(A) No person owning, possessing or harboring any animal within the unincorporated area of the county shall permit said animal to become a nuisance. An animal, other than a dog trained for law enforcement in the performance of its duty, shall be considered a nuisance if said animal:
(1) Substantially damages property other than the owner's;
(2) Causes a disturbance by excessive barking, caterwauling or noisemaking;
(3) Chases, attacks, bites, or interferes with or physically intimidates any person while on the premises of the owner in unincorporated areas of the county which have been subdivided for residential purposes.
(4) Chases, molests, attacks, bites, or interferes with other domestic animals while off of the premises of the owner.
(B) The administrator or animal shelter manager or delegate, upon reasonable grounds, shall impound any animal creating a nuisance by being in violation of divisions (A)(3) or (A)(4) above and not restrained by a competent person.
(Ord. O-67-6-07, passed 4-9-2009)
Statutory reference:
Similar state law, see 510 ILCS 5/24