ANIMAL: Any vertebrate creature, domestic or wild.
ANIMAL, CONTROLLED OR RESTRAINED: Any owned animal that is either secured by a leash, cord, chain, lead or within the premises of its owner or confined within a crate or cage or confined within a vehicle or on the premises of another person with the consent of that person.
ANIMAL, DOMESTIC: Any animal which has been domesticated by man so as to live and breed in a tame condition.
ANIMALS, EXOTIC: The following species of animals: poisonous reptiles, lions, tigers, leopards, ocelots, jaguars, cheetahs, margays, mountain lions, lynx, bobcats, jaguarundis, hyenas, coyotes and similar animals not native to the area.
ANIMALS, FARM: Animals of the species fowl, ovine, caprine, bovine, porcine and equine.
ANIMALS, STRAY: Any animal that is not controlled.
AT LARGE: Off the premises of the owner and not under control or restraint of the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family.
BITTEN: Seizure of a person with the jaws or teeth of an animal capable of transmitting rabies so that the person so seized has been wounded or pierced and further includes contact of the saliva of such animal with any break or abrasion of the skin.
CAT: Any member of the feline family.
CIRCUS: Any commercial variety show featuring animal acts for public entertainment.
COMMERCIAL CATTERY: A structure and/or land in or on which domestic cats are raised, bred and kept for sale and which operation is the primary source of owner's income.
CONFINED: Restriction of an animal at all times by the owner in a manner that will isolate the animal from the public and other animals.
DANGEROUS ANIMAL: Any individual animal which, unprovoked, either unmuzzled, unleashed, attended or unattended by its owner, keeper or harborer, in a terrorizing, menacing or threatening manner, approaches any person or animal, in an apparent attitude of attack upon streets, sidewalks, or any public ground or place, or on private property; or any individual animal which attacks without provocation, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or domestic animals.
DOG: Any member of the canine family.
GUARD DOG: A dog used in a commercial business or by a municipal or police department.
GUIDE DOG: A dog trained by a recognized organization to lead the handicapped.
KENNEL, COMMERCIAL: Any buildings, structures or enclosures used or intended to be used for the housing of any number of dogs or cats. Commercial activities may include, but not be limited to, public boarding, sale of dogs and sale of items or products related to dog or cat care.
KENNEL, PRIVATE: Any building, structure or enclosure used or intended to be used for housing of dogs or cats.
MIGRATORY WATERFOWL: Swimming game birds distinguished from upland game birds and shore birds including those species of birds known as swans, geese, brants, river and sea ducks.
MUZZLE: A fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal used to prevent eating and/or biting.
OWNER: Any person having the right of property in a dog, cat or other animal, or who has it in his or her care, or by providing medical treatment, or acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits such dog, cat or other animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her.
PERSON: Any human being, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, municipal corporation or political subdivision, or any other business unit.
RUNNING AT LARGE: The presence of a dog, cat, or other animal at any place except upon the premises of the owner or contained within the owner's automobile.
VICIOUS ANIMAL: Any individual animal that when unprovoked inflicts a bite or bites on a human being or other domestic animal either on public or private property; or any individual animal which has been found to be a "dangerous animal" on three (3) separate occasions. (Ord. 98-48, 8-3-1998; amd. Ord. 2013-34, 12-10-2013)