[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2020-183, 9-21-2020; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
As used in this Article, the following words have the following meanings:
(1) 
ANIMAL
Means any live, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, except human primate.
(2) 
ANIMAL CARE FACILITY
Means an animal control center or animal shelter maintained by or under contract with any state, county or municipality, with a mission and practice of, in whole or significant part, to rescue and place animals in permanent homes.
(3) 
ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION
Means a nonprofit organization with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, with a mission or practice, in whole or significant part, to rescue or place animals in permanent homes.
(4) 
ANIMAL SHELTER or IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY
Means a facility that, in addition to other activities, provides care for animals impounded pursuant to this Article.
(5) 
AT LARGE
Means off the premises of the owner and not under the control of the owner.
(6) 
CAT
Means any animal of the species Felis catus or any hybrid thereof.
(7) 
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Means a peace officer so designated by law, the ordinances of the Town or by written order of the Chief of Police to enforce the provisions of this Article.
(8) 
DOG
Means any canine animal, including those related to the wolf, fox, coyote, or jackal.
(9) 
EXOTIC ANIMAL
Means nonhuman primate, skunk, fox, raccoon, wild/exotic cat and similar animals.
(10) 
FARM ANIMAL
Means horse, mule, ass, sheep, goat (excluding pygmy goat), llama, swine (excluding pot belly pig), cow or other cloven hoofed animals commonly known as livestock.
(11) 
FOWL ANIMAL
Means chicken, turkey, goose, duck, guinea, household bird, pigeon and similar animals provided they are for the enjoyment of the occupants of the lot and are not kept primarily for the purpose of sale or commercial endeavor. Commercial activities must comply with all other ordinances and zoning regulations.
(12) 
HOUSEHOLD
Means a dwelling unit and surrounding property customarily used by a single family for living purposes.
(13) 
LIVESTOCK
Means any bovine animal, horse, mule, ass, sheep or goat (except pygmy goat).
(14) 
OWNER
Means any person, partnership or corporation owning any animal or animals, or having the same in his or her or its care, custody or control, or who causes, encourages or suffers the same to remain upon their premises for a period of three (3) consecutive days or more.
(15) 
PET ANIMALS
Means domestic dog, domestic cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, mouse, snake, iguana, turtle, pot belly pig, pygmy goat, ferret and similar animals provided they are for the enjoyment of the occupants of the lot and are not kept primarily for the purpose of sale or commercial endeavor.
(16) 
PET SHOP
Means a retail establishment where animals are sold, exchanged, bartered, or offered for sale as pets to the general public at retail, but excluding an animal care facility or animal rescue organization.
(17) 
PREMISES
Means real property owned, rented, leased, used, kept or occupied by a person or persons, a partnership, a corporation or governmental unit, howsoever described.
(18) 
RAPTOR
Means any migratory bird that is a member of falconiformes or strigiformes and, specifically, but not by way of limitation, means falcons, hawks, owls and eagles.
(19) 
RODENT PEST
Means any prairie dog, ground squirrel, pocket gopher, jackrabbit or other rodent not commonly kept within the home.
(20) 
TRAP
Means any device used to contain or capture an animal.
a. 
HUMANE TRAP
Means any trap which does not cause injury to the animal trapped.
b. 
INHUMANE TRAP
Means any trap which causes injury to the animal trapped.
(21) 
WILD ANIMAL
Means any monkey (nonhuman primate), raccoon, skunk, poisonous snake or reptile, jaguar, cheetah, mountain lion, wildcat, panther, margay or any other species of cats other than ordinarily domesticated house cats, any bear, any nonpoisonous snake longer than six (6) feet, any crocodile or alligator longer than one (1) foot, any badger, prairie dog, beaver, muskrat or bat, or any wolf, coyote, fox or other species of canine other than ordinarily domesticated dogs.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
All animals, except domestic cats, shall be kept under control. No owner shall permit such animals to run at large within the Town. If any animal is found at any place within the Town other than upon the premises of its owner, the owner is presumed to have violated this Section.
(b) 
Dogs. A dog shall be considered running at large when it is neither on the premises of the owner nor on a leash ten (10) feet or less in length, attached to the dog and held by or tied to a person.
(c) 
Livestock. No horses, asses, mules, cattle, sheep, swine or goats shall be herded or picketed upon any street, alley, ditch-bank or public ground in the Town.
