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(A) All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the town shall be licensed and registered, annually, if over six months of age.
(B) Dog licenses shall be issued by the Town Clerk-Treasurer upon payment of a license tax of $10 for each male, spayed female and unspayed female dog. The dog license fee shall be increased to $15 in any case after the deadline date set out in division (E) below.
(C) The owner shall state at the time application is made for such license and upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his name and address, and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept by him.
(D) The provisions of this section shall not be intended to apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the town, nor to dogs brought into the town for the purpose of participating in any dog show, nor to seeing eye dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actually being used by blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place, nor dogs owned by the town and used in connection with the Town’s Metropolitan Police Department.
(E) All licenses required under the terms hereof must be obtained prior to March 31 of each calendar year; this time limit, however, shall not apply for dogs who reach six months of age after such date. Dogs reaching six months of age after such date, and dogs kept, harbored or maintained for the first time by their owners in the town after such date, shall be licensed within 60 days of such later date. All dogs required to be licensed hereunder at the time of passage of this code shall be licensed and registered within 60 days of the date on which this code takes effect. Persons claiming to be exempt from the time frame here set out shall be required to provide satisfactory proof of purchase or acquisition of the animal in the form of a bill of sale or affidavit.
(F) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class C infraction.
(‘82 Code, § 5-500; Am. Ord. 415, passed 9-ll-85; Am. Ord. 927, passed 6-21-05) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) Upon payment of the license fee, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the owner a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The shape of the tag shall be changed every year and shall have stamped thereon the year for which it was issued and the number corresponding with the number on the certificate.
(B) Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar to which the license tag must be affixed, and shall see that the collar and tag are constantly worn. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate will be issued by the Clerk-Treasurer upon presentation of a receipt showing the payment of the license fee for the current year, and the payment of a $.50 fee for such duplicate.
(C) Dog tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of death of the dog or the owner’s leaving the town before expiration of the license period.
(D) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class C infraction.
(‘82 Code, § 5-501) Penalty, see § 90.99
No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at large or stray beyond his premises, unless under the reasonable control of some person or when engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by its owner or keeper. A violation of this section shall constitute a Class C infraction.
(‘82 Code, § 5-600) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) If a dog is believed to have rabies or has been bitten by a dog suspected of having rabies, such dog shall be confined by a leash or chain on the owner’s premises and shall be placed under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of two weeks. The owner shall notify the poundmaster of the fact that his or her dog has been exposed to rabies and at his or her discretion the poundmaster is empowered to have such dog removed from the owner’s premises to a veterinary hospital and there placed under observation for a period of two weeks at the expense of the owner. No person who knows or suspects that a dog has rabies shall allow such dog to be taken off his or her premises or beyond the limits of the town without the written permission of the poundmaster. Every owner, or other person, upon ascertaining a dog is rabid, shall immediately notify the poundmaster or a policeman who shall either remove the dog to the pound or summarily destroy it. A violation of this section shall constitute a Class B infraction.
(‘82 Code, § 5-701)
(B) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to harbor, or keep any dog over the age of six months unless it shall have been vaccinated by a licensed veterinary surgeon with anti-rabies vaccine. A violation of this section shall constitute a Class B infraction. (‘82 Code, § 5-702)
Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
Municipal power to control rabies, see IC 15-17-6-14
Rabies control in general, see IC 15-17-6
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the municipality which, by frequent and habitual barking, howling, or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity, and duration as to disturb the peace, quiet, and good order of one or more of the inhabitants of two or more separate residences. Any person who shall allow any dog habitually to remain, be lodged, or fed within any dwelling, yard, or enclosure which he or she occupies or owns shall be considered as harboring the dog.
Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) It shall be the duty of every police officer, or other person designated by the town for such purpose, to apprehend any dog found running at large contrary to the provisions of this chapter and to impound any such dog in the town pound or other suitable place.
(B) The poundmaster, or some other official or person designated by the town, who shall perform the duties of the poundmaster as provided in this chapter, upon receiving any dog, shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color, and sex of such dog and whether licensed. If licensed, he or she shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag. Licensed dogs shall be separated from unlicensed dogs.
(‘82 Code, § 5-601)
Statutory reference:
Animal shelters, see IC 36-8-2-6
Not later than 24 hours after the impounding of any dog or animal, the owner shall be notified, or if the owner of the animal is unknown, the poundmaster shall hold the animal for a minimum of three days, if the animal is unclaimed within the three-day period, the poundmaster shall dispose of the dog as provided hereafter. The owner of any dog so impounded may reclaim such dog upon payment of the license fee, if unpaid, and of all costs and charges incurred by the town for impounding and maintenance of the dog. The following charges shall be paid to the Town Clerk-Treasurer: For impounding any animal, $20 each day for any dog or animal; for keeping any animal, $5 per day for each animal, with a minimum lodging fee of one day.
(‘82 Code, § 5-602; Am. Ord. 411, passed 7-24-85; Am. Ord. 725, passed 8-11-98)
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