See Appendix—Definitions.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000; 2003 Code; Ord. 625, 6-11-2013)
A. Dog Nuisance
Declared: The presence of unlicensed dogs within the town is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and the owners or harborers of any such
dogs are hereby declared to be maintainers of such nuisance.
B. At-Large
Cat Nuisance Declared: The presence of unlicensed, at-large cats within
the town is declared to be a nuisance and the owners or harborers
of any such cat(s) are hereby declared to be maintainers of such nuisance.
C. License
Fees:
1. Annual
License Fee: There shall be levied an annual license fee on all dogs
within the town of $15 for a neutered male and a spayed female dog
and $25 for nonneutered and unspayed dogs. These rates apply for the
first three dogs. The fourth (4th) dog is $50, the fifth (5th) dog
is $50 and so on with each dog being an additional $50. These rates
apply to dogs located at a particular residence regardless of ownership.
There shall be an annual license fee on all cats within the town of
$5 for a neutered male and a spayed female cat and $10 for an unneutered
and unspayed cat.
2. Term:
Such fee shall be due March 1st of each year and shall cover the period
of one year commencing from March 1st and ending on the last day of
February of the next year.
3. Delinquent:
Such fee shall be considered delinquent on March 2nd of each year
thereafter.
4. Notice,
Demand or Request—Late Fee: Other than herein provided, notice,
demand or request to any dog owner or harbored shall not be necessary,
and anyone relicensing or renewing a license after the expiration
of the license period fixed herein shall be assessed an additional
$10 as a delinquent payment for each month and for each dog for which
there exists a delinquency.
5. Proceeds:
Proceeds of such fee shall be paid into the office of the town clerk-treasurer
where it shall be kept in the general fund.
D. Duty
to Collect—Publication of Notice—Unlicensed Dogs and Cats:
1. Collection:
It shall be the duty of the town clerk-treasurer to make collection
of said license fees.
2. Payment
Date: Said license fees shall be due and payable immediately at the
time fixed herein.
3. Publication
of Notice: It shall be the duty of the town clerk-treasurer, immediately
before said fees become due, to publish in the newspaper in Basin,
Wyoming, once a week for a total of two times (once in January and
once in February of each year) a notice setting forth the fact that
said license fees are due by March 1st of each year; also in said
notice it shall state that said fees must be paid within a period
of 10 days after the due date, and if not so paid, the dog/cat not
tagged shall be exterminated.
4. Extermination—Alternative:
No extermination, however, shall take place without due process. Instead
of extermination, the owner or harborer shall be allowed to permanently
remove the dog/cat from within the town limits.
E. Issuance
of Tag: Each and every owner or harborer of a dog or cat, upon the
payment of said license fee, shall receive a license tag, and it shall
be the duty of such owner or harborer to provide a collar for such
dog on which shall be affixed said license tag. Cats will be required
to have tag affixed to collar or provide documented microchip ID number
that is provided to the town clerk.
F. Evidence
of Spaying or Neutering: Each and every owner or harborer of a spayed
female dog/cat or neutered male dog/cat, upon the payment of said
license fee, shall produce, for examination by the town clerk-treasurer,
a certificate or other acceptable evidence that said female or male
dog/cat has been spayed or neutered as the case may be.
G. Rabies
Inoculation:
1. Required:
Each and every owner or harborer of a dog/cat shall have such dog/cat
inoculated for rabies and to keep such inoculation current at all
times to ensure that such dog/cat is inoculated against contracting
rabies, and the evidence of such inoculation shall be affixed to such
dog's collar or proof readily provided upon demand for cats.
2. Unlawful:
It is unlawful for any person to own or keep a dog/cat within the
town, without first having the dog/cat inoculated or vaccinated for
rabies by a licensed veterinarian and must have current proof of such
rabies vaccination.
3. When
Required: All dogs/cats shall be registered when they are three months
old, and shall be inoculated and licensed at that time; or in the
case of new dogs/cats, within 30 days after being brought into the
town.
H. Duplicate
Tags—Fee: In the event a license tag is lost or destroyed, a
duplicate shall be issued by the town clerk-treasurer upon presentation
of a receipt showing the payment of the license fee for the current
year, and the payment of $5 for each duplicate shall be required.
I. Transfer
of Tags—Refunds: License tags shall not be transferable from
one dog or cat to another and no refunds shall be made on licenses
because of the death of the dog or cat, or if the owner or harborer
leaves town before the expiration of the license period.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000; Ord. 574, 8-4-2008; Ord. 608, 11-8-2011; Ord. 614, 7-10-2012; Ord. 669, 7-11-2019)
A. Criteria:
Any dog/cat in the town, which shall have bitten any person in the
town without good cause, shall be taken to be a vicious dog/cat.
