For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
ANIMALS. Includes, but is not limited to, dogs, cats, reptiles, fowl or other species of animals owned, possessed or kept within the town.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any employee of the town or the town’s Police Department, whose job duties include the enforcement of the terms of this chapter.
CAT. Any domesticated animal of the species Felis Domesticus.
DANGEROUS OR VICIOUS DOG. Any dog defined as a “dangerous dog” in C.R.S. § 18-9-204.5(2)(b).
DOG. Any domesticated animal of the species Canis Familiaris or other species of the family Canida.
OWNER or OWNERS. Any person, owning, possessing, harboring, keeping, having a financial or property interest in or having control or custody of an animal.
RUNNING AT LARGE. An animal away from the premises of the owner, possessor or keeper thereof, and not under the control of such owner, possessor or keeper, or an agent or member of the immediate family, either by leash, cord or chain.
(Ord. 2023-3, Series 2023, passed 3-6-2023)