A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or keep
a dog six months old or older within the City, unless such dog is
licensed as required by state law.
B.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog six
months old or older to permit such dog to be off the premises of the
owner, unless it is wearing a collar or harness to which is attached
a current license tag as required by state law.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except the owner
or his authorized agent, to remove any collar, harness or license
tag from a dog.
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit
such dog to be off the premises of such owner, including but not limited
to private roads open to the general public and the common areas of
multiple dwellings and trailer parks, unless the dog is held securely
on a leash.
B.
This section shall not apply to working dogs, such
as leader dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, hunting dogs and other dogs,
when accompanied by their owner or his authorized agent, while actively
engaged in lawful activities for which such dogs are trained. This
section shall not apply to dogs which are under the immediate control
of the owner and provided the owner is in the immediate proximity
to the dog. Should a dog while not on a leash attack, chase, or bite
another human or animal, it shall be presumed that the dog is not
under the immediate control of the owner, and that therefore there
is a violation of this section.
No person who is the owner of any female dog
shall knowingly permit her to run at large while in heat.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor any vicious or dangerous dog as defined in § 7-3.
The owner of any dog which has bitten a human
or other animal shall immediately place and keep such dog on a leash,
even though it remains on the owner's property and shall immediately
notify the Public Safety Department or County Animal Control of all
facts known to the owner regarding the incident. The owner shall keep
the dog continually under secure quarantine and under such supervision
and control as may be required by the Public Safety Department or
Animal Control or shall turn the dog over to the care and custody
of Animal Control for impoundment until such time as Animal Control
and the Health Department determine it is safe to release the dog,
at which time all costs for the dog's care shall be paid by the owner
to Animal Control.
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor any dog which commits a nuisance as deemed in § 7-3.
It shall be unlawful to own, possess, shelter,
keep, harbor or permit to remain on or in a dwelling unit as that
term is deemed in the City of Kalamazoo Zoning Ordinance (Appendix
A of the Kalamazoo City Code) or on the surrounding lot or premises
within the City more than three dogs at any one time unless said owner
or owners obtains a kennel license pursuant to state law, except that
the owner of a female dog which has given birth to puppies may keep
the dog and puppies for a period not to exceed three months from the
date of birth of the litter. This limitation shall not apply to a
veterinarian or a licensed commercial pet shop.
When signs are conspicuously erected or placed
in any public park within the City reading "NO DOGS IN THIS PARK,"
no person shall allow or permit any dog to be in or upon any area
of said park whether leashed or not.
A.
Any member of the Public Safety Department of the
City or any animal control officer of the county shall have the power
and duty to seize and hold any dog whether licensed or unlicensed,
which is found off the premises of its owner in violation of this
article.
B.
Any member of the Public Safety Department of the
City or any animal control officer of the county shall have the power
and duty to seize and hold any dog required under this article to
be wearing a collar or harness with a current license, when said dog
is not wearing a collar or harness with a current license.
C.
The authority and duty to seize and hold a dog under
this section shall include, but is not limited to, the pursuit of
said dog onto private property for the purposes of capture.
D.
Dogs seized and held under this section shall be held
at the county's dog pound and shall be disposed of under the rules
and regulations adopted by the county's animal shelter, including
but not limited to payment of fees, hours of operation, licensing
and care of said dog's health.
[Added 6-4-2007 by Ord. No. 1828]
A.
A person in control or possession of a dog shall promptly,
lawfully, and in a sanitary manner remove and dispose of any feces
deposited by the dog on public or private property, other than when
on the property owned or controlled by said person or the dog's owner,
or when the owner of property expressly waives this requirement.
B.
This section shall not apply to a service or guide
dog when under the control or possession of a blind or physically
limited individual.
C.
Violation of this section shall constitute a civil
infraction. A person convicted of a violation of this section shall
be punished by a fine of $100 for a first offense and $200 for an
offense committed within two years of a previous conviction for a
violation of this section.