(d) 
Exclusions. This Section shall not apply to seeing-eye dogs accompanied by their masters, nor dogs participating in dog shows, dog exhibits or dog training activities to the extent that such shows, exhibits and activities are conducted in compliance with the requirements of this Code.
[Ord. 99-603]
The owner, keeper, harborer or any other person who has assumed the responsibility for any dog or cat within the Town shall secure a license for such dog or cat from the Town Clerk.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
Persons who possess and maintain falconry licenses, as required by state and federal agencies may keep birds of prey on their premises; provided that such birds of prey are maintained according to state and federal laws and regulations.
(b) 
No person may keep, maintain, harbor or possess in or at any one (1) household, a combined total of more than three (3) raptors.
(c) 
Raptors shall be permitted provided they are for the enjoyment of the occupants of the lot and are not kept primarily for the purpose of sale or commercial endeavor.
(d) 
Nothing in this Section will be interpreted to waive any requirements or Town ordinances related to building codes and zoning regulations.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
A license shall not be required for:
(a) 
A dog or cat under the age of six (6) months;
(b) 
A seeing-eye dog; or
(c) 
A dog or cat brought into the Town for less than a thirty (30) day period if licensed by another municipality.
[Ord. 99-603]
Licenses issued for dogs and cats shall be good for one (1) year only. The license period shall be from May 1 of the first year to April 30 of the next year. Dog and cat licenses shall be obtained prior to May 1 of the year following expiration. Dogs and cats brought into the Town shall be licensed no later than thirty (30) days from the date they are brought into the Town.
[Ord. 99-603]
In order to entitle any applicant to a license under the provisions of this Article, such applicant shall produce and display to the Town Clerk a certificate issued by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine certifying that the dog or cat has been vaccinated for rabies, and that such vaccination will not expire prior to April 30 of the year of the licensing period.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2023-252, 6-19-2023]
Each owner applying for a dog or cat license shall be required to pay a fee in the amount set forth by resolution of the Town Council in the Town Fee Schedule. If the owner desires to pay the fee associated with a spayed or neutered dog or cat, the owner must provide bona fide proof of such spaying or neutering.
[Ord. 99-603]
The Town Clerk shall issue to each person making proper application and payment of fees, as provided in this Article, a license for each dog or cat. The Town Clerk shall keep a suitable book for the registration of dogs and cats, and shall register therein all dogs and cats whose owners, keepers or harborers have paid the license fee herein provided, and shall keep a record of the date of registration, the name, sex, breed and color of each dog and cat and the place where the same shall be kept.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
The Town Clerk shall furnish to the person causing the dog or cat to be registered a suitable tag bearing a number corresponding to that of the license issued for such dog or cat, and the year for which such tag is issued. Each dog or cat so licensed shall be provided by its owner, keeper or harborer with a collar or harness of suitable material, to which such license tag shall be securely fastened, and its owner shall keep such collar or harness with such tag fastened thereto on such dog or cat.
(b) 
It is unlawful for any owner, keeper, harborer or any other person who has assumed the responsibility for a dog or cat to permit such dog or cat to wear any license tag other than the one issued by the Town for the dog or cat.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2020-191, 12-21-2020]
(a) 
In the event a tag issued pursuant to this Article is lost or destroyed, a new or duplicate tag may be obtained from the Town Clerk upon payment of a duplicate tag fee.
(b) 
In the event the ownership of a licensed dog or cat is changed, the new owner must license such dog or cat within thirty (30) days of ownership in accordance with the provisions of this Article and pay to the Town Clerk a license fee.
(c) 
The fees referenced in this section shall be in the amount set forth by resolution of the Town Council in the Town Fee Schedule.
[Ord. 99-603]
The owner of every dog or cat over the age of six (6) months shall cause such dog or cat to be inoculated against rabies, and such owner shall obtain from a licensed veterinarian a rabies vaccination certificate and tag. The tag shall be required to be attached to the collar or harness, as required in Subsection (a) of Section 7-130.
[Ord. 99-603]
The code enforcement officer may order any unspayed female dog or cat that is in a stage of estrous (heat) and is not properly confined, or is creating a public nuisance, to be removed to a boarding facility or a veterinary hospital until the period of estrous is finished. All expenses incurred as a result of such order shall be paid by the animal's owner. Failure to comply with such an order is a violation of this Section, and the animal may be impounded at the owner's expense.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
Any owner, taking the animal upon any public way or other public property in the Town, shall immediately remove or cause to be removed and lawfully dispose of all fecal matter left on such property by the animal.
