(A) Provision of care. No owner or person having custody of such animal shall fail to provide his or her animal with sufficient and wholesome food and water, protection from the weather and reasonable care, including veterinary treatment, as may be necessary to prevent suffering. This division (A) shall also apply to animals kept at an animal shelter operated by animal management or by anyone in the town.
(B) Classification of a non-commercial kennel. The existence of more than four dogs and/or cats at a residence shall constitute a noncommercial kennel requiring the owner or person possessing the animals to obtain a non-commercial kennel license from the animal management director. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain a commercial kennel at a residence or a residential area. Commercial kennels as defined are permitted in general business, plan business and industrial zoned areas per the Zoning Code of the town. The user fee for a commercial and non-commercial kennel is hereby established in the amount of $100. Both commercial and non-commercial kennels must comply with Federal Register 9 (C.F.R. Part 2) February 15, 1991, Animal Welfare.
(C) Ill treatment. No person shall beat, cruelly ill treat, torment, overload, overwork or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause, instigate or permit a dogfight, cockfight, bullfight or other combat between animals and humans.
(D) Abandonment. It shall be unlawful for any owner or person having custody of any dog, cat or other animal to abandon the same within the town.
(E) Public disposal of poison liable to be possibly consumed by animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any poisonous substance in any area of the roads, parks, common
yards or other places, whether public or private, within the town so that the same may possibly be consumed by any animal.
(F) Removal of dead animal.
(1) Any person who shall become apprised of the death of any dog, cat or other animal owned by him or her under their control shall, immediately thereafter cause the dog, cat or animal to either be properly interred or shall call animal management to remove the animal from the town. There will be no charge to residents of the county who bring their dog or cat to the animal management facility for disposal. Any resident from outside of the county who brings a deceased dog or cat to animal management shall be charge a fee of $20 for disposal.
(2) Veterinarians who have offices in the county may deliver dogs or cats to animal management for disposal shall be charged $5 for each dog and $3 for each cat; provided however, that if the veterinarians request that animal management pick up the animals at the office of the veterinarian, the disposal charge shall be $25 per dog and $15 per cat.
(G) Domestic animals in vehicles.
(1) It shall be unlawful to leave a domestic animal unattended in a vehicle when the conditions in that vehicle would constitute a health hazard to the animal.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any dog, cat or other animal to ride in the bed of a pickup truck on public streets, highways, and/or right-of-ways unless the animal is securely caged and protected from the environment or unless the bed of the pickup truck is enclosed with a camper shell or other device and there is appropriate and sufficient ventilation for the animal.
(H) Disposal of and shooting an animal.
(1) It shall be unlawful to terminate the life of any dog, cat or other animal in a inhumane way within the town limits.
(2) It shall be unlawful to intentionally shoot any dog, cat or other animal unless the person feels in fear of their own life or someone else’s life.
(I) Inhumane traps. It shall be unlawful to use any inhumane trap within the town limits.
Penalty, see § 90.99