[Adopted ATM 4-4-1984, Art. 36]
In accordance with the provisions of MGL C.
140, §§ 173 and 173A, all dogs shall be restrained
from running at large, unless said dogs are leashed and accompanied
by the owner or keeper or a person authorized by said owner or keeper.
The preceding order shall be in force with the following exceptions:
[Amended AFTM 12-1-1993, Art. 39, approved 2-25-1994; ATM 4-4-2007, Art. 53, approved 5-21-2007]
A.
If it is the first offense, a written warning shall
be given.
B.
If it is the second offense subject to this article,
a fine of fifty dollars ($50.) shall be imposed and shall operate
as a final disposition of the case.
C.
If it is the third or subsequent offense subject to
this article, a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.) shall be imposed
and shall operate as a final disposition of the case.
Further, any dog running at large not leashed
and in the company of its owner or keeper or authorized agent thereof
shall be picked up by the Dog Officer or his designee and taken to
the dog pound. Upon claiming the dog in custody, the owner or keeper
shall be assessed twenty-five dollars ($25.) plus a kennel fee of
three dollars ($3.) per calendar day.
[Added AFTM 11-18-1996, Art. 79, approved 4-30-1997]
No person owning or having the care, custody
or control of any animal shall permit such animal to soil or defile
or deposit waste upon any sidewalk, street, thoroughfare, beach or
wetland, in or upon any public property including parks, schoolgrounds
and playgrounds or in or upon the property of persons other than the
owner of persons having the care, custody or control of such animal,
unless said person picks up any such waste and disposes of the same
in a sanitary manner. This section shall not apply to blind persons
in sole custody or control of a Seeing Eye dog.
Enforcing persons for this Article are the Dog
Officer or his designee, the Chief of Police or his designee. Reference
for this Article is MGL C. 140, §§ 151, 167, 168, 173
and 173A.
