For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL. Any live non-human vertebrate creature, domestic, wild or exotic.
AT LARGE. Any animal, licensed or unlicensed, found off the premises of its owner and not under the control of a competent person, restrained within a motor vehicle, housed in a veterinary hospital or kennel, or on a leash or “at heel” beside a competent person and obedient to that person's command.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL. All domestic animals as defined in I.C. 15-17-2-26, and includes, but is not limited to members of the following species: dog; cat; cattle; horse; donkey; pig; sheep; goat; rabbit; mouse; guinea pig; chinchilla; hamster; gerbil; mink; and cow or ox.
EXOTIC ANIMAL. Any animal whose normative native habitat is not indigenous to the continental United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, except fish and fur bearing animals commercially bred for the furrier trade and birds defined under federal regulations, and non-poisonous snakes and reptiles.
FARM ANIMAL.
Animals raised and bred healthy and humanely for meat, milk, or similar food products, or for wool, fur, or similar textiles, or the estrogen or similar chemical or pharmaceutical products. Farm animals are primarily pastured. Farm animals do not include outdoor pets, household pets, or exotic animals. Examples of farm animals include cows, horses, sheep pigs, chickens, turkeys, and goats.
OWNER.
Any person, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping, sheltering or harboring an animal.
PET, HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic pets maintained healthy and humanely within the confines of the dwelling unit. Household pets includes hobby breeding of domestic animals as long as the frequency of breeding is limited to one litter per year per household. Household pets do not include outdoor pets, farm animals, pygmy goats, or potbelly pigs. Examples of household pets include dogs, cats, mice, rabbits, snakes, hamsters, ferrets, and birds.
PET, OUTDOOR.
Domestic pets maintained healthy and humanely within the confines of the lot. Outdoor pets include hobby breeding of domestic animals as long as the frequency of breeding is limited to one litter per year per household. Outdoor pets do not include farm animals, rabbits, mice, snakes, hamsters, ferrets, or birds. Examples of outdoor pets include: dogs and cats.
WILD ANIMAL.
Any animal that is not a domestic or exotic animal, with the exception of small, nonpoisonous aquatic or amphibious animals and small cage birds, which are normally found in the wild state.
(Ord. 99-12, passed 9-9-99; Am. Ord. 2013-14, passed 6-27-13)