It shall be unlawful for any person in the City
to own, harbor or keep any dog or cat more than five months of age
without complying with the provisions of this article and §§ 174.05
through 174.10, Wis. Stats., relating to the listing, licensing and
tagging of the same.
[Added by Ord. No. 825-95]
The license fee for a dog or cat shall be as
set by the Common Council.
[Added by Ord. No. 825-95; amended 3-10-2008 by Ord. No. 1006-2008]
The City Clerk shall collect a late fee as provided
in § 174.05(5), Wis. Stats., from every owner of a dog or
cat five months of age or older 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 cat, or if the owner failed to obtain a license
on or before the dog or cat reached licensable age.
[Added by Ord. No. 753-91]
The owners of kennels may opt to pay a kennel license fee as set by the Common Council in lieu of the fees provided in §
150-5 above, and the City Clerk shall issue tags for each dog owned by the kennel owners. No kennel may be located in a residential district.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
a dog or cat in the City which is over five months of age and has
not received a rabies vaccination as required by § 95.21(2),
Wis. Stats., and this article. Cats shall be vaccinated every 24 months
and all other animals kept as pets and susceptible to rabies shall
be vaccinated periodically as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
No dog or cat license shall be issued until a certificate of rabies
vaccination, issued by a veterinarian, has been presented. A rabies
vaccination tag shall be attached to the collar of all licensed dogs
and cats at all times, except as provided in § 95.21(2)(f),
Wis. Stats.
In this article, unless the context of subject
matter otherwise requires, the terms used shall be defined as follows:
AT LARGE
A dog or cat which is off the premises of the owner and not
under the control of the owner or some other person either by leash
or otherwise.
[Amended 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 1076-2015]
FERAL
Homeless, wild or untamed.
[Added 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 1076-2015]
KENNEL
Any enclosure inaccessible to other animals, in which a person
keeps, harbors or maintains four or more dogs, cats or any combination
thereof under controlled conditions.
[Amended 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 1076-2015]
OWNER
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog or cat, and
the occupant of any premises on which the dog or cat remains or to
which it customarily returns daily for a period of 10 days is presumed
to be harboring or keeping the dog or cat within the meaning of this
article.
STRAY
Any unlicensed animal running at large.
[Added 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 1076-2015]
(See also Article
III of this chapter.) It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to own, harbor or keep any dog or cat which:
A. Habitually pursues vehicles upon any street, alley
or highway.
B. Molests passersby or assaults or attacks any person
without provocation.
C. Is at large within the limits of the City.
D. Habitually barks or howls to the annoyance of any
person or persons. This subsection shall not apply to hospitals conducted
for the treatment of small animals or to the premises occupied or
used by the City Pound.
E. Kills, wounds or worries any domestic animal.
F. Damages the lawn or garden of another.
G. Urinates or defecates on public property or other
private property. In the event that the animal defecates on another's
land or any public right-of-way, the owner shall immediately remove
the feces in a sanitary manner.
H. Is in any playground, park or cemetery in the City, except as provided in §
312-2I of this Code. This subsection shall not apply to a seeing eye or service dog used to assist the handicapped.
[Amended 3-10-2008 by Ord. No. 1006-2008]
Every person, including the owner or person
harboring or keeping a dog, cat or other animal, who knows that such
animal has bitten any person shall immediately report such fact to
the Police Department.
[Amended 3-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 1076-2015]
A. Setting animals at large. No person shall open any door or gate of
any private premises for the purpose of setting any dog, cat or other
animal at large, except the owner of such animal.
B. Feeding of stray or wild animals prohibited.
(1) No person shall knowingly or recklessly leave food or any other type
of feed outdoors so as to attract animals running at large, stray
or wild animals. Exception: A person feeding wild birds on his/her
own property is not considered a violation.
(2) No person may feed any stray dog or feral cat, except pending return
to a lawful owner or immediate transfer to an animal shelter.
[Added by Ord. No. 757-92]
No individual or family unit living together,
firm or corporation shall keep more than three dogs or cats or combination
thereof in or upon one residential unit, with the exception that a
litter of pups or kittens or a portion of a litter may be kept for
a period of time not exceeding six months from birth, unless the premises
is licensed as a kennel or unless a resident has obtained a pet fancier's
license.
[Added 10-13-2003 by Ord. No. 949-2003]
A. For any official police canine, when it is deemed
by the handler that wearing of the tag and collar is likely to create
an unsafe working condition for the canine or handler, the license
tag and collar is not required to be attached to the canine while
performing official duties.
B. Except for any police canine and notwithstanding any
other provisions of this article, no dog will be allowed on the City
municipal grounds or any portion thereof at any time.
C. The Police K-9 shall not need to comply with §
150-14 regarding quarantining the animal after the animal has bitten any person or other animal within the City if the incident occurs while the canine is performing an official law enforcement function.
D. The Police K-9 will be allowed in any City park.