Town of Littleton, MA
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2023-05-01
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 84 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article V Enforcement
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administrator, Town
- Ch 4 Audit, Town
- Ch 6 Betterments
- Ch 7 Boards, Appointed
- Ch 8 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 10 Civil Defense
- Ch 13 Committees
- Ch 14 Community Preservation Committee By-Law
- Ch 15 Council on Aging
- Ch 17 Finance and Budget, Department of
- Ch 18 Finances
- Ch 20 Gas Piping and Appliances Inspector
- Ch 23 Harbormaster
- Ch 29 Officers and Employees
- Ch 32 Veteran's Preference
- Ch 33 Personnel
- Ch 34 Procurement
- Ch 35 Property, Sale of
- Ch 37 Regional Transit Authority
- Ch 38 Stormwater
- Ch 39 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 41 Town Meetings
- Ch 44 Veterans' Services, Department of
- Ch 46 Youth Advisory Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 53 Public Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and Marijuana/Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Ch 58 Beano
- Ch 62 Boats
- Ch 64 Building Construction
- Ch 65 Building Demolition
- Ch 66 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 68 Burglar and Fire Alarms
- Ch 69 Burning, Open Air
- Ch 72 Cemeteries
- Ch 74 Civil Fingerprinting
- Ch 77 Conservation Land
- Ch 84 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 84 Art V Enforcement
- § 84-8 Enforcement.
- Ch 90 Right to Farm Bylaw
- Ch 94 Firearms
- Ch 102 Gasoline Filling Stations
- Ch 109 Hawking, Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 111 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 115 Junk Dealers
- Ch 118 Library
- Ch 119 Lighting
- Ch 133 Parking Regulations
- Ch 136 Permits and Licenses
- Ch 138 Plans, Filing of
- Ch 139 Plastic Bag Ban
- Ch 143 Scenic Roads
- Ch 144 Small Wireless Facilities in Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 147 Earth Removal
- Ch 150 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 163 Valuable Secondhand Items
- Ch 165 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 169 Wells
- Ch 171 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 173 Zoning
- Ch 181 Littleton Transfer Station
- Ch 183 Repairs to Private Ways
- Division 1.5: Board of Health Enactments
- Ch 211 Energy-Producing Facilities
- Ch 211A Fees
- Ch 211B Floor Drains
- Ch 212 Food
- Ch 215 Floodplains
- Ch 217 Nuisances
- Ch 218 Outdoor Wood-Fired Furnaces
- Ch 219 Plumbing
- Ch 221 Refuse Disposal
- Ch 222 Regulations for Removal, Transport, and Disposal of Solid Waste or Recyclables
- Ch 223 Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage
- Ch 224 Tobacco Products
- Ch 225 Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Ch 226 Wells
- Division 2: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 249 Subdivision of Land
- Division 3: Selectmen’s Regulations
- Ch SR1 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch SR2 Amusement Devices
- Ch SR3 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch SR4 Vehicles, Municipal
- Ch SR5 Littleton Transfer Station
- Ch SR6 Expedited Permitting Procedures
- Ch SR7 Town of Littleton Highway Department
- Ch SR8 Earth Removal Regulations
- Ch SR9 Regulations for Use of Fay Park
- Ch SR10 Regulations for Use of Shattuck Building
- Ch SR11 Valuable Secondhand Items
- Appendix
- Ch A264 General Laws and Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
In all cases it shall be the duty of the duly appointed Dog Officer
to investigate any violation under this chapter either witnessed by
the Dog Officer or reported to the Dog Officer in a written complaint
by any citizen of the Town. The Dog Officer shall provide the dog
owner with a written copy of the complaint and investigation report
not more than three days after the conclusion of the investigation
but, in any event, not more than 30 days after receiving the complaint.
B.
If, after the Dog Officer's investigation of an alleged violation under this chapter, such officer has reason to believe that the described violation did in fact occur as set forth in said written complaint or as witnessed by the Dog Officer, it shall be the Dog Officer's duty to issue the owner, in writing, the appropriate order and/or to impose the appropriate fine, designed to prevent a recurrence or continuation of such violation. The period of time during which the order shall be in effect shall be on the order. If the complainant and the owner involved are in agreement with the order so issued, then the matter respecting that particular violation under this chapter shall be considered resolved. If the parties are not in agreement, then recourse can be had to the remedies of each under provisions of applicable law. If the parties are not in agreement with the Dog Officer's finding of a violation pursuant to § 84-7A or E, they may seek a hearing before the Select Board, pursuant to MGL C. 140, § 157.
C.
In all cases it shall be the duty of the Dog Officer, if in the Dog Officer's opinion appropriate action is necessary to prevent further or continued violations of this chapter pending an investigation pursuant to § 84-8A, to take the following action:
(1)
Notify the owner, if known and available, of the alleged violation
and issue a preliminary order, in writing, requiring the owner to
restrain the dog pending a complete investigation.
