For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
AGGRESSIVE DOG. Any dog that barks, growls, charges at, jumps upon or has demonstrated tendencies, without provocation, in a menacing manner, that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the dog may inflict bodily injury upon or cause the death of any person or domestic animal, or has engaged in or been trained for fighting, as described and prohibited in C.R.S. § 18-9-204. For purposes of this definition, “domestic animal” shall mean any other dog, cat or livestock that may be permitted to be within the town boundaries.
BODILY INJURY. Any physical injury that results in bruising, muscle tears or skin laceration.
DANGEROUS DOG. Any dog that has inflicted bodily injury or serious bodily injury upon or has caused the death of a person or domestic animal.
DOG BITE. Any bruising of the skin or break in the skin caused by any contact with the tooth or mouth of a dog.
DOG OWNERS. Any person over 18 years of age, emancipated minor under the age of 18 without direct adult supervision, parent guardian or custodian of any child under the age of 18, firm, corporation, or organization, owning, possessing, harboring, keeping, having financial or property interest in or having control or custody of a dog, aggressive dog or dangerous dog.
DOG. Any animal of canine species regardless of sex.
FEMALE DOG. Any dog of the female gender on which no alternative surgery of the genital organs has been performed.
HARBORING DOG. The act of keeping or caring for a dog or providing premises to which a dog returns for food, shelter or care, or the act of providing refuge to a dog in order to evade the impoundment of the dog by lawful authority.
MALE DOG. Any dog of masculine gender, not castrated.
NEUTERED DOG. Any male dog which has been castrated by a licensed veterinarian and accompanied by a certificate asserting said operation has been performed.
RABIES. A communicable disease of both wild and domestic animals transmittable to humans, as defined by the Public Health Department and “specific infectious disease of certain animals, especially dogs and wolves, contracted by man by direct inoculation as by bite of infected animal and due to a filtrable virus”, as defined in Dorland’s Medical Dictionary.
SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. Bodily injury which, either at the time of the actual injury or at a later time, involves a substantial risk of death, a substantial risk of serious permanent disfigurement, a substantial risk of protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body or breaks, fractures or second or third degree burns requiring professional medical treatment or any physical injury that requires corrective or cosmetic surgery.
SPAYED FEMALE DOG. Any female dog on which an ovariectomy or ovarhisterectomy has been performed by a licensed veterinarian and accompanied by a certificate asserting said operation has been performed.
STRAY DOG. Any unlicensed or licensed dog found unattached or loose anywhere within the town limits.
VACCINATIONS OR VACCINATION FOR RABIES. Inoculation of a dog with standard rabies vaccine.
(Prior Code, § 531.1) (Ord. 398, passed 6-6-1996; Ord. 473, passed 6-6-2002; Ord. 520, passed 9-6-2007; Ord. 576, passed 7-10-2014; Ord. 580, passed 2-5-2015)