(b) 
Any owner, taking any animal upon any private property other than his or her own, shall immediately remove or cause to be removed and lawfully dispose of all fecal matter left on such property by the animal.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
(a) 
The following animal behaviors constitute a public nuisance. Any animal that:
(1) 
Menaces, attacks or bites persons or vehicles;
(2) 
Menaces, attacks or bites other animals;
(3) 
Goes upon school premises without the permission of the person in charge thereof;
(4) 
Is at large;
(5) 
Damages or destroys private or public property;
(6) 
Barks, howls, yelps, bawls or makes other loud, persistent noise in a manner which, under nonmitigating circumstances, could be considered by reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities as excessive or continuous;
(7) 
Being a female in heat, because of the nature of its confinement, or lack of the same, has attracted other animals and caused them to congregate or remain on or about any premises; or
(8) 
Any other act or condition in this Article designated as a nuisance.
(b) 
Public nuisances created by animals are prohibited in the Town, and the owner shall be deemed responsible for the actions of the animal.
(c) 
Areas in which animals are kept shall be maintained in a manner that does not create odors, dust, noise or drainage offensive to the use or enjoyment of adjoining properties based on the senses of smell, hearing or sight of reasonable persons with ordinary sensibilities. For purposes of this section, a code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town may make a prima facie determination as to whether odor, dust, noise or drainage is offensive to the use or enjoyment of adjoining properties. The failure to maintain areas in which animals are kept in the manner provided herein constitutes a public nuisance and is prohibited.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
(a) 
It is unlawful for the owner, keeper, harborer or any other person who has assumed the responsibility for an animal to permit such animal kept in any yard, house or other place to bark, howl, yelp, bawl or make other loud and persistent noise in a manner which, under nonmitigating circumstances, could be considered by reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities as excessive or continuous. For purposes of this section, a code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town may make a prima facie determination as to whether the noise is excessive or continuous.
(b) 
The code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town shall have authority, without liability, to use all reasonable means to abate such nuisance, including the authority to impound such animal, upon receipt of a signed complaint, where the owner is absent from the premises; provided, however, that this authority does not extend to entering the owner's dwelling or other building upon the owner's premises.
(c) 
Upon impoundment of an animal for violation of this Section, such officer, or any of them, shall attempt to notify the absent owner by reasonable means as soon as possible, and such animal may not be destroyed until the owner is notified and has had the opportunity to reclaim the animal from impoundment.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
The owner of any animal that bites a human being shall report the occurrence to the code enforcement officer when known to him or her or reported to him or her, and shall deliver the animal to the code enforcement officer, and shall provide such further information requested by the code enforcement officer.
(b) 
Any animal that bites a human being shall be quarantined pursuant to one (1) of the following procedures for a period of not less than ten (10) days:
(1) 
The code enforcement officer in his or her discretion may allow the animal to be quarantined on the owner's premises. Otherwise, the animal shall be quarantined in the animal shelter or a veterinary hospital at the expense of the owner. If the animal is quarantined in the animal shelter, the owner shall be assessed the fee required by the shelter for each day the animal remains at the shelter.
(2) 
Every person having knowledge thereof shall report to the code enforcement officer any suspected or positively diagnosed occurrence of rabies, and any biting by any suspected or confirmed rabid animal.
(3) 
No person shall kill any suspected or confirmed rabid animal except in defense of a human being or other animal, or to prevent the escape of such suspected or confirmed rabid animal.
(4) 
No person shall remove the dead body of any suspected or confirmed rabid animal from where the animal was killed or found.
(5) 
If rabies has been diagnosed by a veterinarian or medical doctor in any animal, such animal shall be summarily destroyed, and its brain sent immediately to the State Health Department in Denver for positive verification at the owner's expense; or the animal or its body may be disposed of according to law, regulation or order of the Department of Health.
(6) 
If a standard rabies incubation period has not been established for a particular species of animal, and any animal of that species has been diagnosed as rabid, or is reasonably suspected of being rabid, it shall be summarily destroyed, and if involved with another animal or human, a necropsy shall be performed to determine if the other animal is contaminated by rabies.
