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§ 91.02 ANIMAL WARDEN.
   (A)   The Town Council shall have the authority to appoint an Animal Warden with the power to enforce the animal control ordinance within the corporate limits of the town.
   (B)   The Town Council and the Animal Warden shall establish a clearinghouse site for the receipt of complaints and procedures regarding animals and the handling, storage, cataloguing and claiming of animals.
   (C)   The town shall authorize for a suitable animal shelter for the safekeeping of impounded animals. The Town Council may contract with any entity for the impounding, keeping, feeding, caring for and disposition of impounded dogs and cats on those terms as the Town Council shall deem proper.
   (D)   The Animal Warden and the Town Marshal shall act in cooperation to handle animal problems with the consensus of the Town Council.
(Ord. 2013-13, passed 12-9-2013)
§ 91.03 KEEPING OF DOMESTIC FARM ANIMALS, EXOTIC ANIMALS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS, AND THE LIKE.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or permit to be kept any domestic farm animals or exotic animals within the corporate limits of the town.
   (B)   Every vicious animal shall be confined by its owner within a building or secure enclosure and shall be securely muzzled or caged whenever off the premises of its owner.
   (C)   An animal reasonably determined to be a vicious animal may be impounded and humanely euthanized by or under the direction of the animal shelter upon not less than three days written notice by personal delivery or mailed by certified mail to the animal’s owner or recent custodian, if such person’s whereabouts is known or reasonably available. That notice shall include the particulars of the notice under § 91.99, except division (E).
(Ord. 2013-13, passed 12-9-2013)
§ 91.04 EXCEPTION TO KEEPING OF DOMESTIC FARM ANIMALS.
   Property owners with property of four or more contiguous acres within the corporate limits of the town are permitted to keep domestic farm animals.
(Ord. 2013-13, passed 12-9-2013)
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