B. Declared
Public Nuisance: A vicious dog/cat is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance.
C. Duty to
Impound: It shall be the duty of the chief of police or authorized
officer, upon any notification by any person having actual knowledge
of the biting of any person by any dog/cat within the town, to impound
said dog/cat in question at the owner's expense and notify the owner/harborer
of such action.
1. Absence
of Acceptable Proof of Inoculation: The dog/cat shall be impounded
for at least 10 days in the absence of acceptable proof that the dog/cat
is inoculated against rabies. The owner shall be responsible for all
costs of impoundment and all reasonable veterinary fees.
2. Removal
From Town: The dog/cat thereafter shall be released to the owner/harborer,
who shall immediately remove the dog/cat from the town, if the owner/harborer
cannot or will not show proof of current rabies vaccination.
3. Owner
Unknown—Failure of Refusal to Remove: If the owner of such dog/cat
is not known or if the owner is known and fails or refuses to remove
such dog/cat, then such dog/cat shall immediately be destroyed by
the chief of police or authorized officer or such other person designated
by the governing body. In the case of an owner/harborer who refuses
to remove such dog/cat, the cost of extermination will be done at
the owner/harborer's expense.
(Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)
All persons owning or being the harborer of a dog are hereby
required to keep said dog on a leash and under the control of the
owner/harborer, a member of the owner's family or agent, except when
the dog is restrained or fenced in the owner's/harborer's private
property.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
A. Registration
Required: Every person maintaining a kennel within the town must register
said kennel yearly at the town office.
B. Inspections:
Any kennel owner shall permit and allow the town officers or agents
to make reasonable inspections of said kennel to make certain that
said kennels comply with this chapter and any other reasonable rules,
laws, and regulation that may hereafter be adopted for the safety
and protection of the town's citizens and the management of the kennel.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000; Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)
A. Removal
Required:
1. Off Owner's
Property: The owner or harborer of every animal shall immediately
retrieve and remove all feces deposited by his or her animal while
off the owner's/harborer's property, with the exception of while the
animal is a participant in a parade or other similar event.
2. On Owner's
Property: The owner or harborer of every animal shall remove all animal
defecation from his or her own property and generally maintain a defecation
free environment. Any unreasonable accumulation of animal feces that
may pose a health hazard, or which causes obnoxious smell or sight
shall be deemed a public nuisance and is a violation of this section.
B. Penalty: Any person's failure to comply with any provision set forth in this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Section
4-2-19 of this chapter.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
It shall be unlawful to dump dogs or cats to stray on the streets or alleys of the town. If any person dumps or in any manner turns loose any dog or cat to stray upon the streets of the town, such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in Section
4-2-19 of this chapter.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
A. Torturing
or Tormenting Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to torture,
torment, or perform any act, or omission, or neglect, whereby unnecessary
or unjustifiable pain or suffering is caused, permitted, or allowed
to continue when there is reasonable remedy or relief.
B. Overdrive,
Overload, Etc., Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to
overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, overworked, torture, torment,
deprive of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, or
needlessly mutilate or kill, or to carry in or upon any vehicle, or
otherwise, in an inhumane manner, any animal, or to cause or procure
it to be done, or who, having the charge and custody of any animal,
permits any animal to stand harnessed or hitched to any vehicle, or
to any post or hitching place for an unreasonable length of time,
or who unnecessarily fails to provide any animal with the proper food,
drink, or protection from the weather, or cruelly abandons any animal.
C. Fighting
Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any place
where any animals, by his or her consent, are suffered to fight on
exhibition, or for sport upon any wager, or whoever causes animals
to so fight.
D. Confinement
Without Food or Water: It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to impound or cause to be impounded any animal and not supply during
such confinement a sufficient amount of good wholesome food and water.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
A. Declared
Nuisance: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation
owning or having custody of a dog within the town to allow or permit
such dog to take part in, create, or cause any disturbance or continued
barking within the town, and such disturbance or continued barking
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
B. Inciting
to Bark Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to purposely incite, instigate, procure, or cause a dog
to continuously bark or cause any disturbance within the corporate
limits of the town.
C. Penalty: Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalty set forth in Section
4-2-19 of this chapter.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
If the governing body makes a determination that a rabies epidemic
exists, the following measures shall be in effect and enforced, notwithstanding
any other provision of this chapter that may be in conflict herewith.
A. Possession
of Certain Animals: No person shall harbor, keep or possess a fox,
coyote, wolf, raccoon, or skunk within the town.
