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1. Sanitation of Premises. All structures, pens, coops or yards wherein animals are kept or housed shall be well maintained and regularly and thoroughly cleaned, and all debris, refuse, manure or other offensive materials removed as often as is necessary to maintain such premises in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, devoid of vermin and free from offensive odors. The health officer or Police Officer may inspect, or cause to be inspected, any structure or premises, and issue any such order as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, and any other relevant pertinent rule, regulation or ordinance.
2. Refuse Containers. All refuse and manure and any materials conducive to vermin or which may create any offensive odors, removed from such structure or such premises as aforesaid, shall be placed in suitable tight containers until completely removed from the premises, which containers must be covered with a tightly fitted vermin-proof cover, and such refuse then entirely removed from the premises or actually turned under the surface of the soil in such a manner as to avoid offensive odors, vermin, or any other menace to the public health.
3. Sanitation off Premises. It is prohibited for any person to permit or allow an animal owned by that person or under that person's custody or control to defecate upon public property, park property, public right-of-way, or the property of another, unless such person shall immediately thereafter clean up, remove, and dispose of the feces so deposited.
1. A person who knowingly and willfully or maliciously torments, strikes, administers a nonpoisonous desensitizing substance to, or otherwise interferes with a police service animal, without inflicting serious injury on the dog, commits a simple misdemeanor.
2. This section does not apply to a peace officer or veterinarian who terminates the life of such a dog for the purpose of relieving the dog of undue pain or suffering, or to a person who justifiably acts in defense of self or another.
1. Keeping Prohibited. It is unlawful to keep, harbor, own or in any way possess within the corporate limits of the City a Pit Bull Dog as defined in section 2 of this ordinance.
2. Definition. "Pit Bull Dog" is defined to mean:
A. The Bull Terrier breed of dog.
B. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed of dog.
C. The American Pit Bull Terrier breed of dog.
D. The American Staffordshire Terrier breed of dog.
E. Dogs of mixed breeds are known as Pit Bulls, Pit Bull dogs or Pit Bull Terriers.
F. Any dog which has the appearance and characteristics of being predominately of the breeds of Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier-known as Pit Bulls, Pit Bull dogs or Pit Bull Terrier, or any combination of any of these breeds.
G. If DNA testing is necessary to prove breed of dog, and the test is negative to the "pit bull" breeds listed above, the City shall pay for the testing. If the testing is completed and the test is positive for any of the "pit bull" breeds listed above, the dog owner shall pay for the cost of the testing.
3. Exceptions. A Pit Bull dog used as a guide dog or a signal dog shall be exempt from this section. A guide dog, signal dog, shall be defined as a dog trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability; including, but not limited to, guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items.
***Penalties for violations pertaining to this Chapter, please refer to section 1.14 of the Forest City Code of Ordinances.
(Ch. 55 Ord. 792 - Feb. 19 Supp.)