(7) 
When there has been a positive diagnosis of rabies within the Town, the Chief of Police may declare a Town-wide quarantine for a reasonable period of time. During the period of such quarantine, every owner of animals shall confine his or her animals within the premises of the owner, and shall not transport, take or remove his or her animal from the Town without the prior written consent of the code enforcement officer.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2020-183, 9-21-2020]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, harbor, care for or possess the following animals within the Town:
(1) 
Any animal having poisonous bites;
(2) 
Any farm animal, as defined in this Article, on properties with less than five thousand (5,000) square feet of open area designated to be used by the animals. Furthermore, an additional two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of open area is required for each animal in excess of three (3). This open area must be located at least fifty (50) feet from any residence, business or other building intended for human habitation; and
(3) 
Any wild or exotic animal, as defined in this Article.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity who is an owner, lessee, agent or occupant in possession or control of any lot, tract of land or any part thereof in close proximity or adjacent to any developed property in the Town to fail to prevent rodent pests residing upon such lot or tract of land from relocating to, infesting or otherwise damaging the real property of another, including any public land, sidewalk, street or alley. The failure to prevent rodent pests from relocating to, infesting or otherwise damaging the real property of another shall constitute a nuisance and, in addition to other remedies, be subject to abatement as provided in this Chapter.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
(a) 
Vicious animal means:
(1) 
Any animal with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury to or otherwise threaten the safety of human beings or domestic animals;
(2) 
Any animal which because of its size, physical nature or vicious propensity is capable of inflicting serious physical harm or death to humans and which would constitute a danger to human life or property if it were not kept in the manner required by this Article;
(3) 
Any animal which, without provocation, attacks or bites, or has attacked or bitten, a human being or domestic animal; or
(4) 
Any animal owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of fighting, or any animal trained for fighting.
(b) 
No person shall own, keep, harbor or possess any vicious animal in the Town except as provided herein; provided, however, that an animal shall not be deemed a vicious animal because it has attacked or bitten any of the following persons:
(1) 
Any person engaged in the unlawful entry into or upon the animal owner's property where such animal is kept;
(2) 
Any person engaged in the unlawful entry into the animal owner's automobile or other vehicle wherein such animal is confined;
(3) 
Any person engaged in attempting to stop a fight between such animal and another animal;
(4) 
Any person engaged in attempting to aid such animal when it is injured.
(c) 
For the purpose of this Section, a person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner when he or she is on the property in the performance of any duty imposed upon him or her by the laws of the State or Town, or the laws or postal regulations of the United States, or when he or she is on such property at the invitation, expressed or implied, of the owner thereof.
(d) 
It is the duty of the code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town to investigate all complaints concerning vicious or dangerous animals. After such investigation, the officer shall determine whether such animal is vicious or dangerous.
(e) 
If the code enforcement officer, or any police officer of the Town, deems an animal to be vicious, he or she may issue a written warning to the owner of such animal, stating his or her determination that such animal is vicious, and shall request the owner to comply with the requirements of Subsection (f) through (i) below for vicious animals; and he or she may cause charges to be filed in Municipal Court against the owner, alleging the vicious propensities of such animal.
(f) 
Confinement. The owner of a vicious animal shall not suffer or permit the animal to go unconfined. A vicious animal is "unconfined" if the animal is not securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure upon the premises of the owner of the animal. The pen or structure must have secure sides and a secure top attached to the sides. If the pen or structure has no bottom secured to the sides, the sides must be embedded into the ground not less than one (1) foot. All such pens or structures must be adequately lighted and kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(g) 
Leash and muzzle. The owner of a vicious animal shall not suffer or permit the animal to go beyond the premises of the owner unless the animal is securely muzzled and restrained by a chain or leash, and under the physical restraint of a person. The muzzle shall be made in a manner that will not cause injury to the animal or interfere with its vision or respiration, but shall prevent it from biting any human or other animal.
(h) 
Signs. The owner of a vicious animal shall display in a prominent place on his or her premises a clearly visible warning sign indicating that there is a vicious animal on the premises. A similar sign is required to be posted on the pen or kennel of the animal.
(i) 
Insurance. Owners of a vicious animal must provide proof to the Town Clerk of public liability insurance in the amount of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), insuring the owner for any personal injuries inflicted by his or her vicious animal.
