[1972 Code § 9-1, § 9A-1]
As used in this chapter:
CAT
Shall mean any cat over the age of six months.
DOG
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
DWELLING UNIT
Shall mean a house, apartment, store or other building whether or not used or designated for use as a dwelling.
FAMILY GROUP
Shall mean the immediate family group occupying one dwelling unit.
KEEPER
Shall mean any person exercising control over a dog or permitting a dog to remain on premises under his control.
KENNEL
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog shall mean and include every person having right of property in such dog and every person who has such dog in his keeping.
PET SHOP
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs are kept or displayed for sale.
POUND
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
SHELTER
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed without charge.
VICIOUS DOG
Shall mean any dog which has been declared by a municipal judge to be a vicious dog which has attacked or bitten any human being, or which habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals.