[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Winchester as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen effective 7-1-1973; amended 2-7-1994 (§ 113 of the prior compilation)]
The owner of any dog impounded as provided by law shall be responsible
for payment to the Town of Winchester of all costs and charges incurred
by the Town incident to the impounding, maintenance and care of said
dog, including veterinarian's fees for its necessary treatment.
Any person owning or having the custody of a female dog in heat
shall confine the same in an inside enclosed area except when actually
being walked on a leash.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping, walking
or in control of any dog to allow or permit such animal to defecate
upon any private property owned by another person, common areas of
a condominium or public property, including, but not limited to, parks,
streets, sidewalks, beaches, Town greens, playgrounds and recreation
fields, unless such person shall remove all feces so deposited by
such animal before leaving the immediate premises and dispose of said
feces in a sanitary manner. A person will be considered to have disposed
of feces in a sanitary manner if such person places such material
in a bag or wrapper made of paper, plastic or some similar material
and places it in a refuse container which is regularly emptied by
the Town of Winchester or some other refuse collector, or otherwise
disposes of such material on their own property.
If said owner, keeper or person walking or in charge of said
dog is a juvenile, then the parent or guardian of said juvenile shall
also be deemed to have committed such offense.
The following are exempted from § 178-3 of this article:
A.
Dogs that are on the property of their owners or custodians, or where
the dog owner or custodian has the permission of the property owner.
B.
Any dog owned by the Winchester Police Department and used for law
enforcement purposes.
C.
Any dog which serves as a guide dog while such dog is accompanying
a blind person.
D.
Any dog in the control of or being walked by a person who is physically
unable to remove said feces.
