Loading...
§ 90.17 IMPOUNDING AND RELEASE.
   (A)   Any animal impounded for observation for rabies shall be held until released by the Police Department and/or the Washtenaw County Humane Society or otherwise disposed of.
   (B)   Any animal impounded for having bitten any person shall be held for not less than 10 days and, in case any complaint shall have been made before any court having jurisdiction of the cases shall be filed, whereby an order that the animal be killed or confined is sought, then the animal will be impounded until the case is finally disposed of.
   (C)   All other animals which may be impounded under the provision of this chapter shall be held and released to their respective owners by the Washtenaw County Humane Society.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
§ 90.18 NOTICE TO OWNER.
   It shall be the duty of the Police Department to notify the owner of every animal which shall be impounded if the owner of the animal can be ascertained, as soon as possible after the animal has been impounded.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
§ 90.19 DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS.
   This section applies to any animal that has not bitten any person or not contracted rabies or is not suspected of having rabies or has not been bitten by an animal that has contracted rabies or has not been bitten by an animal that is suspected of having rabies. After an animal has been kept by the Washtenaw County Humane Society for a period of time and has not been redeemed by his or her owner, that animal will eventually be disposed of by the Humane Society.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
§ 90.20 PROHIBITIONS.
   (A)   Except as otherwise prohibited within this chapter, no person shall keep any livestock or poultry within the village. This prohibition does not apply to livestock or poultry kept within the village on 3-2-1987. However, the livestock and poultry allowed to remain within the village shall not be replaced.
   (B)   The owner of an animal shall not permit or enable his or her animal to run at large. This action is declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public health and safety.
   (C)   The owner of an animal shall not permit or enable his or her animal to discharge its feces on property other than that of its owner unless the owner immediately removes and disposes the feces. At no time shall animal feces be disposed of in a public trash receptacle. This action is declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public health and safety.
(Am. Ord. 233, passed 9-20-1999)
   (D)   The owner of an animal which has been attacked or bitten by another animal shall immediately notify the Police Department of this occurrence. Failure to notify the Police Department is declared dangerous to the public health and safety.
   (E)   Any person who shall have in his or her possession an animal which has contracted rabies, or which has been subjected to the same, or which is suspected of having rabies or of having bitten any person, shall, upon demand of any police officer or the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department Animal Control Officer, produce and surrender up the animal to be held for observation as provided in this chapter. Failure to produce and surrender up the animal is declared dangerous to the public health and safety.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
   (F)   No person, corporation or organization shall own, keep, house, harbor or maintain, in any dwelling or building, or upon any lot located within the village any exotic or wild animal.
   (G)   A person who owns or keeps an exotic or wild animal on the effective date of this amendment shall within 30 days remove the animal from the village.
(Am. Ord. 272, passed 4-20-2009) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 90.21 SPECIAL PERMITS.
   The keeping of livestock, poultry and exotic or wild animals otherwise prohibited by this chapter may be permitted by applying for a special permit from the Village Council. Permits may be issued for fairs, circus performances, or other public exhibitions or entertainment events.
(Ord. 158, passed 2-2-1987; Am. Ord. 272, passed 4-20-2009)
DOGS
§ 90.35 DEFINITIONS.
   The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
   DANGEROUS DOG. Means and includes:
      (1)   Any dog that bites or attacks a person or domestic animal without provocation;
      (2)   Any dog that bites or attacks and causes serious injury or death to another domestic animal while the domestic animal is on the property or under the control of its owner;
       (3)   Any dog with known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack or to otherwise endanger the safety of people or other domestic animals;
      (4)   Any dog that chases or snaps at a pedestrian, bicyclist or vehicle;
      (5)   Any dog that charges a person in a manner that restricts the person’s freedom of movement by placing the person in reasonable fear of an imminent attack (the person must be lawfully on the property where the charge occurs and this does not apply to an animal tormented by the person);
      (6)   Any dog that molests passers-by or persons on adjoining property by viciously, continuously and aggressively barking or growling; or
      (7)   Any dog deemed a dangerous dog by a court of law.
   DOG. Canine.
   DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Animals that are tame, kept and controlled by an owner.
   KENNEL. A place where more than 3 dogs are kept.
   OWNER. Any natural person or any other legal entity having a possessory right in a dog, or who harbors, cares for, exercises control over, or knowingly permits any dog to remain on its premises occupied by such person or entity.
   PROVOKE. To perform a willful act or omission that an ordinary and reasonable person would conclude is likely to precipitate the bite or attack by an ordinary dog or animal.
   RUNNING AT LARGE. Permitting any dog to leave the premises of its owner without being on a leash and under the control of a person physically able to control the dog; or any dog on private property not enclosed, restrained or kept in such a manner so as to prevent it from entering upon a street, public place, or premises of another.
   SERIOUS INJURY. Any physical injury that results in broken bones or lacerations that require sutures, cosmetic surgery, or other medical care and treatment.
   TORMENT. An act or omission that causes unjustifiable pain, suffering, and distress to an animal, or causes mental and emotional anguish in the animal as evidenced by its altered behavior, for a purpose such as sadistic pleasure, coercion, or punishment that an ordinary and reasonable person would conclude is likely to precipitate the bite or attack.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008; Am. Ord. 276, passed 7-7-2011)
Loading...