[Adopted by Town Warrant, 1969, Art. 20 (Ch. 3, Art. I, of
the 1976 Code)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
A. No owner of any dog older than
six months shall keep or maintain such dog unless it has been vaccinated
by a veterinary surgeon with anti-rabies vaccine, within one year
preceding the date on which such dog is kept or maintained.
B. Any person found violating this
section shall be fined not less than $50, nor more than $200, plus
costs of prosecution.
[Amended by Town Warrant 1961, Art. 79; 11-14-2016 by Ord. No. 13-2016]
A. Definitions. As used in this section,
the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
DANGEROUS DOG
A dog declared to be a dangerous dog by a court of law.
B. Permit required. No person shall
knowingly sell, own, offer for sale, breed, possess, keep, or attempt
to buy, or train a dangerous dog within the Town unless the owner
has received proper permits and/or authorizations pursuant to this
article.
C. Keeping of dangerous dogs. The
owner of a dangerous dog shall be required to:
(1) Register the dangerous dog
with the ACO and must provide the ACO with a copy of the court order
declaring the dog as a dangerous dog within 10 days of the court's
decision; and
(2) Provide the ACO with proof
of liability insurance in an amount not less than $300,000 covering
bodily injury or death of any person or animal, or for damages any
person's or entity's property, resulting from the keeping of such
dangerous dog(s); and
(3) Provide to the ACO the owner's
full name and address, breed, age, sex, color, and any other identifying
marks of said dog; the location where the dog is to be kept if not
at the address of the owner; two color photographs of the dangerous
dog; and the aforementioned certificate of liability insurance; and
(4) The owner of a dangerous dog
shall be required, pursuant to this section, to post on the owner's
property, an adequate number of warning symbols/signs to inform all
persons, including children, that there is a dangerous dog on the
property.
(5) Anyone who moves into Winslow
with a dangerous dog must notify the ACO within 30 days and be in
compliance with this ordinance within 10 days thereafter.
D. Penalties. This section shall be
enforced by the ACO or any duly authorized law enforcement official.
The penalty for a first offense is a fine of $500, which cannot be
suspended, the penalty for a second offense is $750, which cannot
be suspended, the penalty for a third and subsequent offense is $1,000,
which cannot be suspended. Upon conviction, the owner is also responsible
for the Town's reasonable attorney's fees and costs. Each day a violation
continues is a separate offense.
E. The municipal officers or their
designated agents, are authorized to enter into administrative consent
agreements to abate violations and recover penalties, reasonable attorney
fees and costs.
[Amended 8-8-1985 by Ord.
No. 5-1983; 11-14-2016 by Ord. No. 13-16]
A. Action constituting a nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for an owner or keeper of a dog to allow such
dog to cause annoyance or disturbance to any persons by barking, howling
or making other sounds common to its species if such sounds recur
in steady, rapid succession for five minutes or more or recur intermittently
for one hour or more, or by running after or chasing persons, bicycles,
automobiles or other vehicles. This section shall not apply if any
dog is provoked by trespassing people or animals on private property
on which the animal is situated or by other legitimate cause for provocation.
[Amended 10-10-2017 by Ord. No. 10-2017]
B. Impoundment of nuisance dogs. Any dog constituting a nuisance as set out in Subsection
A may be impounded by any member of the humane shelter, or any Winslow police officer, if the owner cannot be reasonably located. The owner of the dog shall pay the full cost incurred for the board and shelter of the animal.
C. Penalty. Any owner violating any
of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject
to a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Follow the procedure in state law for stray dogs and the disposition
of dogs at large.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Instead of or in addition to seizing and impounding the dog,
the Town may prosecute the owner of any dog running at large. Any
person, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more
than $200, plus the cost of prosecution.
[Amended 11-12-2002 by Ord. No. 3-2002; 11-14-2016 by Ord. No. 13-2016]
A. No person shall allow any dog owned
by him/her or under his/her control to defecate upon public street,
road, sidewalk, park or other public property within the Town of Winslow,
or upon private property (except for that property owned by the owner
of the dog) unless such defecation is immediately bagged, and removed,
and properly and adequately disposed of in a sanitary manner in a
proper waste receptacle by said owner or controller of the dog. This
paragraph shall not apply to any dog trained for the purpose of aiding
a sight-impaired person and engaged in that function or to any person
with a handicap who, by reason of that handicap, is physically unable
to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.
B. Any owner or person who has a dog
under his/her control who violates any provision of this section shall,
upon adjudication, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200,
plus the costs and expenses of prosecution including but not limited
to the Town's attorney's fees and expenses, and the salaries and wages
of Town personnel involved in investigating, preparing, and prosecuting
such violation. All such fines, fees, costs, and expenses shall be
paid to the Town of Winslow.
[Adopted 6-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2-2016; amended in its entirety 11-14-2016 by Ord. No. 13-2016 (Ch. 3, Art. II, of the 1976 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to provide standards for the
keeping of domesticated chickens. The article is intended to enable
residents in the Mixed-Use Zoning District with less than two-acre
lots, as well as, Medium-Density Residential (MR) and High-Density
Residential (HR) zoning districts to keep a small number of chickens
on appropriately sized lots while limiting the potential adverse impacts
on the surrounding neighborhood.
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:
BROILER CHICKEN
A male or female chicken raised for its meat and not older
than 10 weeks.
CHICKEN PEN
An outdoor fenced-in area connected to a henhouse for the
purpose of allowing chickens to leave the henhouse while remaining
in an enclosed, predator-safe environment.
ENCLOSURE
The combined area of a henhouse and chicken pen.
HENHOUSE
A structure for the sheltering, roosting and nesting of female
chickens. A new or legally existing detached shed, garage or barn
that may be located within the required district setback can be used
for this purpose if it meets all other standards contained in this
article.
Provision must be made for the proper management of chicken
manure and chicken waste.
The initial license shall be issued by the Town Code Enforcement
Office after favorable inspection of the premises by the Town Code
Enforcement Officer or designee. Licenses shall expire annually on
the last day of April. There is no fee for license renewal however
licenses shall only be renewed after a review of complaints and inspections,
if necessary, to verify that corrective actions are in place.
Any violation of the provisions of this article or of the license
shall be grounds for an order from the code enforcement officer to
remove the chickens and any noncompliant chicken-related structures.
The animal control officer may also order the removal of the chickens
upon a determination that the chickens pose a health risk. If a chicken
dies, it must be disposed of promptly in a sanitary manner.