For purposes of this chapter, certain words
and terms are defined as follows:
ANIMAL SHELTER
Any premises designated by the Common Council for the purpose
of impounding and caring for all animals found running at large in
violation of this chapter.
AT LARGE
Any dog shall be deemed to be at large when it is off the
property of its owner and not under the control of a competent person.
DANGEROUS ANIMAL
An animal, wild or domestic, which bites any human being
or other domestic animal or which demonstrates menacing and dangerous
behavior toward a human being and/or property or other domestic animals.
However, an animal shall not be deemed dangerous if it bites, attacks
or menaces a trespasser on the property of its owners or harms or
menaces anyone who has tormented or abused it.
DANGEROUS DOG
A.
Any dog which attacks without provocation or
otherwise endangers the safety of human beings or domestic animals.
B.
Any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part
for the purpose of dog fighting or any dog trained for dog fighting.
However, no dog shall be deemed dangerous if it bites, attacks or
menaces a trespasser on the property of its owner or harms or menaces
anyone who has tormented or abused it.
EXPOSED TO RABIES
An animal has been exposed to rabies within the meaning of
this chapter if it has been bitten by, or come in contact with, any
animal known to have been infected with rabies.
OWNER
Any person or group of persons owning, keeping or harboring
a dog.
RESTRAINT
A dog is under restraint within the meaning of this chapter
if it is controlled by a leash, at "heel" beside a competent person
and obedient to that person's commands, on or within a vehicle being
driven or parked on the streets, or within the property limits of
its owner or keeper.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced
by police officers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
a dog in the City which is over five months of age and has not received
a rabies vaccination as required by § 95.21(2), Wis. Stats.
No dog license shall be issued until a certificate of rabies vaccination
issued by a veterinarian has been presented. A rabies vaccination
tag shall be attached to the collar of all licensed dogs at all times
except as provided in § 95.21(2)(f), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 10-7-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-16]
No household shall have more than a total of
three dogs and/or cats over five months of age.
Every person, including the owner or person
harboring or keeping a dog, who knows that a dog has bitten any person
shall immediately report such fact to the Police Department.
For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed
by this chapter and to enforce its provisions, any police officer
is empowered to enter upon any premises upon which a dog is kept or
harbored and to demand the exhibition by the owner of such dog or
the license for such dog. It is further provided that a police officer
may enter the premises where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel
or inhumane manner and demand to examine such animal and to take possession
of such animal when, in his opinion, it requires removal from the
premises.
No person shall interfere with or hinder any
police officer or caretaker in the performance of any duty of such
agent or seek to release any animal in the custody of the caretaker
of the Animal Shelter, except as herein provided.
In addition to other penalties provided in this
chapter, the following penalties are imposed:
A. Failure to obtain rabies vaccination. A dog owner who fails to have a dog vaccinated against rabies, as provided in this chapter, shall, upon conviction, forfeit an amount as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II of this Code.
B. Refusal to comply with quarantine order. An owner of a dog or cat who refuses to comply with an order issued under this chapter to deliver the animal to a police officer, the City Animal Shelter or veterinarian or who does not comply with the conditions of an order that the animal be quarantined shall, upon conviction, forfeit an amount as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II of this Code.
C. Any person violating any other provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II of this Code.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. III)]
The following definitions will be used in the interpretation and application of §§
6-16 and
6-17 of this chapter.
APIARY
Colonies, hives, and other equipment associated with honey
bees assembled in one location for beekeeping operations; also known
as a "bee yard."
BEEKEEPER
A person who owns or has responsibility for one or more colonies
of honey bees.
BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT
Anything used in the operation of a honey bee apiary, such
as hive bodies, honey supers, frames, top covers, and/or bottom boards.
COLONY
An aggregate of honey bees in a hive consisting of workers,
but having one queen and potentially many drones, including brood,
combs, honey and the receptacle inhabited by the bees.
HIVE
The structure containing a colony of honey bees.
HONEY BEE
All stages of the common domestic honey bee.
SWARM
For purposes of this chapter, a swarm is a propagation or
colony of honey bees outside of its hive.