As used
in this bylaw, the following words and terms have the following meanings:
DESTRUCTION
An order by the hearing authority that a vicious dog be destroyed
in accordance with MGL c. 140, §§ 136A to 174E and
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals guidelines.
KEEPER
A person, business, corporation, entity or society, other
than the owner, having possession of a dog.
KENNEL
A pack or collection of dogs on a single premises, including
a commercial boarding or training kennel, commercial breeder kennel,
domestic charitable corporation kennel, personal kennel, or veterinary
kennel.
KENNEL LICENSE
A special license issued to a kennel, which allows payment
of a single fee covering all dogs in the kennel; with the kennel license,
the kennel owner receives a special kennel tag for each dog in the
kennel.
LICENSE
A dog's registration, evidenced by a tag issued annually
by the Town Clerk to the owner of each dog residing in North Andover
and worn by the dog securely fixed to its collar or harness.
LICENSE TRANSFER
The registration issued to a dog already licensed in another
United States jurisdiction, after the dog moves into the Town of North
Andover.
MUZZLING
Using a device that fits over a dog's mouth and prevents
it from biting, but that does not cause any injury or interfere with
the vision or respiration of the dog that wears it.
NUISANCE DOG
A dog that:
(1)
By excessive barking or other disturbance, is a source of annoyance
to a sick person residing in the vicinity;
(2)
By excessive barking, causing damage or other interference,
a reasonable person would find such behavior disruptive to one's quiet
and peaceful enjoyment; or
(3)
Has threatened or attacked livestock, a domestic animal or a
person, but such threat was not a grossly disproportionate reaction
under all the circumstance.
PERMANENT RESTRAINT
An order issued by the hearing authority under §
60-5, requiring a vicious dog's keeper or owner to restrain it.
RESTRAINT
Limiting, restricting, or keeping an animal under control
by means of a physical barrier (i.e., a leash, substantial chain or
line, visible or invisible fence).
RUNNING AT LARGE
A dog is running at large if it is not on the private property
of its keeper or owner, or on private property with the express permission
of that property's owner, or on a leash.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINT
An order issued by the ACO under §
60-4, requiring the dog's keeper or owner to restrain a nuisance dog or suspected vicious dog for 30 days.
VICIOUS DOG
Shall have the same meaning as the term "dangerous dog" as
defined in MGL c. 140, § 136A.