B. Inoculation
Required—Tag: Every owner or harborer of any cat or dog within
the town shall cause such animal to be inoculated against rabies not
less than once every two years and shall cause to be securely fastened
about the neck of each cat or dog at all times a collar or harness
to which shall be securely fastened a rabies tag proving said inoculation.
C. Use of
Another Animal's Tag: No owner or harborer of any cat or dog shall
permit or allow said animal to wear or to be displayed on any such
animal a tag issued for another animal which received a rabies inoculation.
D. Immediate
Destruction—Exception: Any cat or dog found within the town
and not displaying a current rabies inoculation tag and any fox, coyote,
wolf, raccoon, or skunk found within the town shall be destroyed immediately
by or under the supervision of the chief of police, unless the chief
of police determines that such animal shall be held for observation
at the owner's or harborer's expense, and after such observation,
the animal shall be destroyed unless otherwise directed by the chief
of police.
E. Animal
Bite: Any animal that is without a current rabies inoculation that
has bitten a person within the town shall be immediately destroyed
under the supervision of the chief of police, and the animal's head
shall be shipped to the Wyoming state veterinary laboratory for such
rabies testing. All costs and expenses for said destruction, shipping
and testing shall be paid by the owner/harborer of the animal.
F. Horses
and Cattle: All horses and cattle within the town limits shall be
inoculated for rabies and such inoculation shall be kept current until
the governing body has declared that the rabies epidemic is over and
these emergency measures are no longer necessary.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
Due to the nonavailability of rabies vaccine for wild animals,
and their susceptibility to rabies, neither wild nor exotic carnivores,
nor hybrids shall be kept, sheltered or harbored within the town limits.
Hybrids are considered wild animals if their parentage is one-sixteenth
(1/16) or more wild, and are prohibited.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
A. Prohibited:
It is unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his or
her possession any farm animals within the town.
B. Existing
Use: Provided, however, that this section shall not affect or make
unlawful for any person now owning or having horses kept, maintained,
or in their possession within the town as of the date hereof.
C. Change
in Ownership or Right of Possession: In the event of any real estate
within the town which is now being used for the purpose of keeping
horses thereon shall be sold, transferred, leased, or if it changes
ownership or right of possession in any manner whatsoever, including
by right of descent, or any testamentary disposition, such real estate
shall not thereafter be used for the purpose of keeping animals thereon,
excluding areas of the town deemed for mixed agriculture.
D. Declared Nuisance: All horses, mules, burros, llamas, alpaca, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, chickens in violation of subsection
E below, ducks, geese, turkeys, emus, or poultry of any description, or any other livestock or animals running at large within the corporate limits of the town are declared to be a nuisance, and any person being the owner or keeper of such shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided in Section
4-2-19 of this chapter.
E. Chickens Allowed With Restrictions: Chickens shall be allowed within the Town of Basin subject to the following rules and regulations. These restrictions shall not apply to the rural residential zone, addressed in Basin Town Code Section
11-2-4-4, which has less restrictive regulations concerning chickens.
Permits: The town may issue a written permit allowing the possession
of chickens within the town corporate limits subject to the provisions
contained herein. Any person 18 years of age or older) who desires
to possess chickens must submit a written application for approval
by the town. Permit fees are $15 per permit per residence each year.
Such fee shall be due March 1st of each year and shall cover the period
of one year commencing March 1st and ending on the last day of February
of the next year.
Regulations: All persons who are issued a permit for chickens
must comply with the following restrictions:
1. The
maximum chickens per residence shall be eight chickens, with no roosters,
with a predator proof minimum roost space as follows:
a. Scratch
Pen = Adequate size–Fenced.
b. Coup
Space = Four square feet per chicken.
Four foot (4′) by four foot (4′) min.—four
foot (4′) by eight foot (8′) max.
c. Coup
Height = Four foot (4′) minimum (covered ceiling).
2. Any
person claiming a chicken to be a service animal must provide proof
from a certified professional.
3. No person
shall slaughter any chickens in public view and must be discretely
done.
4. Chickens
are not allowed in the following designated zones: Commercial and
Railroad.
5. Chickens
shall not be kept in any location on the property other than in the
backyard. "Backyard" means that portion of a lot enclosed by the property's
rear lot line and the side lot lines to the point where the side lot
lines intersect with the imaginary line established by the rear structure.
6. No covered
or fenced enclosure shall be located closer than five feet to any
property line of an adjacent property or 25 feet to any structure
on an adjacent property used as a human dwelling. The distance of
25 feet shall be measured in a straight line from the nearest point
of any enclosure or structure in which chickens are kept to the nearest
point of any adjacent structure used as a human dwelling.
7. Adjacent
property means all parcels or property that the applicant's property
comes into contact with at one or more points.
