[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission of the City of Fennville as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. 10, Art. II, of the 1992 Code of Ordinances]
A. 
No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog within the City, unless such person shall have complied with the laws of the state providing for the licensing and registration of such dog.
B. 
No person shall own, harbor or possess any dog four months old or older that does not, at all times, when such dog is off the premises of the owner, wear a collar or harness with license tag issued pursuant to the laws of the state.
Any person who owns, keeps, harbors or has charge of a dog which has bitten a person shall report such incident forthwith to the local police authority, and the owner shall not destroy such dog until the owner has kept it confined for at least two weeks following the date on which the dog bit the person. If observation shows the dog to be ill during that period of confinement, the owner shall forthwith notify the county sheriff and the dog shall then be checked for rabies. If the examination proves the dog to be rabid, the owner shall immediately notify the person who was bitten.
No person shall own, keep or have charge of any dog, licensed or unlicensed, which by the destruction of property or trespassing upon the property of others becomes a nuisance in the vicinity where kept.
Any person who owns, keeps, harbors or has charge of any dog, either licensed or unlicensed, which has been deemed vicious because of unprovoked attacks upon or biting of persons or animals, shall keep such dog confined at all times except that such dog may be taken out of confinement if muzzled and led on a leash by a responsible person.
No person who is the owner, possessor, keeper, or harborer of any female dog, licensed or unlicensed, shall keep or confine such dog in the City, while in heat, except when confined within the limits of the City.
No person shall establish or maintain any boarding kennel, or any breeding kennel, or permit any such kennel to be maintained on any premises owned, leased or occupied by them within the limits of the City.
Every person in possession of any dog who shall suffer such dog to remain about and on their premises for a period of five days shall be deemed to be the owner thereof for the purpose of this article.
[Amended 5-5-1997 by Ord. No. 187]
Each violation of the provisions contained in this article shall constitute a separate offense and shall be deemed to be a municipal civil infraction.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 35, Municipal Civil Infractions.
[Adopted as Ch. 10, Art. III, of the 1992 Code of Ordinances]
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:
DWELLING
The abode of a person or family and shall also include apartments, hotels, motels and retail business establishments.
FARM
The premises upon which farming in its ordinary meaning is the principal business or occupation and shall include orchards.
OCCUPANT
The tenant in possession of or the person occupying or having custody of a dwelling.
OWNER
Shall be given its ordinary meaning and shall include any trustee, board or organization having a freehold interest in the property.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 223; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, house, or maintain any horse, colt, mule, cow, goat, sheep, swine or alpaca in the City. This section shall not apply to a farm within the corporation limits of the City.
[Amended 10-16-2006 by Ord. No. 223; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, house or maintain any fowl in any district.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
All barns, pens, coops and the grounds upon which such barns, pens and coops are situated shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
No person shall permit any dog or other domestic animal excepting a cat, including chickens and other fowl, to run or be at large in the public streets, lanes, alleys, courts, or other open public places; nor upon any private premises other than the premises of the owner of the dog, other domestic animal or fowl, without the consent of the owner or occupant of such private premises; provided, however, that any such domestic animal may be lead about outside the premises of the owner thereof on a suitable leash, in the immediate control of a competent person.
[Amended 5-5-1997 by Ord. No. 187]
Each violation of the provisions contained in this article shall constitute a separate offense and shall be deemed to be a municipal civil infraction.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 35, Municipal Civil Infractions.