(A) Coverage. Every person, pursuant to Wis. Stats. Chapter 174 and this chapter, residing in the village who owns a dog that on January 1 is at least five months old, shall annually at the time and in the manner prescribed by law for the payment of personal property taxes, seek and obtain a dog license for his or her dog from the village. The fee for the license shall be established annually by the Village Board. The fee is as noted in Appendix E attached to the ordinance establishing this section and hereby adopted by reference. The license shall be from January 1 through December 31. Late fees shall be charged by the village if the license is not purchased by April 1 or if not purchased within 30 days of acquiring ownership of the dog.
(B) Ordinance/license.
(1) The owner of any dog in the village shall comply with Wis. Stats. Chapter 174 and this chapter.
(2) The Village Clerk shall provide copies of this chapter at no cost to any applicant requesting a copy of this chapter.
(3) The applicant and any person subject to this chapter shall comply with this chapter as follows.
(a) No person shall be issued or reissued a dog license in the village until the appropriate fee has been paid to the Village Treasurer.
(b) No person shall be issued or reissued a dog license in the village who has failed to properly and fully complete and submit to the Village Treasurer the application form as developed and provided by the village.
(c) No person will allow his or her dog to run at large in the village beyond the property owned or leased by that person unless the dog is accompanied by and is under the control of the owner or another person.
(d) No person shall own or keep any dog in the village that:
1. Habitually pursues vehicles on highway, roads, streets and alleys in the village;
2. Assaults or attacks physically persons in the village;
3. Bites persons in the village;
4. Habitually barks or habitually howls to the disturbance and annoyance of at least two persons residing in the village; or
5. Remains unlicensed after warning from the village.
(e) Dogs will be surrendered by the owner or by any other person in the village upon demand by the Village Policeman.
(f) Dogs will be reported by the owner or by any other person when he, she or they know that a dog has bitten any person in the village. The report will be made by the Village Policeman. The dog will be immediately confined by the owner or by any other person reporting the dog bite upon the dog biting any person. The dog will not be released by the owner or by any other person reporting the dog bite until the Village Policeman approves the release.
(g) Dogs will be apprehended and confined by an officer appointed by the Village Board. This officer shall be the Village Policeman or his or her designee.
(h) Dogs that are apprehended and confined shall be kept by the village for at least seven days at the pound, unless released sooner if claimed by the owner. After the time period noted herein, the dog will either be sold, for inoculation, apprehension, confinement and care costs, or will be destroyed in a careful, proper and humane manner. The owner, if he or she claims the dog, shall pay the above-noted costs incurred by the village to the Village Clerk. If the dog is unlicensed at time of apprehension, the owner shall pay a penalty of $10. The owner shall post bail in the below-noted amount when reclaiming a dog:
1. Five dollars for first offense within one calendar year;
2. Ten dollars for second offense within one calendar year; and
3. Twenty dollars for the third offense within one calendar year.
(i) No person shall own or keep any dog within the village unless the dog is wearing a valid village license tag attached to its collar.
(C) Other. Other provisions (list and describe): .
(Prior Code, § 10.03) (Ord. passed 3-11-2009)