8. All
feed and other items associated with the keeping of chickens shall
be protected in a weather-resistant container designed to prevent
access by insects and animals.
9. Enclosures
shall be located so that adequate drainage is obtained, normal drying
occurs and standing water is not present. Enclosures must be kept
in a clean and sanitary condition.
10. Waste
must be collected and stored in fly-tight containers and hauled away
at intervals not to exceed seven days. Coups must have traps or floors
to keep chicken waste off of the ground and must be cleaned once per
week.
11. Within
30 days of submission of the completed chicken permit form, the appointed
town official shall issue a written determination approving or disapproving
the request. A conditional approval may be issued subject to reasonable
conditions agreed upon by the applicant.
12. Any
approval allowing chickens shall be site specific at the address on
the chicken permit request form.
13. If
the above requirements are not complied with, the town may revoke
any permit granted under this section. Permit holders shall submit
it for examination upon demand by any appointed town official.
14. Any
appeal from the determination of the appointed town official, shall
be made in writing to the town council within 10 days after issuance
of the written determination and must include the reason for the appeal
and any information appellant wishes the town council to consider.
The appointed town official shall provide written response to the
town council and appellant within 10 days after receipt of the notice
of appeal. The town council may set the appeal to be heard at the
next regular scheduled meeting of the council, or the council may
decide the appeal on the basis of the written information provided.
The town shall issue a written determination within 45 days of receipt
of the notice of appeal. The written determination of the town council
shall be the final decision.
15. Permits may be immediately revoked by the appointed town official, for fraud, misrepresentation or a false statement contained in the application for the permit, or for any violation of this code or conditions contained in the permit. Notice of revocation shall be given in writing, setting forth specifically the grounds for the revocation. Violations of the permit may give rise to a citation for public nuisance pursuant to subsection
D above.
16. The
appointed town official is authorized to visit the premises of any
permittee, after verbal or written notice of a scheduled inspection
is given, to ascertain and secure compliance with the provisions of
this code and permit.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000; 2003 Code; Ord. 692, 5-13-2021; Ord. 703, 9-22-2022; Ord. 708, 12/14/2023)
Dangerous animals are hereby declared a public nuisance and
shall be removed from the town immediately; or, as so ordered by the
municipal court judge upon a lawful hearing, shall either be removed
immediately from the town, or be destroyed.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
If any person shall interfere with, hinder or molest any police officer, or any agent thereof, in the performance of their duty as herein provided, such person(s) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in Section
4-2-19 of this chapter.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
in the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, any police
officer of the town, or the animal control officer, is authorized
to enter the premises of any person and take possession of licensed
or unlicensed dogs when in fresh pursuit of such animal at the time
the animal goes upon private property, if a search warrant is first
obtained or permission is obtained.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000)
A. All dogs
and cats found running at large in the Town of Basin shall be captured
and impounded. Dogs and cats so impounded shall be kept for a period
of not less than 48 hours, exclusive of the day of capture, and if
not claimed by the owner or harborer thereof, shall be exterminated
or destroyed.
B. In the
event that the dog or cat is not claimed by the owner or harborer
thereof, the town may elect to deliver said animal to any person who
agrees to adopt said animal and to spay or neuter the animal. Any
person so adopting shall provide proof of spaying or neutering to
the town clerk and shall be entitled to an adoption fee in an amount
to be determined by the council, said fee not to exceed the amount
the town is charged for euthanizing said animal.
(Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)
It shall be the duty of every police officer to capture and
impound any dog or cat found running at large contrary to the provisions
of this chapter and title, and the officer is authorized and required
to cause to be captured and impounded all dogs and cats found running
at large, or being kept or possessed contrary to this chapter and
title. The poundmaster, if there is one, or some other designated
official, upon receiving such cat or dog, shall make a complete registry,
entering the breed, color and sex of such animal, and shall record
whether or not the animal is licensed. If licensed, he or she shall
enter the name and address of the owner thereof, and the number of
the license tag, and shall notify the owner of the animal that the
animal has been impounded.
(Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)
There is provided an impound fee of $50 for animals that are
properly licensed and $75 for unlicensed animals, and a pound fee
of $5 per day including day of apprehension for each day or fraction
of a day that any dog or cat is impounded. Before any such dog or
cat is released from the pound, the town shall collect the fee and
any applicable license fees from the person or persons claiming such
dog or cat. All such fees shall be promptly remitted to the town clerk-treasurer
by the person collecting such fees.
(Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)
A. Misdemeanor:
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
B. Penalty: Upon conviction for violation of any provision of this chapter, the defendant shall be subject to penalty as provided in Section
1-4-1 of this code.
(Ord. 518, 2-7-2000; 2003 Code; Ord. 608, 11-8-2011)