[Adopted 11-22-2004 by Ord. No. 248]
Chapter 81, Animals, of the Code of Public Local
Laws and Ordinances of Carroll County, Maryland ("Chapter 81"), as
amended from time to time, shall be the applicable law in the Town
for all matters governed by Chapter 81. Any other provision of any
chapter of the Code of the Town that is contradictory or inconsistent
with Chapter 81 is hereby repealed and deleted.
[Adopted 1-9-2018 by Ord. No.
301]
This section shall apply to any public event on Town property,
in which a special event application is required. The presence of
animals at these events poses health and safety concerns for both
the spectators and animals. Sponsors of other events may also request
the Town Manager or his/her authorized designee in writing to apply
the provisions of this section to such events.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
ANIMAL
Every vertebrate and invertebrate nonhuman species of animal,
wild or domestic, male or female, including, but not limited to, dogs,
cats, livestock and other mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and
fish.
SERVICE ANIMAL
A dog (or other animal) that is trained to do work or perform
tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including
a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability.
To qualify as a service animal, the work or tasks performed by the
service animal must be directly related to the individual's disability.
Emotional support animals, comfort animals, and therapy dogs are not
service animals under Title II and Title III of the Americans with
Disabilities Act and do not qualify under this definition for purposes
of this article.
SPECIAL EVENT
Is applicable to all public events, including parades, on
Town property for which a special event application is required.
It shall be unlawful for any person with an animal within the
boundaries of a special event to fail to obey the command of a law
enforcement officer or animal control officer to remove such animal
from the special event.
An organizer of a special event to which this article applies may request a waiver from §
51-4. The sponsor shall submit plans specifying how the public will be protected from the animals and the sponsor's plans and provisions for removing animal waste. Requests shall be reviewed as part of the special event permitting process and may be approved or denied as part of that process.
Any violation of the provisions of this article shall constitute
a municipal infraction. Each occurrence shall constitute a separate
offense. The penalties for such municipal infraction shall be as follows:
A. First offense: A warning by a written citation shall be issued to
any person found violating this chapter for the first time.
B. Second offense: A second violation shall constitute a Class B municipal infraction as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, Municipal Infractions.
C. Third offense: A third violation shall constitute a Class C municipal infraction as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, Municipal Infractions.
D. Fourth and subsequent offenses: A fourth and all subsequent violations shall constitute a Class D municipal infraction as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, Municipal Infractions.