For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases are defined and shall be construed as set out in this chapter unless it is apparent from the content that a different meaning is intended. The present tense includes the past and future tense; each gender includes the other. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)
Animal
means any animal, mammal, bird, reptile, fish or any other dumb creature or any live vertebrae creature other than a human being.
Animal center
means the City's animal services and placement center.
Animal Control Officer
means the superintendent of Animal Services and any employee of the City having custody and control of animal services and placement center and of animals therein and whose duties relate to the enforcement of the ordinances concerning animals.
Bird means
any bird of any age of either sex, including any exotic or domestic bird.
Cat
Dog
Impounded
means having been received into the custody of the animal center, Animal Control Officer or any authorized agent or representative thereof, or the County Sheriff.
Superintendent
means the Superintendent of the Animal Services Division of the City or any person authorized to act on his or her behalf.
Unlicensed dog
means any dog over the age of four months upon which the current plate or tag provided for in this chapter is not attached.
(§ 1, Ord. 367, eff. January 14, 1994)