As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Mammals, reptiles and birds.
AT LARGE
To be off the premises of the owner and not under the control
of some person, either by leash or otherwise, but a dog or cat within
an automobile of its owner, or in an automobile of any other person
with the consent of the owner of said dog or cat, shall be deemed
to be upon the owner's premises.
CAT
Any feline, regardless of age or sex.
CRUEL
Causing unnecessary and excessive pain or suffering or unjustifiable
injury or death.
DOG
Any canine, regardless of age or sex.
FARM ANIMAL
Any warm-blooded animal normally raised on farms in the United
States and used for food or fiber.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Has that meaning as appears in § 967.02(5), Wis.
Stats., and includes a humane officer under § 173.03, Wis.
Stats., but does not include a conservation warden appointed under
§ 23.10, Wis. Stats.
NEUTERED
Describing a dog or cat shall mean a dog or cat having nonfunctional
reproductive organs.
OWNER
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog or cat and
the occupant of any premises on which a dog or cat remains or to which
it customarily returns daily for a period of 10 days; such person
is presumed to be harboring or keeping the dog or cat within the meaning
of this section.
PET
An animal kept and treated as a pet.
[Amended 1-12-2004 by Ord. No. 3-04; 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
The Village Treasurer shall assess and collect
a late fee as provided in § 174.05(5), Wis. Stats., from
every owner of a dog five months of age or over if the owner failed
to obtain a license prior to April 1 of each year, or within 30 days
of acquiring ownership of a licensable dog or if the owner failed
to obtain a license on or before the dog reached licensable age. Said
late fee shall be charged in addition to the required license fee.
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a
dog or cat who knows that such dog or cat has bitten any person shall
immediately report such fact to the Village Marshal and shall keep
such dog or cat confined for not less than 10 days or for such period
of time as the Village Marshal shall direct. The owner or keeper of
any such dog or cat shall surrender the dog or cat to a law enforcement
or humane officer upon demand for examination.
The owner or person in charge of any dog or
other animal shall not permit solid fecal matter of such animal to
be deposited on any street, alley or other public or private property,
unless such matter is immediately removed therefrom by said owner
or person in charge. This section shall not apply to a person who
is visually or physically handicapped.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or
possessing an animal, dog or cat to permit such animal, dog or cat
to go upon any parkway or private lands or premises without the permission
of the owner of such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or
injure any lawn, flower bed, plant, shrub, tree or garden in any manner
whatsoever, or to defecate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
to keep or harbor any dog which habitually barks, howls or yelps,
or any cat which habitually cries or howls to the great discomfort
of the peace and quiet of the neighborhood or in such manner as to
materially disturb or annoy persons in the neighborhood who are of
ordinary sensibilities. Such dogs and cats are hereby declared to
be a public nuisance. A dog or cat is considered to be in violation
of this section when two formal, written complaints are filed with
the Village Marshal within a four-week period.