Section
General Provisions
93.01 Definitions
93.02 Running at large; tethering
93.03 Wild animals
93.04 Killing, poisoning and injuring
93.05 Enclosures
93.06 Abandonment, neglect and mistreatment
93.07 Equine; bovine; prohibited acts
93.08 Impoundment
93.09 Officer’s compensation
93.10 Interference with police
Rabies
93.25 Definitions
93.26 Vaccination required; cost; exemptions
93.27 Post-incident management
93.28 Domestic or hybrid animal or livestock; post-exposure management
93.29 Animal pound; impoundment; release; fees
93.30 Proclamation of danger
93.31 Enforcement
Dogs
93.45 License and tax required; exemption; tags
93.46 Collar or harness required
93.47 Removal of collar, harness or tags
93.48 Liability of owner
93.49 Barking and chasing; complaints
93.50 Dangerous dogs
93.51 Fighting dogs
93.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL. Any vertebrate member of the animal kingdom other than an uncaptured wild creature.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person authorized by law or employed or appointed for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this chapter or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing, control, seizure or impoundment of animals.
OWNER. Any person who owns, possesses, keeps, harbors or has charge, custody or control of an animal or permits an animal to habitually remain or be lodged or fed within his or her house, store, building, enclosure, yard, lot, grounds or premises. OWNER does not include any veterinarian or kennel operator temporarily maintaining on his or her premises an animal owned by another person for not more than 30 days.
RUN AT LARGE. Not being under the actual control of the owner by means of:
(a) A leash, cord, chain or other suitable means of physical restraint which is securely fastened or tethered in a manner sufficient to keep the animal on the premises where tethered;
(b) A leash, cord, chain or other suitable means of physical restraint of six feet or less in length physically held by the owner;
(c) Being confined within a cage, receptacle, enclosed vehicle, fenced enclosure or shelter; or
(d) Being within the real property limits of the owner and in the owner’s presence and under direct and effective voice or other control.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cow, hog, horse, mule, sheep, goat, dog, cat, chicken, turkey, goose or other animal to permit the animal to run at large at any time on any of the public ways and property or the property of another in the village or to be tethered or staked out in such a manner so as to allow the animal to reach or pass into any public way or property or any property of another.
(B) The owner of a cat may permit the cat to run at large within the corporate limits subject to any restrictions or prohibitions otherwise imposed by the Board of Trustees.
(C) Any animal found running at large or tethered or staked out in violation of this section is a public nuisance and may be impounded or destroyed as provided in this chapter.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit anyone to own an animal in the corporate limits of the village that is prohibited by the Board of Trustees.
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate, see Neb. RS 17-526 and 17-547
Fine for permitting collarless dog to run at large, see Neb. RS 54-607
No wild animals may be kept within the corporate limits, except wild animals kept for exhibition purposes by circuses and educational institutions.
Penalty, see § 93.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, administer or cause to be administered poison of any sort to or in any manner injure, maim or destroy or attempt to injure, maim or destroy any animal or to place any poison or poisoned food where it is accessible to an animal, except that:
(A) This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer or animal control officer acting within his or her power and duty;
(B) This section shall not apply if the animal is vicious, dangerous or showing characteristics of rabies and cannot be captured without danger to the persons attempting to effect a capture of the animal; and
(C) Any owner of a dog that he or she wishes to be destroyed may place the dog in an animal pound or shelter or with a licensed veterinarian to be humanely destroyed and disposed of according to the provisions in this chapter or other provisions of law.
Penalty, see § 93.99
All pens, cages, sheds, yards or any other area or enclosure for the confinement or animals not specifically barred within the corporate limits shall be kept in a clean and orderly manner so as not to become a menace or nuisance to the neighborhood in which the enclosure is located.
Penalty, see § 93.99
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