(A) Provision of care. No owner or person having custody of such animal shall fail to provide his 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 Control, Humane Society or by anyone in the town.
(B) Classification of a noncommercial kennel. The existence of more than 4 dogs and/or cats at a residence shall constitute a noncommercial kennel requiring the owner or person possessing the animals to obtain a noncommercial kennel license from the Animal Control Officer. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain a commercial kennel at a residence or in a residential area. The user fee for a commercial and noncommercial kennel is established in the amount of $100. Both commercial and noncommercial 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 or 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 city so that the same may possibly be consumed by any animal.
(F) Removal of dead animals. Any person who shall become apprised of the death of any dog, cat or other animal owned by him or under his control shall immediately thereafter cause the dog, cat or animal to either be properly interred or shall call the animal shelter to remove the animal from the town. Should the animal be removed by the animal shelter and/or an Animal Control Officer, the charge for the removal shall be $2 for a cat, $5 for a dog, and $5 for any other animal.
(Ord. 111799, passed 12-15-1999)