In construing this chapter, except where otherwise plainly declared, or clearly apparent from the context, words shall be given their common and ordinary meaning. In addition, the following definitions apply to this chapter:
A. "Animal"
means a domesticated animal, to include dogs or cats that are kept or maintained by an owner or person.
B. "Kept" or "maintained"
means performing any of the acts of providing care, shelter, protection, refuge, food or nourishment in such a manner as to control an animal's actions, or that the animal or animals are treated as living at one's house by the owner.
C. "Owner"
means any person having any interest in or right of possession to an animal. "Owner" also means any person having control, custody or possession of an animal, or by reason of the animal being seen residing consistently at a location, to an extent such that the person could be presumed to be the owner.
(Ord. 666 § 1 (part), 2014)