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§ 90.36 CONFINEMENT AND RUNNING AT LARGE.
   (A) No person owning or having possession, charge, custody, or control of any animal may cause, permit, or allow the animal to stray or in any manner to run at large upon any public street, sidewalk, or other public property or to stray, run at large, or otherwise trespass upon the private property of another.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to allow such animal to be at large on any town property.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person owning, harboring, keeping, or in charge of any animal to fail or refuse to remove feces deposited by the animal on any street, sidewalk, park, or other publicly owned property.
   (D)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to fail or refuse to remove feces deposited by the animal on any private property other than the premises of the owner.
(Ord. passed 5-5-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.37 POSSESSION OF ANIMALS AND STRAYS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person in the town knowingly and intentionally, unless with consent of the owner, to harbor, feed, and keep in his or her possession by confinement, or otherwise allow to remain on his or her property, any animal which does not belong to him or her unless he or she notifies the county’s Animal Control within 48 hours from the time such animal came into his or her possession.
   (B)   Any person who feeds a stray animal and/or allows the animal to stay on his or her property for at least two days shall be legally responsible for such animal and any violations caused by the animal.
   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to surrender any such stray animal to the Police Department or the county’s Animal Control or person duly authorized upon demand.
   (D)   The purpose of this section is to aid in rabies control and to prevent the intentional or unintentional possession of pets belonging to other persons.
(Ord. passed 5-5-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.38 IMPOUNDMENT AND RECLAIMING OF CAPTURED ANIMALS.
   (A)   Any animal within the town without an owner, any animal running at large within the town, or any animal whose owner fails to have the animal vaccinated in accordance with the laws of the state, or an animal appearing within the town without a rabies vaccination shall be taken by the county’s Animal Control and confined for a period of time until reclaimed by the owner with a pre-paid rabies voucher, adopted with a pre-paid rabies voucher, or euthanized by the county’s Animal Control Department.
   (B)   If any animal is not redeemed by the owner within three days from the time Animal Control takes possession of the animal, the animal shall be put up for adoption or disposed of under the regulations set forth by this subchapter and the state’s general statutes.
   (C)   In order for the owner to redeem an animal, such owner must first show that the rabies vaccination tag has been procured. In addition, the owner shall pay a penalty according to this subchapter for allowing the animal to run at large. The fee may be adjusted in the new fiscal years in the county’s animal fees. The owner must pay daily expenses for boarding and caring for the animal.
(Ord. passed 5-5-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.39 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND DANGEROUS DOGS.
   It shall be unlawful for a citizen to keep a dog within the corporate limits of the town that has been deemed potentially dangerous or dangerous by the county’s Animal Control.
(Ord. passed 5-5-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.40 INHERENTLY DANGEROUS EXOTIC ANIMALS.
   The provisions of this chapter regarding inherently dangerous exotic animals (§ 90.14) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this subchapter.
(Ord. passed 5-5-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99
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