[Ord. 99-603]
If a complaint has been filed in the Municipal Court against the owner, keeper, harborer or any other person who has assumed responsibility for any animal within the Town for violation of this Article, the Municipal Court Judge shall have the authority, upon making the finding that such animal constitutes a nuisance or that such animal is a vicious animal, and further, that such animal, as a result, constitutes a real and present danger to the citizens of the Town, to order that the animal be destroyed in a humane fashion.
[Ord. 99-603]
Animals killed or injured on or along public streets are considered to have been running at large, and the code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town may remove such animals therefrom and, in his or her discretion, may take those animals needing medical attention to the animal shelter or a veterinarian. The owner of any animal receiving such medical attention shall be responsible for any cost incurred. The Town is not and will not be liable for the costs of treatment of such animals.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
It shall be lawful for the code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town to impound dogs and cats which have been found running at large, or to return the dog or cat to the owner, keeper, harborer or any other person who has assumed the responsibility of the dog or cat, and issue to such person a penalty assessment citation or summons and complaint citation for the violation of this Article.
(b) 
It shall be no defense to a prosecution under Subsection (a) of Section 7-122 that the dog or cat alleged to have run at large was impounded in connection to the incident, nor shall the payment of a redemption fee protect the owner, keeper, harborer or other person who has assumed responsibility for the dog or cat from prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this Article.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
The owner or other person having a legal right to the possession of any animal which has been impounded pursuant to this Article shall have the right to redeem the animal from the impoundment facility during the time that the animal is kept there, and until the animal is disposed of pursuant to this Article. The person seeking to redeem the animal shall satisfy the code enforcement officer or other person lawfully in charge of the redemption that such person is in fact the owner of the animal, or is the person having the lawful right to the possession of the animal.
(b) 
The person desiring to redeem any animal shall be obligated to pay the redemption fee required by the impoundment facility.
(c) 
As an additional condition to the right to redeem, the owner, keeper, harborer or other person who has assumed the responsibility for a dog or cat not licensed must, within seven (7) days of the date of redemption, have produced a vaccination certificate for the dog or cat, obtain an animal license and pay the fee required by this Article for such license. Noncompliance may subject such person to receive another summons or penalty assessment for violations of this Article.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
All livestock so impounded by the officer under Section 7-145 shall be kept and controlled by the officer until the owner, or such other person who shall be legally entitled to possession of such livestock, shall call for the same and take control thereof.
(b) 
In the event no authorized person takes possession of the impounded livestock within twenty-four (24) hours after the same shall have been impounded by such officer, then the State Board of Livestock Inspection Commissioners, or an authorized brand inspector representing said board having authority to move such livestock to a safe and practical place within the immediate vicinity, to be held during a legal advertising period, will be notified, and the livestock will be released to such authority.
[Ord. 99-603]
Any animal which has been impounded at the impoundment facility and not redeemed may be disposed of in a humane manner by the Town or by the Animal League, seventy-two (72) hours after 12:00 midnight of the day the animal was impounded, or as soon thereafter as possible.
[Ord. 99-603]
The code enforcement officer, or other person lawfully in charge of the impounding, shall make or cause to be made a written record of all circumstances pertaining to the impounding and redemption of animals. Such records shall be in sufficient detail so that the provisions of this Article for multiple violations because of multiple redemptions can be enforced.
[Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023; Ord. No. 2024-261, 11-4-2024]
(a) 
Except as provided herein, no pet shop shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction or otherwise transfer or dispose of dogs or cats. A pet shop may collaborate with animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations to offer space for such entities to showcase adoptable dogs or cats provided that the pet shop does not have an ownership interest in the dogs or cats offered for adoption and posts a sign with the name of the animal care facility or animal rescue organization from which the pet shop acquired each dog or cat.
(b) 
Except for animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations lawfully operating at such location, no person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, barter, auction or otherwise transfer or dispose of dogs or cats at or on any street, public right-of-way, median, park, recreation area or parking lot regardless of whether access is authorized by the owner of such property.
