For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Public Health Administrator of the Madison County Health Department who shall serve as defined in the Animal Control Act, 520 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
ANIMAL. Any living creature, other than humans, which may be affected by rabies.
ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL FACILITY. This term used herein describes a facility qualifying under 510 ILCS 5/2.18, as may be amended, therein referred to as a pound or animal control facility.
ANIMAL CONTROL WARDEN/ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL WARDEN. Any person appointed by the Administrator and approved by the Board to perform duties as assigned by the Administrator to effectuate this chapter pursuant to the Illinois Animal Control Act, the Illinois Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act, the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act, and the Illinois Animal Welfare Act.
BUSINESS DAY. Any day including holidays that the animal control facility is open to the public for animal reclaims.
CAT. All members of the species Felis catus.
COMPANION ANIMAL. Any animal that is commonly considered to be, or is considered by the owner to be, a pet, including, but not limited to canines, feline, and equines.
CONFINED. The restriction of an animal at all times by the owner, or his or her agent, to an escape proof building or other enclosure away from other animals and the public.
CONFINED UNDER THE OBSERVATION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN. Confined to an escape proof building or other enclosure away from other animals and the public, and observed daily by the Administrator or another licensed veterinarian.
DANGEROUS DOG. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/2.05a, as may be amended.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture of the state.
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. A veterinarian licensed by the state and appointed by the Administrator.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Department of Agriculture of the state, or his or her duly authorized representative.
DIVISION. The Division of Animal Industries of the State Department of Agriculture.
DOG. All members of the family Canidae.
DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. Those animals that are tame and who live in or near the habitations of human or by habit or special training in association with humans.
ENCLOSURE. A fence or structure of at least six feet in height, forming or causing an enclosure suitable to prevent the entry of young children, and suitable to confine a vicious dog in conjunction with other measures that may be taken by the owner or keeper, such as tethering of the vicious dog within the ENCLOSURE. The ENCLOSURE shall be securely enclosed and locked and designed with secure sides, top and bottom and shall be designed to prevent the animal from escaping from the ENCLOSURE. If the ENCLOSURE is a room within a residence, it cannot have direct ingress from or egress to the outdoors unless it leads directly to an enclosed pen and the door must be locked. A vicious dog may be allowed to move about freely within an entire residence if it is muzzled at all times.
ESCAPE PROOF BUILDING. A building or kennel of such strength and structure to keep a confined animal away from other animals and the public.
FERAL CAT. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 2.11b, as may be amended.
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS. Any of the following species: badger, beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, mink, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, red fox, river otter, striped skunk, weasel, woodchuck, wolf or any other wild animals for which the rabies incubation period is unknown.
HAS BEEN BITTEN. Has been seized with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal has been nipped, gripped, wounded or pierced, and further includes contact of saliva with any break or abrasion of the skin.
HUMANELY DISPATCHED. The painless administration of a lethal dose of an agent which shall cause the death of an animal as prescribed by the Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals, and the Illinois Humane Euthanasia in Animals Shelters Act. Said method shall not destroy brain tissue necessary for laboratory examination for rabies. Animals shall be handled prior to administration of the agent in such a manner as to avoid undue apprehension by the animal.
IN HEAT. Showing signs of estrus, a regularly occurring period of sexual excitability in female members of the Canidae and Feline families.
INOCULATION AGAINST RABIES. The injection of an anti-rabies vaccine approved by the Department.
INTACT ANIMAL. An animal that has not been sterilized to render it incapable of reproducing.
LEASH. A cord, rope, strap or chain which shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or other animal under control.
LICENSED VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian licensed by the state in which he or she engages in the practice of veterinary medicine.
OFFICIAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE. A legible record, made on an official form of the state of origin, or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, and issued by a licensed veterinarian of the state of origin, a veterinarian in the employ of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or a veterinarian in the employ of the United States Armed Services, which shows that the dog(s) or cat(s) listed thereon meet the health requirements of the state. The OFFICIAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE shall contain the name and address of the consignor; the name and address of the consignee; an accurate description or identification including age, sex and breed of the dog(s) involved; and shall also indicate the health status of the dog(s), including the date(s) of vaccination(s), type of vaccine, name of manufacturer, serial number and amount of vaccine administered.
OFFICIALLY VACCINATED. The inoculation of a dog or cat with a vaccine as set forth in 510 ILCS 5/8; administered by a licensed veterinarian by the route and in the amount recommended by the producer of the vaccine and for which a county rabies vaccination tag has been issued and properly recorded on a certificate as prescribed by the Board.
OWNER. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 2.16, as may be amended.
PEACE OFFICER. Shall be defined in the Illinois Animal Control Act in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/2.17a, as may be amended.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the state, municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state, or any other business unit.
PHYSICAL INJURY. The impairment of physical condition.
POUND. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/2.18, as may be amended.
PROGRAM. The animal care and control program of the county created and operated in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
RECKLESS DOG OWNER. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 2.18b, as may be amended.
RECOGNIZED LABORATORY. A laboratory operated by the State Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Public Health, any land grant university or other laboratories approved by the Department of Public Health.
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. A printed form prescribed by the Department for the purpose of recording pertinent information as required by the Department under this chapter.
RETURN. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/2.19-3, as may be amended.
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. A physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, impairment of the function of any bodily organ, or that is corrected by plastic surgery.
STRAY. A domesticated animal for which there is not an owner or apparent owner.
STRAYING. A domesticated animal not on the premises of the owner or not confined or under control by leash or other recognized control methods as set forth in 1, 2, 3, and 4 under (b) in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 30.140.
VICIOUS DOG. Shall be defined in accordance with 510 ILCS 5/2.19b, as may be amended.
WILD ANIMAL. An undomesticated animal which still retains its wild nature and whose habitat is generally the woods and which is untamed and undomesticated, including, but not limited to, a wolf, coyote, or the offspring of a mating between a wolf or coyote and a dog, including fur-bearing mammals.
(1993 Code, § 50.002) (Ord. 92-10, passed 11-18-1992; Ord. 2003-08, passed 11-19-2003; Ord. 2006-07, passed 6-21-2006; Ord. 2022-01, passed 3-16-2022; Ord. 2022-07, passed 11-16-2022)