(A) Running at large prohibited.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to permit animals or fowl kept, possessed or owned by that person to run at large upon any street, alley or public place within the town.
(2) No owner or keeper of any dog or cat shall permit the dog or cat to run at large within the town.
(B) Vicious or ferocious animals. It is unlawful to harbor or keep any vicious or ferocious animals, rabbits or fowl within the town.
(C) Noisy animals.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animal that, by odor or frequent or continued noises, shall disturb the comfort or repose of persons in any dwelling or apartment house or residence.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor any dog or cat that, by loud and frequent barking, howling or yelping, shall cause annoyance or disturbance to any of the citizens of the town.
(D) Use of sidewalks. Pedestrians shall have the right-of-way in the use of sidewalks, and the preference shall be granted them by owners or keepers of the dogs or cats on leashes.
(E) Injury to dogs or cats prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously or mischievously injure or kill any dog or cat by administering poison, by means of a deadly weapon, or in any other manner.
(F) Rabies control; vaccination.
(1) When it becomes necessary to safeguard the public from the dangers of hydrophobia, the County Health Officer, if he or she deems it necessary, shall issue a proclamation ordering every person owning or keeping a dog or cat to confine it securely on his or her premises. These proclamations shall remain effective until revoked by the County Health Officer.
(2) If a dog or cat is believed to have rabies, or has been bitten by a dog or cat suspected of having rabies, it shall be confined under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of ten days, and if necessary may be thereafter destroyed.
(a) The owner shall notify County Animal Control of the fact that his or her dog or cat has been exposed to rabies. At its discretion, County Animal Control is empowered to have the dog or cat removed from the owner’s premises to a veterinary hospital, and there placed under observation for a period of ten days at the expense of the owner.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person knowing or suspecting a dog or cat of having rabies to allow the dog or cat to be removed from the town, without the written permission of County Animal Control.
(c) Every owner or other person, upon ascertaining a dog or cat is rabid, shall immediately notify County Animal Control or a town police officer.
(3) All dogs and cats must be vaccinated against rabies by the age of six months. The rabies vaccination of a dog or cat shall be maintained by ongoing revaccination of the animal as follows:
(a) Dogs and cats vaccinated with a rabies vaccine whose label recommends annual boosters shall be revaccinated within 12 months of the prior vaccination.
(b) Dogs and cats vaccinated with a rabies vaccine whose label recommends a booster one year later and triennially thereafter shall be revaccinated within 12 months of the first vaccination, and shall be revaccinated within 36 months of each vaccination thereafter.
(c) Dogs and cats vaccinated with a rabies vaccine whose label recommends a booster triennially shall be revaccinated within 36 months of the prior vaccination.
(4) The owner of the animal is responsible for procuring the vaccinations required by this section.
(Ord. 2015-4, passed 8-24-15) Penalty, see §91.99