For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL.
Any animal of a species that is susceptible to rabies, except man.
AT LARGE.
Being neither confined by an enclosure nor physically restrained by a leash.
DEPARTMENT.
The State Department of Health Services.
ENFORCEMENT AGENT.
That person in each county who is responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter or any other applicable law.
IMPOUND.
The act of taking or receiving into custody by the Enforcement Agent any dog or other animal for the purpose of confinement in a pound in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
KENNEL.
An enclosed, controlled area inaccessible to other animals in which a person keeps, harbors, or maintains five or more dogs under controlled conditions.
LIVESTOCK.
Neat animals, horses, sheep, goats, swine, mules, and asses.
OWNER.
Any person keeping an animal other than livestock for more than six consecutive days.
POUND.
Any establishment authorized for the confinement, maintenance, safekeeping, and control of dogs and other animals that come into the custody of the Enforcement Agent in the performance of his or her official duties.
RABIES QUARANTINE AREA.
Any area in which a state of emergency has been declared to exist due to the occurrence of rabies in animals in or adjacent to this area.
STRAY DOG.
Any dog three months of age or older running at large that is not wearing a valid license tag.
VACCINATION.
The administration of an anti-rabies vaccine to animals by a veterinarian.
VETERINARIAN.
Unless otherwise indicated, any veterinarian licensed to practice in this state or any veterinarian employed in this state by a governmental agency.
VETERINARY HOSPITAL.
Any establishment operated by a veterinarian licensed to practice in this state that provides clinical facilities and houses animals or birds for dental, medical, or surgical treatment. A veterinary hospital may have adjacent to it or in conjunction with it or as an integral part of it pens, stalls, cages, or kennels for quarantine, observation, or boarding.
VICIOUS ANIMAL.
Any animal of the order carnivora that has a propensity to attack, to cause injury to, or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings without provocation or that has been so declared after a hearing before a justice of the peace or a city magistrate.
(A.R.S. § 11-1001) (`87 Code, § 6-2-1) (Am. Ord. O-2003-10, passed 11-17-03)