[Ord. 99-603]
It is unlawful for any owner, keeper, harborer or any other person to:
(1) 
Fail to provide adequate food and water, proper shelter, veterinary services and humane care or treatment necessary to maintain the good health of the animal and to prevent suffering by the animal, when such animal is in his or her custody for more than twelve (12) consecutive hours;
(2) 
Commit or cause to be committed any act of cruelty, harassment or torture to any animal, or cause such animal to be wounded, mutilated, strangled or inhumanely killed, unless such act is necessary to defend a person or other animal from immediate attack;
(3) 
Abandon an animal; in this context, "abandon" means to leave the animal unattended for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours;
(4) 
Confine any animal within a parked, closed vehicle, without allowing cross-ventilation to prevent the animal from suffering heat exhaustion, heat stroke or death. Any code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town observing any animal suffering from a violation of this Subsection may enter the vehicle, leaving written notice in the vehicle, and shall impound such animal to protect its own well-being. Any such officer making entry into any vehicle for the purpose of this Subsection is immune from suit or liability, criminal or civil, for, caused by or arising out of such entry;
(5) 
Take and deliver to the animal shelter or elsewhere an animal, not his or her own, from any enclosed lot, premises or other building, not his or her own, unless he or she shall have first received permission from the owner of such animal, as well as otherwise authorized by this Article;
(6) 
Without the consent of the owner, release any dog from restraint, except when necessary to preserve the life of such animal; provided, however, that when an animal has been released under such necessity, the person making such release shall immediately inform the code enforcement officer that he or she has done so or, in the alternative, shall immediately return the animal to the custody of its owner;
(7) 
Tie or otherwise physically fasten any animal to any object on a public way, or so near to a public way that the animal may go upon the same, and leave the animal and depart the immediate vicinity thereof;
(8) 
Tie or otherwise physically fasten any animal in such a manner as to create an immediate physical danger to the well-being of the animal;
(9) 
Expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that a reasonable person would know or should know that such substance would probably cause animals to be attracted thereto, eat thereof and be poisoned thereby; provided, however, that this Subsection does not make unlawful the poisoning of rats or mice with commercial rat poison mixed with vegetable substances;
(10) 
Set any type of steel-jaw trap, or any other inhumane trap which, by its nature, may kill or maim any animal, including a human; provided, however, that this Subsection does not prohibit the use of common rat and mouse traps;
(11) 
Keep, maintain, harbor or possess in any one (1) household, a combined total of more than four (4) pet or fowl animals within the Town. A litter of the pet animals or fowl animals lawfully harbored may be kept until such time that a natural weaning period, as determined by the Town, has expired. A household located on one (1) acre or more of land may have a total of twelve (12) fowl animals, provided that an open area of at least one hundred (100) square feet per animal is provided and such open area is located at least fifty (50) feet from any residence, business or other building intended for human habitation;
(12) 
Cause, instigate, encourage or permit any dogfight, cockfight, bullfight or other combat between animals, or between animals and humans;
(13) 
At any time within the corporate limits of the Town, frighten, shoot at, wound, kill, capture, ensnare, trap, net, poison or in any other manner kill, injure or molest any wild birds, or injure the nest, eggs or young of such birds; provided, however, that this Section does not apply to English or European house sparrows or starlings; and provided further, the Chief of Police has authority to grant a permit for when, in his or her opinion, they have become a threat to the health and safety of the neighborhood.
[Ord. 99-603]
(a) 
Any animal found receiving inhumane treatment, as described in Section 7-150 of this Article, may be removed and impounded at the expense of the owner by the code enforcement officer, police officer or other designated officer of the Town.
(b) 
Any animal whose life reasonably appears to be endangered may be so removed and impounded, whether or not in the presence of its owner.
[Ord. 99-603]
No person shall knowingly resist, oppose, obstruct or interfere with any officer from enforcing the provisions of this Article, or by threats or otherwise intimidate or attempt to intimidate any such officer in the discharge of his or her official duty.
[Ord. 99-603]
It is unlawful for any person to break open, destroy or damage any door, gate, fence or enclosure used by the Town as an animal shelter or impoundment facility, or to take or attempt to take therefrom any animal impounded therein without having paid the fees provided in this Article.
[Ord. 99-603; Ord. No. 2019-162, 7-1-2019; Ord. No. 2023-255, 11-20-2023]
(a) 
Any person who violates any provision of this Article may be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of Chapter 1 of the Code.
(b) 
No remedy provided herein shall be exclusive, but the same shall be cumulative. The taking of any action permitted by this Article shall not preclude or prevent the taking of other action, including the filing a charge or conviction of a violation of this Article in the Municipal Court.