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Except for qualified service animals in accordance with the Americans with disabilities act, government law enforcement, military service dogs and guide dogs temporarily housed in the city under a recognized guide dog program, it shall be unlawful for any person to take or permit any animals, whether on a leash or in the arms, in any establishment or place of business where food or food products are sold or distributed, including, but not limited to, restaurants, grocery stores, meat markets and fruit or vegetable stores.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)
A. Harboring; Duty To Notify: It is unlawful for any person to harbor or keep within the city limits any lost or strayed animal. Whenever any animal shall be found which appears to be lost or strayed, it shall be the duty of the finder to notify the division within seventy two (72) hours. The animal services coordinator may take the animal into protective custody.
B. Struck By Motor Vehicle: It shall be the duty of the operator of a motor vehicle or self-propelled vehicle upon the city streets to immediately notify, upon injuring, striking, maiming or running down any domestic animal, the animal's owner or the city police department. In addition, it shall be the duty of the operator of the motor vehicle to remain with the animal or to obtain a responsible person to remain with the animal until professional assistance arrives. Emergency vehicles are exempted from the requirements of this provision.
C. Animal Waste: The person having custody of an animal shall be responsible for the immediate removal and disposal in a waste receptacle of any excreta deposited by his/her animals on public property, including, but not limited to, walks, trails, parks, recreation areas, or on private property other than that belonging to the owners of the animals, and shall carry a bag for such purposes. A violation of this subsection is an infraction, subject to the penalties provided under title 1, chapter 4, article A of this code.
D. Duty To Bury Or Otherwise Dispose Of Dead Domestic Animals: Pursuant to Utah Code Annotated section 4-31-102, as amended, an owner or other person responsible for a domestic animal that dies shall bury or dispose of the same within two (2) business days after the day on which the owner or other person responsible for the animal becomes aware that the animal is dead. The person responsible for disposal of a dead animal must dispose of it by burial, landfilling, incineration, or another method that is not otherwise prohibited by federal, state, or local law or regulation. Pursuant to section 12-2-3 of this code, dead animals shall not be set out for collection by city crews or city contractors. If the city incurs expenses in conjunction with disposing of a dead domestic animal, the owner or person responsible for the dead animal shall pay a fee to the division for its reasonable costs of disposing of the animal. If the owner or person responsible for the animal fails to bury or dispose of a dead domestic animal as required under this section, or fails to pay such fee, such person shall be in violation of this title.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)
A. Keeping Unlawful; Exceptions: Except as provided in subsection C of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, keep or purchase any "wild animal" as described in the definition and/or which is fierce, dangerous, noxious or naturally inclined to do harm. The animal shelter, a zoological park, veterinary hospital, humane society shelter, public laboratory, circus, sideshow, amusement show, wildlife preserve or facility for education or scientific purposes may humanely keep such animal in protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public.
B. Order Of Release; Authority: After consultation with a representative from the Utah division of wildlife resources, the animal services coordinator and his/her assistants and officers shall have the power to release or order the release of any wild animal kept under temporary permit which is deemed capable of self-survival, or to recommend other appropriate action on behalf of any animal found incapable of survival in its natural habitat.
C. Federal Regulations; Prohibited Or Protected Species: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep an animal of a species prohibited or protected by title 50 of the code of federal regulations, or its successor provisions, or by any regulation of law of the state. This subsection shall not apply to raptors possessed by licensed falconers holding valid Utah division of wildlife resources and U.S. fish and wildlife falconry permits, as required, so long as the conditions of the permits are being satisfied.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)
A. Licensed Veterinarian: It is a defense to prosecution under this chapter that the conduct of the actor toward the animal was by a licensed veterinarian using an accepted veterinary practice or directly related to a bona fide experimentation for scientific research; provided, that if the animal is to be destroyed, the manner employed will not be unnecessarily cruel unless directly necessary to the veterinary purpose or scientific research involved.
B. Attack On Domestic Animal: Any person may kill a dog while it is attacking, chasing or worrying any domestic animal having a commercial value or any species of hoofed, protected wildlife, while attacking domestic fowl or while such dog is being pursued thereafter.
C. Attack On Person: Any dog making a vicious and unprovoked attack on any person, except when the attack is in defense of the person, family or property of the dog's owner, may be killed by any person while it is making such an attack.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)
It shall be the duty of a person making an arrest under this chapter to seize or arrange to be seized all animals found in the keeping or custody of a person arrested and which are then being used, or held for use in violation of any of the provisions of said chapter. The person making said seizure shall cause such animals to be delivered immediately to the division or other appropriate law enforcement agency and it shall be the duty of those departments to humanely hold those animals until further court order.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)
A. It is unlawful for any person to abandon or turn out at large any sick, diseased or disabled animal.
B. It is unlawful for the owner or handler of an animal rendered worthless to said owner or handler by reason of disease or disability, to allow said animal to continue to live in a diseased or disabled state. Said owner or handler shall dispose of such animal by killing the same in a humane manner, or by contacting the division. Upon such contact, the division may assume responsibility for disposition of the animal, not including livestock, provided that the owner or handler shall pay a fee, which may be required in advance, to the division to pay for the division's reasonable costs of disposing of the animal. If the owner or handler fails to pay such fee, and fails to dispose of the diseased or disabled animal as required above, such person shall be in violation of this title.
C. It is unlawful for an owner or handler of an animal that is infected with a disease, or is in a painfully crippled condition, to have, keep or harbor such animal without placing the animal under veterinary care or to dispose of such animal as required in subsection B of this section.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)