation or restraint of dog, cat or domestic animal bitten by rabid animal.
- § 138-34 Area-wide quarantine; emergency vaccination of dogs or domestic animals.
- Ch 138 Art IV Penalties
- § 138-35 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 143 Boats and Boating
- Ch 147 Building Construction
- Ch 151 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 154 Burning, Open
- Ch 159 Business Regulations
- Ch 165 Camping Areas
- Ch 166 Cemeteries
- Ch 169 Donation Bins
- Ch 183 Electric Transmission Lines
- Ch 187 Entertainment, Shows and Special Events
- Ch 195 Fees and Costs
- Ch 203 Firearms
- Ch 210 Flea Markets
- Ch 214 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 218 Fuel Wood
- Ch 237 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 253 Loitering
- Ch 260 Mobile Food Establishments
- Ch 261 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 269 Noise
- Ch 282 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 294 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 301 Sewage and Garbage Disposal
- Ch 305 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 309 Solid Waste
- Ch 313 Stormwater Management
- Ch 317 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 325 Taxation
- Ch 350 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 356 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 378 Wells
- Ch 400 Zoning
- Part III: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 450 Land Development and Subdivision Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West
Greenwich 9-12-1979 by Ord. No.
48; amended 8-10-1994, 4-12-1995, 5-19-2011 and 6-11-2014. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 269.
