[Adopted 8-6-1990 by Ord.
No. 492 (Title 10, Ch. 4, of the 1978 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Whenever used in this article, except where specifically
distinguished, shall include all members of the feline family three
months or more of age.
Whenever used in this article, except where specifically
distinguished, shall include all members of the canine family three
months or more of age, and also pet foxes and wolves.
Any person having a right in property in a dog or cat, or
who keeps or harbors a dog or cat, or who has it in his care, or acts
as its custodian, or who knowingly permits a dog or cat to remain
on or about any premises occupied by him.
No person or persons shall keep or maintain any dog, dogs, cat
or cats within the Village which disturb the peace and quiet of any
neighborhood or person by frequent and long-continued barking or howling,
or which molests passersby, chases vehicles, attacks other domestic
animals or damages property.
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or cat to
permit the same to run at large on any public street, alley, parkway,
public place or unenclosed place within the Village at any time. Any
dog or cat found in or upon any public street, alley, parkway, public
place or unenclosed place at any time shall be impounded as hereinafter
provided.
B.
"Running at large" shall be construed to mean suffering a dog or
cat to be off the private premises of the owner or keeper and not
under the direct, effective and actual control of said owner or keeper
or his agent or servant.
[Amended 6-17-1996 by Ord. No. 540; 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
In addition to, or as an alternative to, impounding, for offenses violating the provisions of this article, any officer or employee of the Village or any person or persons designated by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village may issue a dog or cat ordinance violation citation to the owner or keeper of the dog or cat running at large in accordance with Chapter 100, Article III, § 100-20, of the Village Code.
[Amended 6-15-2015 by Ord. No. 701]
A.
Cats. Any dangerous, fierce or vicious cat, any cat running at large
in any public street, alley, parkway, public place or unenclosed place
within the Village or upon the private premises of any person other
than the owner or keeper thereof, and any cat which may in any manner
unduly disturb the quiet of any person or neighborhood within the
Village, or cat which shall bite or injure any person or companion
animal so as to cause an abrasion of the skin, is hereby declared
to be a nuisance, and such cat is to be taken up and impounded.
B.
Dogs.
(1)
DANGEROUS DOG
(a)
(b)
VICIOUS DOG
Definitions. As used in this Subsection B, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any individual dog anywhere other than upon the property of
the owner or keeper of the dog and unmuzzled, unleashed or unattended
by its owner or keeper, that behaves in a manner that a reasonable
person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat
of serious physical injury or death to a person or companion animal;
or
A dog that, without justification, bites a person or companion
animal and does not cause serious physical injury.
A dog that, without justification, attacks a person or companion
animal and causes serious physical injury or death, or any individual
dog that has been found to be a dangerous dog upon two separate occasions.
(2)
Any dangerous, fierce or vicious dog, or dog running at large
in any public street, alley, parkway, public place or unenclosed place
within the Village or upon the private premises of any person other
than the owner or keeper thereof, and any dog which may in any manner
unduly disturb the quiet of any person or neighborhood within the
Village, shall hereby be declared to be a nuisance, and such dog shall
be taken up and impounded.
C.
Impounding. All dogs and cats running at large contrary to the provisions
of this article shall be impounded by any officer or employee of the
Village or by any person or persons designated by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village. In effecting the capture of said
dogs or cats, such officers, employees, and designated persons are
authorized and directed to use traps, nets, or tranquilizer guns.
[Added 6-7-2021 by Ord.
No. 764]
When the owner or keeper of any dog or cat knows of or has been
notified that such dog or cat has bitten or has so injured any person
as to cause an abrasion of the skin of such person, or is suffering
from rabies, he shall forthwith deliver said dog or cat to the county
animal shelter or to any police officer, whereupon said dog or cat
shall be securely confined for a period of at least 10 days for observation.
At the end of the observation period, if no symptoms have appeared,
such dog or cat shall be returned to the owner or keeper. Upon appearance
of symptoms of rabies, said dog or cat shall be confined until death
and then its head shall be removed in such a manner as not to injure
the brain and delivered to the Public Health Department for examination.
Every veterinarian and other person who discover any dog or
cat or other animal within the Village suffering with or showing symptoms
of rabies shall report such fact immediately to the county animal
shelter or to any police officer of the Village, giving the name and
place of residence, if known, of the person owning or keeping such
dog or cat, and the place where the dog or cat or other animal can
be found. Such dog or cat shall be thereupon securely confined as
in the preceding section required.
All dogs or cats taken up under the preceding two §§ 1305-13 and 1305-14 of this article shall be impounded as provided by ordinance, except that the owner or keeper of such dog or cat, in lieu thereof, may, at his own expense, deliver such dog or cat to a licensed veterinarian within the Village for observation. Such dog or cat shall be confined for observation, provided that the veterinarian shall, before returning the dog or cat to the owner or keeper, notify the county animal shelter at least 24 hours in advance.
A.
Licensed dogs or cats may be redeemed by owner upon payment of a
fee of $100 per offense, which shall be charged and collected by the
Village. In addition, for each day or part thereof that such animal
is impounded, the owner shall pay to the impounding facility the cost
of keeping such animal while impounded.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord.
No. 764]
B.
Any person redeeming an impounded animal must show to the person
in charge of the impounding facility a receipt of fines and/or fees
paid to the Village, whereupon such animal may be released upon payment
to the impounding facility of charges accrued during such impoundment.
A.
Licenses required. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep
or harbor a dog or cat without first having obtained therefor a license
to do so.
B.
Application and fees. Before any license as required by the preceding Subsection A shall be issued, the person desiring such license shall make application to the Village Administrative Clerk upon forms provided by the Village. Such applications shall be accompanied by a license fee as set from time to time by the Village Board. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the Village Administrative Clerk shall immediately refer all such applications to the Village President.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord.
No. 764]
C.
Issuance. Upon written approval by the Village President, the Village
Administrative Clerk shall issue the license applied for. Each license
shall state the name, weight and general description of the dog or
cat which is licensed. Each license shall be signed by and attested
by the Village Administrative Clerk. Each license shall be accompanied
by the issuance of a dog or cat tag containing a serial number.
D.
Affixing tag. It shall be the duty of every license holder to affix
the dog or cat tag, by chain, collar, rope or other secure fashion,
at any time the dog or cat is present on any public street, alley,
parkway, public place or unenclosed place within the Village.
E.
Nonrenewable and nonassignable. No license or dog or cat tag shall
be renewable or assignable between license holders, dogs or cats.
F.
Alterations. No person shall alter or add to any license. No person
shall use or display any license, dog tag or cat tag not issued to
him or her.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog or cat
or other animal to permit the same to defecate on any public street,
alley, parkway, public place, unenclosed place within the Village
or on any private premises other than the private premises of the
owner or keeper. Said acts shall not be construed to be unlawful if,
immediately upon occurrence, the owner or keeper removes the defecation
in a bag, sack or other sealable or enclosed container to the owner's
or keeper's premises or deposits the same in a garbage or trash receptacle.
