The following words, when used in this Article, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
DOGS
All animals of the canine species, both male and female.
OWNER or KEEPER
Any person having a right of property in a dog, or who keeps
or harbors a dog, or who has it in his/her care, or acts as its custodian,
or who knowingly permits a dog to remain on or about any premises
owned or occupied by him/her.
RUNNING AT LARGE
Allowing a dog to be off the private premises of the owner
or keeper, or his/her agent or servant, and not on a leash or confined
to the arms, motor vehicle, trailer or other conveyance of the owner
or keeper, his/her agent or servant.
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY
Physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death
or that causes serious disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment
of the function of any part of the body.
TRESPASSER
A person upon the premises of the owner or keeper of the
dog in question without license or privilege to be upon said premises.
UNRESTRAINED DOG
Any dog running at large or a dog on the premises of its
owner or keeper but not confined to said premises by a leash, fence,
structure or other means that would prevent the dog from leaving such
premises.
VICIOUS DOG
Any of the following dogs:
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Any dog that has killed another dog, cat or other domestic animal
without provocation.
[Ord. No. 2583, 3-8-2022]
A. The
owner of or the person possessing any dog in the City of Waverly is
hereby required to have such animals vaccinated against rabies by
a licensed veterinarian and to procure a certificate of such vaccination
from the veterinarian and to present such certificate to the City
Clerk in one (1) of the following manners:
1. On or before July 1 of each year for a one-year registration period.
2. OR, on or before July 1 every three (3) years for a three-year registration
period if such vaccination certificate specifically states its validity
for a three-year period.
B. The
City Clerk shall register such certificate, which registration shall
remain in force until June 30 the following year or three-year period
if elected; and upon registration, the City Clerk shall issue a tag
evidencing the registration and certificate of vaccination, and the
owner of or the person possessing the dog shall securely attach the
tag so issued to a collar to be worn continuously by the animal for
which the tag was issued. It shall be unlawful for the owner of or
the person possessing any dog to permit such animal to remain in the
City of Waverly unless wearing the tag above provided for herein.
C. Payment
to the City of Waverly for a dog license shall be ten dollars ($10.00)
per license for a one-year period; or twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
per license for a three-year period.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog to permit the same to run at large within the City of Waverly at any time. Any dog found without the tag provided in Section
205.020, and any dog found running at large, shall be impounded.
The parent or guardian of a minor child is responsible for the
adequate care of any animal owned by, in the control of, or harbored
by that minor child.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, the City Police, and any other person of the City of Waverly, especially designated by the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor for such purpose, to take up any dog without the tag provided in Section
205.020, any dog running at large, or any vicious dog in violation of Section
205.040 above and to impound the same. In effecting the capture of any dog, the officers aforesaid are authorized and directed to use traps, nets, tranquilizer guns or any other humane method.
Every officer impounding a dog under this Article shall, within
twenty-four (24) hours after such impounding, enter upon a registry
open to the public and in plain public view at the City Hall of the
City, a description of such dog, including breed, color and approximate
size, and the date apprehended, and if the owner or keeper is known,
the name and address of such owner or keeper; or the owner or keeper
shall be given actual notice of the impoundment of such dog before
disposition of such dog.
The owner or keeper of any dog impounded under this Article
shall pay to the Chief of Police, Police Officer, or other official
especially designated to receive the same, a sum sufficient to reimburse
the City for its costs in impounding such dog and keeping it impounded.
It shall be the duty of any officer impounding any dog under this Article to keep the same impounded for a period of seven (7) days, unless such dog shall be reclaimed by his/her owner or keeper under Section
205.070 of this Article. If, after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of such impoundment, such dog shall not have been reclaimed, the same shall be put up for adoption or disposed of or destroyed in a humane manner.
Whenever rabies becomes prevalent in the City, the Mayor shall,
according to the necessity of the case, issue a quarantine order,
requiring every owner or person in charge of any dog or dogs within
the limits of the City, to either kill or impound his/her dog or dogs,
or to have such dog or dogs immunized. Said order shall be published
once in the paper officially publishing the business of the City;
and in the absence of such paper, shall be posted as in case of sales
of personal property. The Mayor is authorized by proclamation, to
terminate any such quarantine whenever, in his/her judgment, the necessity
for it no longer exists.
A person commits the offense of keeping a dangerous wild animal
if he/she keeps any lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah,
margay, mountain lion, Canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena, wolf,
bear, nonhuman primate, coyote, any deadly, dangerous, or poisonous
reptile, or any deadly or dangerous reptile over eight (8) feet long,
in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus,
scientific, or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary
hospital, or animal refuge.
[Ord. No. 2409, 10-2-2012]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
KENNEL
Any place or tract of land, whether indoors or outdoors,
whether enclosed or not, used for the purpose of selling, breeding,
boarding, or training of dogs, or keeping of four (4) or more dogs
over the age of six (6) months.
[Ord. No. 2409, 10-2-2012]
A. Dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person or household to keep and/or
harbor more than four (4) adult dogs over the age of six (6) months
in a residential neighborhood. More than four (4) dogs will constitute
a commercial kennel and shall be prohibited within the City limits
of Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri.
B. It is unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or own, at one (1)
location within the City limits of Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri,
more than a total of four (4) dogs over the age of six (6) months
unless said person has first been properly licensed by the State of
Missouri and the City of Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri, to operate
a kennel. No kennel shall be located closer than one hundred (100)
feet to the boundary of the nearest adjacent residential lot.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to interfere
with, resist, hinder or obstruct an Animal Control Officer, the Chief
of Police or any other duly authorized person to the discharge of
any duty imposed upon them by this Article.
[Ord. No. 2409, 10-2-2012]
A. Any person violating any provision of this Article shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and no more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00). If any violation be continuing, each day's violation
shall be deemed a separate violation.
B. In addition to any other penalty imposed by this Article, the court
may order a person found guilty of any portion of this Article, to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses associated with care and maintenance
of a neglected or abandoned animal, disposal of any dead or diseased
animal within the guilty person's custody and/or ownership, fees of
impoundment for any neglected, unrestrained or abandoned animal or
dog.