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ARTICLE II. DOGS
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or group to keep, harbor, or own any dog within the city without first having paid a yearly license fee thereon.
(B) The license fee shall be two ($2.00) dollars and it shall cover a period from July 1st to June 30th, or any part thereof. This fee is due and payable on the first day of the month following acquisition of the dog.
(C) It shall be the duty of the keeper, harborer or owner of a dog to register the dog with the dog warden who shall issue a receipt in the form of a tag of metal or other durable material, having stamped or engraved thereon the registration number and the year of registration; and it shall be the duty of the keeper, harborer or owner to attach the tag to a collar and to keep it on the dog at all times.
(D) A second license tag to replace the original lost from a dog may be obtained for one ($1.00) dollar upon verification of purchase of an original license for the same dog that year.
(Ord. No. 24.76, § 1, 12-7-76)
(A) The provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes 258.025 to 258.085, inclusive, listed herein by title, shall be enforced:
(1) Dogs are to be vaccinated against rabies; certificates and metal tags bearing certificate numbers are to be issued.
(2) Under certain conditions, dogs of an entire county may be exempt from vaccination by the state board of health.
(3) A dog vaccinated in another state need not be revaccinated within a year of its vaccination date.
(4) Vaccinations are to be made by approved veterinarians; fees are paid to the state treasury.
(5) Quarantine of all dogs may be ordered in case of rabies epidemic; dogs may be ordered to be revaccinated.
(6) Persons bitten by dogs or other animals are to be reported to the local health department within twelve (12) hours after the incident.
(7) Any dog having bitten a person or another dog or animal, and being suspected of rabies is to be quarantined; the head of the dog is to be sent to an approved laboratory at the dog owner's expense.
(8) The state board of health is to administer the rabies law.
(9) Violators of any part of this section are to be fined; owners of rabid dogs are liable.
(B) Violators of any part of this section shall be deemed guilty of a violation, and shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars each day of offense constituting a separate offense, and this fine shall be in addition to any court costs.
(Ord. No. 24.76, § 2, 12-7-76)
Dog kennels and kennel licenses shall be prohibited within the corporate limits of cities in Madison County. However, boarding of dogs and cats are permitted at approved sites to include veterinarian clinics, dog spas, clipping services and the like. Boarding of dogs and cats are for persons at work, on vacation, or out of town, for a limited amount of time. The boarding sites must be in commercial zones, and regularly inspected by the Code Office.
(Ord. No. 24.76, ‘ 3, 12-7-76; Am. Ord. 13-14 § 1, 6-17-14)
Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 51.299
No person shall keep, harbor or own any dog which shall do any one or more of the following objectionable actions, each of which is hereby declared to be a public nuisance:
(A) Incessantly barks, howls, yelps, or whines loud enough to be heard beyond the premises of where it is kept or harbored.
(B) Habitually goes upon any property or premises not owned or occupied by the person who keeps, harbors or owns said dog.
(C) Habitually turns over or gets into garbage cans or milk containers, or damages shrubbery and items of personal property, located on any premises other than those owned by the person who keeps, harbors, or owns said dog.
(D) When not on the property of its owner or keeper, habitually runs at, jumps upon, chases, barks at, bites at or in any way frightens, molests or scares any child or adult other than the one who keeps, harbors or owns said dog and the members of his immediate family.
(E) Chases, attacks or kills any other dog, any livestock or other animal besides those owned by the person who keeps, harbors or owns said dog.
(F) Bites any person on sidewalks, streets, or any property other than that of its owner or keeper.
(Ord. No. 24.75, § 4, 12-7-76)
Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 51.299
(A) The provisions of Kentucky Revised Statutes 258.095 through 258.125, 258.275 through 258.355 and 258.990, inclusive, and listed herein by title, shall be enforced:
(1) Dog owner is liable to livestock or poultry owners for damages done by dog.
(2) Licensed dogs killed without justification may be compensated for.
(3) Dogs guilty of destruction of livestock or poultry may be ordered confined or be destroyed; owner of the dog forfeits compensation for loss.
(4) Dogs guilty of excessive damage to livestock or poultry may be ordered quarantined.
(5) Livestock fund is controlled by commissioner of finance; commissioner of agriculture is to enforce provisions in this section; advisory committee is appointed by the governor.
(6) Claims for losses are payable by the state only to the extent of that monies are available in the livestock fund.
(B) Violators of any part of this section shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty (60) days, or both, for each offense. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. The fine shall be in addition to any court costs.
(Ord. No. 24.76, § 5, 12-7-76)
(A) Any dog without a proper and current registration tag, or any dog which has committed any one or more of the public nuisances mentioned in § 51.203, may be taken up at any time by those persons officially appointed to serve as dog wardens by the Madison County Fiscal Court.
(B) For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this article and to enforce its provisions, any dog warden when accompanied by a peace officer, is empowered to enter upon the premises upon which the dog is kept or harbored and to request the exhibition of the dog and the license for the dog.
(C) It shall be the duty of all peace officers within the county and its urban areas to support and aid the dog wardens in their duties if called upon, and this shall include the issuing a summons to the keeper, harborer or owner of any dog whether licensed or unlicensed, which has been permitted to be a public nuisance as defined in § 51.203.
(D) Impoundment shall be at the Madison County Animal Shelter, or any other place officially designated by the Madison County Fiscal Court.
(E) Dogs shall be confined in a humane manner under the supervision of the Madison County Humane Society.
(F) Unlicensed dogs suffering from injury, infectious disease or serve illness shall be disposed of immediately by the dog warden in a humane manner. All other dogs, licensed or unlicensed, which are healthy may be kept for not less than seven (7) days after pickup, and then, if unclaimed, may be disposed of by the dog warden in a humane manner.
(G) Immediately upon impounding of dogs, the dog warden shall make every possible effort to notify the owners of the dogs so impounded and inform the owners of the conditions whereby they may regain custody of the animals.
(H) Carcasses of dogs destroyed by the Madison County Animal Shelter shall be disposed of according to law.
(Ord. No. 24.76, § 6, 12-7-76)
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