For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONMENT. To deposit, leave, drop off, or otherwise dispose of any live, domestic animal on any public or private property.
ANIMAL. Any live, non-human, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, not kept in a licensed zoo or animal park.
HARBORING. The actions of any person or entity that permits any animal habitually to remain or lodge or to be fed within his or her home, store, enclosure, yard, or place of business, or any premises on which the person or entity resides or controls. An animal shall be presumed harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days.
OWNER. A possessor, keeper, or harborer of any animal. An animal may have more than one owner.
PUBLIC NUISANCE. Any animal that molests or bothers passers-by or passing vehicles, attacks other animals, damages public or private property, barks, whines, howls, or makes any other noise audible beyond the boundaries of the property of the owner of the animal.
RUNNING AT-LARGE. Any animal, when not located on the real property of its owner, shall be deemed running at-large if it is not under restraint of its owner or a member of his or her immediate family, or agent.
(Ord. A-97-01, passed 2-11-97)