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Town of Coventry, RI
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2023-11-28
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 97 Animals
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Ch C
Home Rule Charter
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Ch 1
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Ch 5
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Ch 11
Code Review Committee
Ch 15
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Ch 18
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Ch 22
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Ch 39
Library
Ch 47
Parks and Recreation, Department of
Ch 51
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Ch 56
Purchasing
Ch 63
Salaries and Compensation
Ch 74
Water Quality Task Force
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 85
Adult Uses
Ch 87
Alarm Systems
Ch 89
Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 93
Amusement Devices
Ch 97
Animals
Ch 97 Art I
Control of Animals
§ 97-1
Definitions.
§ 97-2
Violations and penalties.
§ 97-3
Exemptions from chapter.
§ 97-4
Enforcement of chapter.
§ 97-5
Authority to enter premises and take possession of animal.
§ 97-6
Interfering with enforcement of chapter.
§ 97-7
Complaints.
§ 97-8
Animals and fowl creating nuisance; restrictions on livestock and farm animals.
§ 97-9
Confinement of dangerous or vicious animals and female animals in heat.
§ 97-10
Keeping of wild animals; destruction of wild animals found at large.
§ 97-11
Dog license required; license fees.
§ 97-12
Limitation on number of dogs, cats and ferrets kept at residences.
§ 97-13
Unrestricted and vicious dogs prohibited.
§ 97-14
Dogs prohibited on school property, in stores and in eating places; exception; duty to clean.
§ 97-15
Destruction of dogs, cats and other domesticated animals.
§ 97-16
Animal Care Fund established.
§ 97-16.1
Animal confinement in motor vehicles prohibited.
Ch 97 Art II
Impoundment
§ 97-17
Records of impoundment and disposition.
§ 97-18
Animals subject to impoundment.
§ 97-19
Notice to owner of impounded dog.
§ 97-20
Confinement at pound.
§ 97-21
Fees.
§ 97-22
Redemption.
§ 97-23
Disposition of unredeemed animals.
Ch 97 Art III
Rabies Control
§ 97-24
Vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets required.
§ 97-25
Physicians to report bite cases.
§ 97-26
Record of bite cases.
§ 97-27
Veterinarians to report suspected rabies cases.
§ 97-28
Quarantine of animal that has bitten person or been exposed to rabies.
§ 97-29
Destruction, isolation or restraint of dog bitten by rabid animal.
§ 97-30
Disposition of rabid animals.
§ 97-31
Refusal to surrender animal for quarantine or destruction.
§ 97-32
Unauthorized destruction or removal of rabid animals, animals exposed to rabies or animals biting persons.
§ 97-33
Surrender of carcass of animal exposed to rabies.
§ 97-34
Death of quarantined animal.
§ 97-35
Area-wide quarantine when rabies diagnosed; emergency vaccination of dogs.
Ch 102
Boats and Boating
Ch 104
Body Works Services
Ch 106
Building Regulations
Ch 109
Buildings, Numbering of
Ch 113
Campgrounds and Trailer Parks
Ch 115
Clothing Collection Bins
Ch 118
Drugs and Intoxicants
Ch 122
Fees
Ch 124
Firearms
Ch 127
Outdoor Fires
Ch 131
Floodplain Management
Ch 136
Hazardous Wastes
Ch 139
Housing, Affordable
Ch 142
Industrial Waste Disposal
Ch 147
Junk and Secondhand Goods Dealers
Ch 153
Licensed Businesses
Ch 158
Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks
Ch 164
Official Map
Ch 169
Noise
Ch 175
Parks and Recreation Areas
Ch 180
Peace and Good Order
Ch 183
Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 186
Poles, Utility
Ch 189
Schools
Ch 191
Sewers
Ch 196
Shows, Performances and Exhibitions
Ch 200
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
Ch 204
Solid Waste
Ch 206
Stormwater Management
Ch 209
Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 213
Subdivision of Land
Ch 217
Taxation
Ch 222
Tobacco Dealers
Ch 223
Tobacco and Non-Tobacco Products
Ch 226
Trees
Ch 231
Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 234
Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
Ch 240
Waterways
Ch 242
Wells
Ch 245
Yard Sales
Ch 255
Zoning
Appendix
Ch A260
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Derivation Table
Ch DT
Derivation Table
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Ch DL
Disposition List
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Chapter 97
Animals
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Coventry
11-12-1991
by
Ord. No. 9-91-0181
as Ch. 3 of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch.
169
.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch.
175
.
Article I
Control of Animals
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§ 97-1
Definitions.
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§ 97-2
Violations and penalties.
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§ 97-3
Exemptions from chapter.
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§ 97-4
Enforcement of chapter.
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§ 97-5
Authority to enter premises and take possession of animal.
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§ 97-6
Interfering with enforcement of chapter.
chevron_right
§ 97-7
Complaints.
chevron_right
§ 97-8
Animals and fowl creating nuisance; restrictions on livestock and farm animals.
chevron_right
§ 97-9
Confinement of dangerous or vicious animals and female animals in heat.
chevron_right
§ 97-10
Keeping of wild animals; destruction of wild animals found at large.
chevron_right
§ 97-11
Dog license required; license fees.
chevron_right
§ 97-12
Limitation on number of dogs, cats and ferrets kept at residences.
chevron_right
§ 97-13
Unrestricted and vicious dogs prohibited.
chevron_right
§ 97-14
Dogs prohibited on school property, in stores and in eating places; exception; duty to clean.
chevron_right
§ 97-15
Destruction of dogs, cats and other domesticated animals.
chevron_right
§ 97-16
Animal Care Fund established.
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§ 97-16.1
Animal confinement in motor vehicles prohibited.
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Article II
Impoundment
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§ 97-17
Records of impoundment and disposition.
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§ 97-18
Animals subject to impoundment.
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§ 97-19
Notice to owner of impounded dog.
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§ 97-20
Confinement at pound.
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§ 97-21
Fees.
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§ 97-22
Redemption.
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§ 97-23
Disposition of unredeemed animals.
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Article III
Rabies Control
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§ 97-24
Vaccination of dogs, cats and ferrets required.
chevron_right
§ 97-25
Physicians to report bite cases.
chevron_right
§ 97-26
Record of bite cases.
chevron_right
§ 97-27
Veterinarians to report suspected rabies cases.
chevron_right
§ 97-28
Quarantine of animal that has bitten person or been exposed to rabies.
chevron_right
§ 97-29
Destruction, isolation or restraint of dog bitten by rabid animal.
chevron_right
§ 97-30
Disposition of rabid animals.
chevron_right
§ 97-31
Refusal to surrender animal for quarantine or destruction.
chevron_right
§ 97-32
Unauthorized destruction or removal of rabid animals, animals exposed to rabies or animals biting persons.
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§ 97-33
Surrender of carcass of animal exposed to rabies.
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§ 97-34
Death of quarantined animal.
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§ 97-35
Area-wide quarantine when rabies diagnosed; emergency vaccination of dogs.
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