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All dogs kept, harbored or maintained in the town shall be licensed and registered if over three months of age. Dog licenses shall be issued after payment of all license fees, which are set at $5 for each dog that is spayed or neutered and $10 for each dog that is not spayed or neutered. Application shall be made to the town for a license and shall include the name and address of the applicant. Any dwelling unit or other property maintaining four or more dogs is considered a kennel and shall pay an annual license fee of $75 per year. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to dogs whose owners are non- residents, temporarily within the town, nor to dogs brought into 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 the blind persons. The town, its agents and employees shall not issue a license until and unless the owner of the dog shall exhibit and produce a certificate from a duly licensed and practicing veterinarian certifying that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies for the licensing period.
(Ord. 320, 2020, passed 8-11-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99
Upon payment of the license fee, the owner of the dog shall receive from the town a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog licensed. The license tag shall be stamped thereon the year for which it was issued and the number corresponding to the necessary certificate. All licenses shall expire at midnight on December 31 of each and every year, and the owners of the dogs shall procure a new license each and every year between January 1 and the last day of February of the year following the date of expiration of the license. Dog tags shall not be transferrable from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of the death of the dog or because the owner or keeper of the dog shall have moved from the corporate limits of the town.
(Ord. 320, 2020, passed 8-11-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99
Every owner or keeper of a dog shall attach the tag issued by the town to the collar or harness of the licensed dog and the collar or harness shall be worn by the dog at all times.
(Ord. 320, 2020, passed 8-11-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) Any person owning or keeping a dog over the age of three months shall have such a dog vaccinated against rabies and other disease by a licensed veterinarian.
(B) (1) Any person who has been bitten by any dog or the parent or guardian of such person shall promptly report the incident to the town, which in turn immediately shall notify the dog control officer or other authorized personnel to investigate the incident. The owner or keeper, upon demand made by the control officer or other authorized personnel, shall forthwith surrender the dog which has bitten the person, or which is suspected as having been exposed to rabies or other disease, for quarantine under the supervision of and on the secure premises of a licensed veterinarian or at facilities contracted by the town for keeping of such dogs and at the expense of the owner of the dog.
(2) Failure to surrender upon demand shall be unlawful and punishable according to the penalty provision of this chapter.
(C) Upon payment of all expenses for supervised quarantine, and upon being judged free of disease by a licensed veterinarian, the dog may be reclaimed by the owner or keeper.
(D) If the owner or keeper of a dog is unknown and said dog shall have been impounded by employees or agents of the town, the town shall bear all expenses of a supervised quarantine. In the event the owner or keeper of a dog previously thought to be unknown claims the dog quarantined, the owner or keeper shall be responsible for all costs and expenses.
(E) When a dog under quarantine has been diagnosed by a licensed veterinarian as being diseased, the owner or keeper of the diseased dog shall take every reasonable precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. In no event shall a dog which has been diagnosed and determined to be diseased be released from quarantine until such time as a licensed veterinarian indicates that the dog is free of all disease.
(Ord. 320, 2020, passed 8-11-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99
Dog control officers of the town and other authorized personnel are authorized to issue citations to the owners or keepers of any dog found to be in violation of this subchapter, in lieu of impoundment. If the owner is not identifiable or locatable, the dog may be impounded.
(Ord. 320, 2020, passed 8-11-2020)
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