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(A) Every vicious animal, as determined by the Animal Care and Control Authority, shall be confined by the owner within a building or secure enclosure and shall be securely muzzled or caged whenever off the premises of its owner, or restrained as otherwise directed by the Animal Care and Control Authority. Upon determination by the Animal Care and Control Authority that an animal is vicious and after the exhaustion of any appeals, the owner shall have the animal microchipped for permanent identification by a licensed veterinarian within ten days and the corresponding microchip data shall be given to the Animal Care and Control Authority. If an owner of an animal determined to be vicious or potentially dangerous sells or gives the animal to another person, the owner shall provide written notice to the Animal Care and Control Authority that made the determination and state the name and address of the new owner of the animal and notify the person taking possession of the animal in writing of the animal’s vicious or potentially dangerous behavior and the circumstances surrounding its vicious or potentially dangerous determination.
(B) The Animal Care and Control Authority’s Animal Control Officers may enter onto the property where a vicious dog is to be confined and check for special restraint compliance at any reasonable time.
(C) An Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer may pursue and destroy an at large animal placing the public in imminent danger or animals in the act of attacking livestock or other domestic animals if necessary.
(2004 Code, § 81-8) (Ord. 26, passed 1-21-1980; Ord. 02- 23, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006)
(A) The owner shall keep his or her animal from approaching a passerby in a menacing or aggressive fashion.
(B) The owner shall keep his or her animal from vocalizing unreasonably so as to disturb neighbors in the community during the day or night or prevent neighbors from the use and enjoyment of their property. This section does not include a working farm.
(C) The owner shall keep his or her animal from destroying private property.
(D) The owner shall keep his or her animal from continuous actions and behaviors that could reasonably lead to his or her animal at some future date to be deemed a public nuisance animal.
(2004 Code, § 81-9) (Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
No private citizen may possess or harbor a potentially dangerous or vicious wild animal within the geographic boundaries of the county.
(2004 Code, § 81-10) (Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) Unrestrained dogs, public nuisance animals, vicious animals, or domestic animals found at large shall be taken by an Animal Control Officer, by any means necessary, and if restrained shall be impounded and confined in a humane manner.
(B) Impounded domestic animals, other than cats, shall be kept for five days. Seriously diseased, contagious, badly injured, or suffering animals, undomesticated cats, kittens less than six weeks old and litters of kittens under three months old may be humanely euthanized immediately at the discretion of the Animal Care and Control Authority. Animals displaying identification may at the discretion of the Animal Care and Control Authority be taken to a local veterinarian for treatment.
(C) If, by a license tag or other means, the owner of an impounded animal can be identified, the Animal Care and Control Authority shall attempt to notify the owner by telephone, mail, or by posting notice in a conspicuous place.
(D) The owner of an impounded animal shall pay a fee of $40, plus a fee determined by the Animal Care and Control Authority, for each day the animal has been impounded as well as any costs, including veterinary expenses incurred by the Animal Care and Control Authority during such impoundment, regardless of whether or not the animal is reclaimed.
(E) Any animal not reclaimed by its owner within five days of impoundment shall become the property of the Animal Care and Control Authority, and shall, at its discretion, be placed for adoption in a suitable home or humanely euthanized; provided, however, the Animal Care and Control Authority may sell farm animals and apply the proceeds of the sale to any purpose consistent with this chapter.
(F) In addition to, or in lieu of, impounding an animal found at large, the Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer may issue to the known owner of such animal a notice of violation. Such notice shall impose upon the owner a penalty not to exceed $500 which may, at the discretion of the animal owner, be paid to any agency designated by the Animal Care and Control Authority within 72 hours in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. In the event that such penalty is not paid within the time period prescribed, a criminal charging document shall be initiated before a District Court Commissioner, and upon conviction of a violation of this chapter, the owner shall be punished as provided in § 90.99.
(G) The owner of an animal impounded as a result of a violation of this chapter or any other law may also be prosecuted for the violation.
(H) An Animal Control Officer may apply to the proper court having jurisdiction for a mandatory injunction to place an animal deemed vicious in the custody of the Animal Care and Control Authority for public safety purposes until such time as there has been a hearing and all appeals have been exhausted.
(2004 Code, § 81-11) (Ord. 26, passed 1-21-1980; Ord. 26B, passed 10-30-1984; Ord. 02-23, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by the animal(s) on public property, including walks, recreation areas, or on private property. The owner of every animal shall not allow excreta deposited by animals to accumulate on his or her property so as to cause a health hazard or become a nuisance.
(B) When any domestic animal dies, its owner shall be responsible for the animal to be removed, pursuant to the direction of the Animal Care and Control Authority, to a crematorium, animal rendering company, composted, or buried within 72 hours of the death of the animal.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, whether the owner or lessee of a property, to allow a dead domestic animal to remain on his or her property for longer than 72 hours after the animal’s death, without having buried, cremated, or composted the animal, or without having butchered the animal.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, whether the owner or lessee of a property, to allow a dead domestic animal to decay on his or her property, without the permission of the Animal Care and Control Authority and the Carroll County Health Department.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a domestic animal to foul the air of neighboring property owners so as to keep them from the enjoyment of their property through animal waste or an animal’s death.
(2004 Code, § 81-12) (Ord. 26, passed 1-21-1980; Ord. 26B, passed 10-30-1984; Ord. 02-23, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
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