No person shall keep any swine within a distance of 200 feet
of any public way or place, or of any dwelling house not his own,
or within a distance of 100 feet of his own dwelling place or within
250 feet of the high water mark of any source of drinking water supply
or any tributary thereof or within 250 feet of the high water mark
of any open waters flowing directly or ultimately into any source
of water supply.
No person shall by any noise, gesture or other means, wantonly
and designedly frighten any horse in any street or other place in
Town.
No person shall suffer horses, grazing beasts or swine, to run
at large in this Town, or to feed by the roadside either with or without
a keeper.
[Amended 2-12-2002 STM
by Art. 14]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
The person or persons employed by the Town as its enforcement
officer and shall include any Police Officer.
ANIMAL SHELTER
Any premises designated by action of the Town or the continued
use of the present premises for the purpose of impounding and caring
for all dogs found running at large in violation of this article.
AT LARGE
Any dog shall be deemed to be at large when it is off the
property of its owner and not under the control of a competent person.
OWNER
Any person, group of persons or corporation owning, keeping,
or harboring a dog or dogs.
RESTRAINT
A dog is under restraint, within the meaning of this section,
when it is property leashed or controlled or at "heel" beside a competent
person and obedient to that person's commands or on or within a vehicle
being driven or parked on the streets of the Town, or within the property
limits of its owner or keeper.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Animal
Control Officer or Animal Control Officers and any Police Officer.
All licensing funds and other fees, which were previously delivered
to Bristol County, shall be retained by the Town of Swansea.
No person shall interfere with, hinder or molest the Animal
Control Officer(s) of this Town in the performance of his/her duties,
or seek to release any dog in the custody of the Animal Control Officer,
except as herein provided.
It shall be the responsibility of the Animal Control Officer
to keep, or cause to be kept, records of the impoundment and disposition
of all dogs coming into his custody.
The Animal Control Officer may order a dog to be restrained
and/or muzzled for any of the following reasons:
A. For having bitten any person.
B. For having killed, maimed or otherwise damaged any other domesticated
animal.
C. For chasing any vehicle upon any public way or way open to public
travel in the Town.
[Amended 6-14-2021 ATM by Art. 39]
A. Except as provided in §
115-15B, any person who violates the provisions of this Article shall receive a written warning for the first offense and shall be liable for payments of the following fines: $50 for the second offense, $75 for the third and subsequent offenses, provided that all said offenses occur within the same calendar year.
B. If any dog six months of age or over is found after June 30th in
any year to be unlicensed or unregistered with the Swansea Town Clerk,
a fine of $50 will be imposed upon the owner or keeper of the dog.