Owners are responsible for control of their animals.
The following are considered to be nuisances and, as such, are
prohibited.
A. Animals at large. No person or persons, firm, association or corporation
owning, keeping or harboring any livestock, predatory animals, fowl
or domestic animals shall permit the same to run at large within the
corporate limits of the Town, including trespassing on school grounds
or private property.
B. Uncontrolled animals.
(1) An animal shall be deemed to be under control if it is in proximity
to its owner or another responsible person designated by the owner,
at all times while off the premises of the owner and providing that
such animal is not engaged in any action which would classify it as
a nuisance under this title. In order for an animal to be considered
under control it must be under physical restraint such that it does
not interfere with the right of others' peaceable use of the
streets, pathways, sidewalks or other public or private way.
(2) In addition to Subsection
B(1) herein, an animal is not under control if it is running at large or unrestrained in the streets, along the sidewalks, or on any school ground, playground, park or place of public amusement or recreation.
(3) An animal is not under control if it molests passersby, chases vehicles,
or attacks other domestic animals.
C. Disturbing the peace. A noisy animal as defined in this title is
deemed a disturbance of the peace and is prohibited.
D. Noxious or offensive odors. No person shall allow noxious or offensive
odors to emanate from an animal's living area.
E. Diseased animals. An animal that becomes an untreated source of communicable
disease shall be deemed a nuisance.
F. Destruction of property. No domestic animal, livestock or fowl shall
chew, tear, dig in or scratch, litter or soil, destroy, or in any
other manner injure clothing, washing, garbage containers, gardens,
flower beds, lawns, trees or shrubbery, fences or any other public
or private property, real or personal.
G. Defecation (scoop the poop).
(1) Any person who has the charge and control of any animal on any public
street, sidewalk, pathway, park, pedestrian way, or any public facility,
or on any school ground, or on any private property not owned or possessed
by the owner or person having the charge or control of such animal
shall at all times:
(a)
Maintain in his/her possession sufficient suitable wrappers,
bags or containers for the purpose of complying with this section;
(b)
Immediately and securely enclose all feces deposited by the
animal in a bag, wrapper or other suitable container; and
(c)
Dispose of collected feces in a sanitary manner.
(2) This section shall not apply to any service dog accompanying any
handicapped person or a police dog in the performance of law enforcement
duties.
H. Animals on the pathways. No person shall allow any dog belonging
to him or her or in his or her custody to enter upon any pathway within
the Town without the dog being under leash control. This section shall
not apply to any guide dog accompanying any handicapped person or
a police dog in the performance of law enforcement duties.
It shall be unlawful to place the remains of any dead animal
in garbage cans for pickup and disposal by employees of any franchise
holder for garbage disposal in the Town. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
licensed veterinary clinics and Animal Control Officers may dispose
of animals in garbage receptacles with proper notice given to the
garbage disposal franchise holders. The removal of any dead animal
found in the Town of Pinedale shall be the responsibility of the owner
of the property on which it was found.