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:
means the animal control officer appointed by the city.
means any dog or cat not under the restraint of a person capable of controlling the dog or cat on or off the premises of the owner.
means any live or dead Felis catus.
means any live or dead Canis familiaris.
means a privilege granted, on compliance with this chapter, to own, keep, harbor or have custody or control of a dog or cat legally within the city during the calendar year.
means to take into custody or place in the city animal shelter.
means any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee or selling dogs or cats, providing a minimum of 100 square feet per adult animal.
means any person owning, keeping or harboring one or more dogs or cats. A dog or cat shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered.
means any dog secured by a leash or lead and under the control of a responsible person and obedient to that person’s commands. At all other times, a dog shall be confined to the realty or premises of the owner of such dog by a substantial fence of sufficient strength and height to prevent such dog or other animal from escaping therefrom or inside a house on such premises or secured on such premises by a leash consisting of material of sufficient strength to prevent the dog from escaping from such premises.
means properly injected with a rabies vaccine licensed for use in that species by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by or under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
(1988 Code, ch. 2, sec. 6.01; 2010 Code, sec. 8-53)