Section
ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
51.001 Definitions
51.002 Humane treatment of animals
51.003 Nuisances
51.004 Rabies vaccinations
51.005 Poisoning prohibited
51.006 Raffling of animals prohibited
51.007 Swine prohibited
ARTICLE II. DOGS
51.100 Definitions
51.101 Running at large
51.102 Biting dogs prohibited
51.103 Impounding
51.104 Handling requirements
51.105 Animal waste
51.106 Pit bull regulations
51.107 Registration and special permits for pit bull dogs
51.108 Possession of pit bull dogs by certain persons
51.109 Seizure of pit bull dogs
ARTICLE III. WILD ANIMALS
51.200 Definitions
51.201 Keeping of prohibited
51.202 Exhibitions prohibited
51.203 Use of traps or hunting on city owned property prohibited
ARTICLE IV. ENFORCEMENT
51.300 Citations; criminal complaints
51.999 Penalty
ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or clearly requires a different meaning.
“ABANDON.” To forsake entirely, or to neglect or refuse to provide or perform the legal obligations for care and support of an animal by its owner or keeper.
“ADOPTION.” Any animal impounded in the animal shelter which meets the requirements of the adoption section of this chapter.
“ANIMAL.” Any living creature, domestic or wild, excluding undomesticated mice, rats, or other vermin.
“ANIMAL SHELTER.” Any premises designated by the County of Bourbon, either owned by the county or by a non-profit organization to provide such a facility for the County of Bourbon, for the purpose of impounding and caring for animals held under authority of this chapter and state laws regulating animals and owners of animals.
“HUMANE SOCIETY.” Any non-profit corporation, organized under the laws of this state and having as its primary purpose the prevention of cruelty to animals.
“OWNER” or “KEEPER.” Any person or persons, firm, association, partnership, or corporation owning, keeping, harboring, or allowing a domestic animal to remain on his or its property.
“SEVERE INJURY.” Any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring laceration requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery.
“STRAY.” Any animal whose owner or keeper is unknown to the person who takes it up and is an animal that has escaped from its owner or keeper and wanders or strays about on property not owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal.
(Ord. 97-24, passed 9-16-97)
(A) No owner or keeper shall fail to provide his animal(s) with good and wholesome good, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and human care and treatment. At all times, the owner or keeper shall provide his animal(s) with water, adequate shelter, protection from the weather, and appropriate veterinary care.
(B) If any animal is restrained by a chain, leash, or similar restraint, such chain or restraint shall not be less than ten (10) feet in length and either on a swivel designed to prevent the animal from choking or strangling itself or else on a chain run. If any animal is so restrained by a chain, leash, or similar restraint, the animal shall be provided with a collar or a harness.
(C) No person shall beat, cruelly treat, torment, overload, overwork any animal, or cause or permit any fight or other combat between animals.
(D) No owner or keeper shall abandon an animal. Abandonment shall consist of leaving the animal for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) hours without providing for someone to feed, water, and check on the animal’s condition. In the event an animal is found so abandoned, the animal may be taken by the dog warden, animal control officer, or any peace officer and impounded in the animal shelter. The animal, if taken from private property, shall be kept for not less than thirty (30) days with the same procedure otherwise to be followed in the §51.200. In the event that an animal is abandoned, the owner or the person whom has been charged with the animal’s care shall be in violation of this chapter, subject to penalties set forth in § 51.999, and will be required to pay boarding fees per day, per animal.
(Ord. 97-24, passed 9-16-97)
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Cross reference:
Impounding, see § 51.101
Penalty for violation, see § 51.999
(A) No person shall own, keep, or harbor any animal, including, but not limited to dogs and cats, which shall do any one (1) or more of the following objectionable actions, each of which is hereby declared to be a public nuisance within this county:
(1) Habitual barking, howling, yelping, whining, or meowing loud enough to be heard beyond the premises of where it is kept or harbored or while trespassing upon any property or premises not owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal;
(2) Habitual trespassing upon any property or premises not owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal;
(3) Habitual turning over, getting into, or otherwise damaging or disturbing any items of personal or public property located on any premises other than those owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal;
(4) Habitual defecating upon any property or premise not owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of the animal;
(5) Habitual running after, jumping upon, chasing, barking at, or in any other way frightening, molesting, or injuring any person other than the owner of the animal and the members of the owner’s immediate family; and
(6) Habitual chasing of motor vehicles, bicycles, scooters, mopeds, or motorcycles other than those owned or operated by the owner of the animal and the members of the owner’s immediate family.
(B) The dog warden, animal control officer, or any peace officer, upon receiving a nuisance complaint, shall investigate the complaint. Upon investigation, the dog warden, animal control officer, or peace officer may issue written notice of the complaint to the owner or keeper of the animal, or upon adequate probable cause, issue a citation to the owner or secure a criminal complaint for violation of nuisance provisions of this code, or seize the animal pursuant to the provisions of (Wild animal section), or both charge and seize the animal. Any citation may, upon securing the name and address of the owner or keeper of the animal creating a nuisance, contact the above referenced authorities. The dog warden, animal control officer, or peace officer may then be directed to file a complaint with the county attorney’s office.
(1976 Code, § 4-4; Am. Ord. 97-24, passed 9-16-97)
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Cross reference:
Enforcement, citations; criminal complaint, see § 51.300
Nuisances, see Ch. 50
Penalty for violation, see § 51.999
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