[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Browntown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 7-19-2011 by Res. No. 2011-7-19]
Residents walking dogs and other pets shall ensure the animal
does not urinate or defecate on the property of another or Village
property; i.e., the green part of the terrace adjacent to owner's
property they are required to mow.
Residents are responsible for cleanup when animals defecate.
Failure to clean up after animals shall be reported to Green County
Sheriff to be charged with littering.
Pet owners are responsible for proper care of their animals,
as well as ensuring pets are not running at large and causing a nuisance
to other citizens.
All citizens of Browntown are discouraged from feeding animals
running at large, such as feral cats, as they may present a health
hazard to other pets and people. Feral cats and roaming animals should
be captured and delivered to the Green County Humane Society.
[Adopted 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. 62015-25]
When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meaning:
Any:
An animal that is off the premises of the owner and not under
the restraint of the owner or another person.
To confront in an aggressive and hostile manner such that
a reasonable person would believe that there is an imminent threat
of the bite or injury to the person or animal so confronted.
Incidents in which the person attacked, bitten or injured
was, at the time of the incident, committing or attempting to commit
a crime or violating or attempting to violate an ordinance which protects
persons or property; and incidents in which the licensable animal
is protecting or defending a person from attack or assault by another
person or animal, excluding an attack on a mail carrier or delivery
person in performance of their duties.
An animal normally raised on a farm in the United States
for use or profit, including but not limited to turkeys, geese, ducks,
fowl, cattle, bovines, bison, sheep, goats, swine, potbellied pigs,
horses, donkeys, mules, and llamas.
A society organized primarily for the care and shelter of
homeless, stray or abused animals, on a nonprofit basis, no part of
the net income of which inures to the benefit of any member, officer
or shareholder if the property is used exclusively for the primary
purposes of the humane society.
A person or entity that owns, keeps or harbors one or more
animal. An animal is deemed harbored if it is fed or sheltered for
seven consecutive days or more.
An animal that is kept for pleasure rather than utility.
An animal that is:
An animal that:
Other than when provoked, bites or injures a person or another
animal twice within a period of 12 consecutive months;
Other than when provoked, attacks a person or another animal
three times within a period of 12 consecutive months;
Other than when provoked, bites a person or animal once and
attacks a person or animal twice within a period of 12 consecutive
months; or
Has been trained or used for fighting against other animals.
Any live, nonhuman primate, raccoon, skunk, fox, leopard,
panther, tiger, lynx, coyote, wolf, alligator, crocodile, or other
animal or hybrid which can normally be found in the wild.
A.
An application for a dog license shall be made to the Village Clerk.
A valid rabies certificate shall accompany the application, stating
the owner's name and address, the name, sex, spayed or unspayed, neutered
or unneutered, breed and color of the dog, the date of the vaccination,
the type of rabies vaccine administered and the manufacturer's serial
number, the date that the immunization expires as specified for that
type of vaccine by the Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services and the city, village or town where the
dog is required to be licensed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Written proof to neutering or spaying shall accompany the application
in order to qualify for reduced license fees.
C.
The license shall be issued for one year, commencing on January 1
of each year, and is not transferable.
D.
Upon acceptance of the license application, rabies certificate and
fee, a license and durable tag with an identifying number and the
year of issuance shall be issued by the Village Clerk. Upon issuance
of the license tag, the owner shall attach the tag to the collar of
the licensed dog. The dog must wear the tag at all times when off
the premises of the owner unless during competition or training, securely
confined indoors, or herding or controlling farm animals under the
control of its owner. An untagged dog shall be considered a stray.[1]
The owner of a dog or cat shall have the animal vaccinated by
a licensed veterinarian on or before the date the animal reaches five
months of age. Upon the issuance of a rabies certificate, the veterinarian
shall provide a rabies vaccination tag of durable material bearing
the same serial number as the certificate, the year the vaccination
was given, and the name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian.
The dog or cat must wear the tag at all times when off the premises
of the owner unless during competition or training, securely confined
indoors, or herding or controlling farm animals under the control
of its owner.
No person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of an
animal shall allow it to run at large within the Village. The owner
or person in control of an animal shall keep such animal on a leash
no more than six feet in length or appropriately restrained for the
species other than the physical body of the person while off the premises
of the owner.
A.
No animal shall be inhumanely confined in a manner which causes or
is likely to cause pain, suffering, injury or death.
B.
No person shall cause unnecessary pain or suffering or unjustifiable
injury or death to an animal.
C.
Any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of an animal
shall provide good and wholesome food, potable water, proper shelter
and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed, and
other humane care and treatment as needed.
D.
No animal shall be abandoned or turned loose by its owner.
E.
No person shall cause or permit any animal fighting.
F.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or have custody of an animal that
barks, whines, howls, or makes sounds common to its species in an
excessive, continuous or untimely fashion.
The owner or person in control of an animal shall promptly remove
and dispose of any feces in a sanitary manner deposited by such animal
upon any public or private property without permission of the owner.
No animal shall be tied, staked, or fastened in such a manner
to allow the animal access to portion of a street, alley, sidewalk,
or other public place. No animal shall be tied, staked or fastened
in such a manner that may interfere with delivery persons or mail
carriers during the course of their employment.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping, harboring
or having custody of an animal to permit such animal to go upon any
public or private premises without the permission of the owner of
such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or injure any lawn,
flower bed, plant, shrub, tree, or garden in any manner, or to defecate
or urinate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to own, keep,
harbor or have custody of any of the following on any property or
in any residence, household or dwelling unit within the Village with
less than five contiguous acres:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
First offense: certified written letter warning with a time restriction
to comply.
B.
Second offense: $100 forfeiture and $100 a day until compliant with
article.
C.
Third offense: Animal is confiscated to the Green County Humane Society.
D.
If forfeitures are not paid, they will be placed on the tax special
assessment and added to your taxes.
