City of Haverhill, MA
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2024-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 137 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article IX Animal Welfare
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Authorities
- Ch 11 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 18 Claims Approval
- Ch 21 Committees
- Ch 25 Councils
- Ch 32 Departments
- Ch 34 Emergency Management
- Ch 36 Fees and Receipts
- Ch 39 Flag, City
- Ch 43 Fundraising
- Ch 54 Historic Districts
- Ch 60 Libraries
- Ch 66 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 72 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 75 Pensions and Other Benefits
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies and Regulations
- Ch 80 Purchasing and Contracts
- Ch 83 Revolving Funds
- Ch 85 Schools
- Ch 87 Seal, City
- Ch 94 Veterans' Services
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 97 Alarm Systems
- Ch 100 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 101 Ambulance Service; Chair Car Service
- Ch 104 Amusements
- Ch 108 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 110 Auditorium
- Ch 113 Bicycles
- Ch 116 Boats and Boating
- Ch 120 Building Construction
- Ch 122 Building Maintenance
- Ch 123 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 125 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 128 Charges and Fees, Miscellaneous
- Ch 130 Citizens' Center
- Ch 131 Composting Program, Municipal
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 137 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 137 Art IX Animal Welfare
- § 137-27 Confining animals in motor vehicles.
- Ch 141 Electrical Standards
- Ch 143 Employment by City
- Ch 145 Explosives and Firearms
- Ch 150 Fire Prevention
- Ch 156 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 160 Graffiti
- Ch 163 Hazardous Waste Facilities
- Ch 167 Junk Dealers
- Ch 171 Licensing
- Ch 173 Littering
- Ch 175 Loitering
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 185 Parades and Processions
- Ch 187 Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Articles; Old Gold
- Ch 189 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 191 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 193 Playgrounds, Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 196 Property, City
- Ch 200 Rental Permits
- Ch 202 Renting to Minors
- Ch 204 Sales, Special
- Ch 206 Senior Citizen Tax Incentive Program
- Ch 208 Sewers and Drains
- Ch 213 Signs
- Ch 216 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 219 Stormwater Management
- Ch 222 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 225 Swimming Pools
- Ch 227 Tag Days
- Ch 230 Taxicabs and Buses
- Ch 235 Trick or Treat
- Ch 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 241 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 242 Vehicles, Storage and Impoundment of
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Unregistered or Abandoned
- Ch 248 Wastewater Lift Station
- Ch 249 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 250 Water
- Ch 253 Wetlands
- Ch 255 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A258 Acceptance of General Laws
- Ch A259 Special Acts
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 7-9-2019 by Doc. 82]
Any person owning, possessing or controlling an animal in the
City of Haverhill shall not allow or permit said animal to be confined
inside of a stationary or parked motor vehicle in a manner that would
reasonably be expected to threaten the health of the animal due to
exposure to extreme heat or cold. The process of removing an animal
from a motor vehicle will be defined by MGL c. 140, § 174F.
An initial violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of
$150, and a second and subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine
of $300. Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under
MGL c. 272, § 77.
