Any living creature, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, cows, horses, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, fowl and livestock.
Any person designated by the supervisor of animal control to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A female chicken (hen) which is possessed or harbored for the purpose of providing organic egg production in compliance with this article.
A domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh, including but not limited to roosters, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigeons or guineas; excluding backyard chickens as defined in this article.
The act of keeping and caring for an animal or providing a premises to which the animal returns for food, shelter or care for a period of three days or more.
Any building, lot or premises on or in which any combination of cats and dogs total five (5) or more (at least eight (8) weeks of age) are kept, or any building, lot, or premises where dogs or cats are housed or accepted for boarding, for which remuneration is received. This term does not include a veterinary clinic, animal hospital, or pet store in the normal course of business.
All types of sheep, goats, swine, fowl, horses or any member of the domesticated equine family, including but not limited to mules, donkeys, ponies; and all members of the bovine family, including but not limited to cows, bulls, buffalo and bison.
Any person, firm or corporation having title to any animal, or a person who has, harbors or keeps, or who causes or permits to be harbored or kept, an animal in his care, or who permits an animal to remain on or about his premises.
The reporting agent for the purposes of this chapter, whose duties consist of the following:
The vaccination of a dog, cat or other domestic animal with an antirabies vaccine approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and administered by a veterinarian licensed by the state.
An animal not completely confined by a building, wall or fence of sufficient strength or construction to restrain the animal, except when such animal is either on a leash, or held in the hands of the owner or keeper with sufficient strength to control the animal, or under direct supervision of the owner within the limits of the owner’s private property.
Any animal for which there is not an identifiable owner or harborer.
Relating to an attack by an animal, shall mean that the animal was not hit, kicked or struck by a person with any object or part of a person’s body, nor was any part of the animal’s body pulled, pinched or squeezed by a person.
shall mean:
Any animal that, when unprovoked, inflicts severe injury or death to a person, or bites or attacks a person on public or private property; or
Any animal that has killed or severely injured a domestic animal without provocation while off the owner’s property; or
Any animal which, when unprovoked, chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property in an apparent attitude of attack such that the person reasonably believes that the animal will cause physical injury to the person; or
Any individual animal with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury, or to otherwise threaten the safety of persons or domestic animals.
Any poisonous or dangerous reptile, or any other animal which can normally be found in the wild state, not normally capable of being domesticated including, but not limited to skunks, foxes, leopards, panthers, tigers, lions, and lynx, unless certified for medical, biological, herpetological or other scientific research or study.
(Ordinance 2005-48, sec. 1, adopted 10/25/05; Ordinance 2017-06, sec. 1, adopted 1/24/17)
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Editor’s note–The caption of Ordinance 2005-48 states, in part, "REMOVING ‘INSECTS’ FROM SECTION 1"” However, the word "insects" was retained in the adoption of Ordinance 2005-48. Because of the apparent intent of the city to remove the word "insects," the definition of "animal" has been editorially changed to remove that word.