No owner or keeper of any dog or cat shall permit the same to run at
large within the Village. A dog or cat shall be deemed to be at large when
it is off the premises of the owner or keeper, unless it is within the immediate
presence of the owner or keeper and under control by means of voice command
or under the control of a person by means of a chain, leash, rope, cord or
like material, such person and means to be sufficient to control the action
of such animal.
No person shall own or keep within the Village:
A. Any dog 10 days after receipt of written notice from
the Police Chief that such dog is a danger to the health and welfare of the
community by reason of attacks made on persons or on other dogs. Each day
which a person keeps a dog in violation of this subsection shall constitute
a separate violation.
B. Any dog or cat without taking sufficient measures to
assure that the animal is cared for, maintained, housed and handled in a sanitary
manner.
C. Any dog or cat without taking sufficient measures to
prevent noise, barking, fighting or howling which would unreasonably disturb
the peace and quiet of the neighborhood. The testimony of two or more adult
persons of different households to the effect that the noise, barking, fighting
or howling of a dog or cat identified by them has caused them great annoyance
on repeated frequent occasions shall be prima facie evidence that the person
owning or keeping the animal has failed to take the measures required hereby
and that the result thereof has been the unreasonable disturbance of the peace
and quiet of the neighborhood.
D. Any dog or cat which is required to be licensed but is
not.
E. Any dog or cat which is required to be inoculated for
rabies but is not.
F. Any dog or cat which the Health Officer, any Village
police or Animal Control Officer or any representative of the Dane County
Humane Society believes to be rabid or to have been in contact with a rabid
animal.
The owner or keeper of a dog or cat shall have the dog or cat vaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian within 30 days after the animal reaches five months of age and revaccinated within one year after the initial vaccination. If the owner or keeper obtains the dog or cat or brings the dog or cat into Wisconsin after the dog or cat has reached five months of age, the owner shall have the animal vaccinated against rabies within 30 days after it is obtained or brought into Wisconsin unless the animal has been vaccinated as evidenced by a current certificate of rabies vaccination from Wisconsin or another state. The owner or keeper of the dog or cat shall have it revaccinated against rabies by a veterinarian before the date that the immunization expires as stated on the certificate of vaccination or, if no date is specified, within three years after the previous vaccination in the case of dogs and within one year after the previous vaccination in the case of cats. No license shall be issued for any dog or cat required to be inoculated unless the applicant exhibits a certificate of a qualified veterinarian showing that the animal has been inoculated for rabies as required hereby. The owner or keeper shall attach a rabies vaccination tag to the collar required by §
82-3D hereof to be kept on the dog or cat except in those situations where a collar is not required as set forth in §
82-3D.
The Village Board shall from time to time designate one or more persons
as full-time or part-time Village Animal Control Officer(s) to be responsible
for the apprehension and confinement of dogs and cats as herein provided and
to be paid such compensation as the Board shall determine by resolution. Village
police officers may be appointed Village Animal Control Officers as the Village
Board may deem appropriate. The Village Animal Control Officer(s) shall report
to and be under the supervision of the Chief of Police. Each police officer
and each Village Animal Control Officer shall be authorized to issue citations
for violation of this chapter.
Unless otherwise provided herein, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Municipal Code.