[Ord. No. 900 § 1, 7-13-1998]
As used in this Chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any living creature, domestic or wild.
Off the premises of the owner and not under the control of
the owner or a member of his/her immediate family, either by leash
or otherwise.
Any person who shall allow any animal to habitually remain
or to lodge or to be fed within his/her home, store, yard, enclosure
or place shall be deemed and considered as keeping and harboring said
animal.
A dog shall be deemed to be not under reasonable control
when such dog, not being upon the premises of its owner, if not with,
or under the control of its owner, the owner's agent, or some member
of the owner's family or when such dog commits damage to the person
or property of anyone other than its owner, except when the dog is
in defense of its owner, his/her family or property.
Any person or corporation owning, keeping or harboring animals.
Any individual.
As used herein, is deemed to be when such dog is on the premises
of its owner, or when such dog is not on the owner's property with
and under control of its owner, his/her agent or some member of the
owner's family.
An animal shall be deemed to be under restraint if on the
premises of its owner or if accompanied by a responsible person and
under that person's control.
Any of the following dogs:
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.
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.
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.
Any dog that has killed another dog, cat or other domestic animal
without provocation.
[Ord. No. 900 § 2, 7-13-1998]
A.
Animals Running At Large. No person shall
permit any animal to run at large within the Village.
B.
Owner To Provide Food And Shelter. No person
in the Village shall fail to provide any animal with necessary sustenance,
drink, and protection from the elements, or cause any of these omissions
to be done.
C.
Abandonment. No person shall abandon any
animal or cause any animal to be abandoned within the Village Limits
of Oak Grove Village.
[Ord. No. 900 § 4, 7-13-1998]
A.
Trespassers Or Tormentors. No animal may
be declared a vicious dog if the threat, injury or damage was sustained
by a person who, at the time, was committing a willful trespass or
other tort upon the premises occupied by the owner or keeper of the
animal, or was teasing, tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the animal,
or has, in the past, been observed or reported to have teased, tormented,
abused or assaulted the animal or was committing or attempting to
commit the crime.
B.
Law Enforcement. Dogs owned by Governmental
or Law Enforcement Agencies when being used in the services of those
agencies are exempt.
[Ord. No. 900 § 5, 7-13-1998]
No person shall, within the Village
limits, own, keep, harbor or allow to be in or upon his/her premises
any vicious dog unless such vicious dog is kept securely confined
upon such premises.
[Ord. No. 900 § 6, 7-13-1998]
No person shall permit a dog to go
outside its kennel, pen, or secure structure unless that person has
the dog securely leashed on a leash no longer than six (6) feet in
length and that person has physical control of the leash.
[Ord. No. 900 § 7, 7-13-1998]
A.
The owner or keeper of the dog shall display
a sign on his or her premises that there is a vicious dog on the property.
This sign shall be visible and capable of being read from the public
highway or thoroughfare from which the property is entered.
B.
The owner or keeper of the dog shall display
a sign on the kennel, pen or fenced yard of such vicious dog reading
"Beware of Dog."
[Ord. No. 900 § 8, 7-13-1998]
[Ord. No. 900 § 9, 7-13-1998]
A.
Any person that wishes to make a complaint
about a dog running at large must do so in the form of a written letter
describing the dog, the owner's name and the location in which the
dog was last seen.
B.
Complaint letters must be delivered, either
by hand or by mail, to Oak Grove Village City Hall, P.O. Box 432,
Sullivan, MO 63080.
