For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENCY SHELTER.
Any facility operated by an Agency Shelter or municipal agency, or its authorized agents, for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals held under the authority of this chapter or of state law. The animal shelter operating under contract, let, or other authority for the city shall be known as the
AGENCY SHELTER.
ANIMAL.
Any live, non-human vertebrate creature, domestic or wild.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
The animal control officer of the city Police Department.
AT LARGE.
Any animal shall be deemed
AT LARGE
when it is not under restraint.
AUCTION.
Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold, or traded, except for those facilities otherwise defined in this chapter.
CHICKEN.
Gallus gallus domesticus, a domestic bird typically kept on a farm. This definition does not include other fowl, such as, but not limited to, peacocks, turkeys, or waterfowl.
CHICKEN COOP.
An enclosed structure for housing chickens that provides shelter from the elements.
CHICKEN FLOCK.
One chicken or a group of two or more chickens which:
(1) Contains no more than six hens and no roosters. Roosters are specifically prohibited within the city; and
(2) Have been issued a permit by the City of Seymour Animal Control office.
CHICKEN RUN.
An enclosed outside yard for keeping chickens.
CIRCUS.
A commercial variety show featuring animal acts for public entertainment.
COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Any pet shop, auction, riding school or stable, zoological park, circus, or performing animal exhibition.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL.
Any animal that is a member of one of the following species that is not a wild animal:
(1) Dogs, cats, cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, mice, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, gerbils, poultry, ostriches, rhea, emus, or other birds, or non-poisonous snakes; or
(2) An animal of the bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, canine, feline, avian, camelidae, cervidae, bison, or reptile species.
FRESH PURSUIT.
The immediate following of an animal that is found to be at large and not on the owner’s property.
HARBORING.
The actions of any person, 18 years of age or older, that permits any animal habitually to remain or lodge or to be fed within his or her home, store, enclosure, yard, or place of business, or any premises on which that person resides or controls. An animal shall be presumed
HARBORED
if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days.
KENNEL.
Any establishment wherein any person engages in boarding, breeding, buying, keeping, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs or cats.
KENNEL OPERATOR.
Anyone keeping a total of more than four adult dogs and/or cats.
OWNER.
Any person owning, keeping, or harboring one or more animals.
PERFORMING ANIMAL EXHIBITION.
Any spectacle, display, act, or event, other than circuses, in which performing animals are used.
PERSON.
Any individual, firm, association, joint stock company, syndicate, partnership, or corporation.
PET.
Any animal kept for pleasure rather than utility.
PET SHOP.
Any person, whether separately or in connection with another business enterprise, except for a kennel, that buys, sells, or boards any species of animal.
PUBLIC NUISANCE.
Any animal or animals that:
(1) Molest passers by or passing vehicles;
(2) Attack other animals;
(3) Damage public property or private property; or
(4) Bark, whine, or howl in an excessive or continuous fashion.
RESEARCH LABORATORY.
Any animal research facility registered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture under authority of the federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, 21 USC 2132 et seq.
RESTRAINT.
The securing of an animal by a leash or lead or confining it within the real property limits of its owner.
RIDING SCHOOL OR STABLE.
Any place that has available for hire, boarding, or riding instruction, any horse, pony, donkey, mule, or burro.
STRAY.
Any animal that does not appear, upon reasonable inquiry, to have an owner.
VETERINARY HOSPITAL.
Any establishment maintained and operated by a veterinarian for surgery, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of animals.
VICIOUS ANIMAL.
Any animal that by its behavior constitutes an immediate and serious physical threat to human beings or animals.
WILD ANIMALS.
Any animal not a domestic animal, with the exception of small, non-poisonous aquatic or amphibious animals and small cage birds.
ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
Any facility, other than a pet shop or kennel, displaying or exhibiting, without the predominant purpose of selling, one or more species of non-domesticated animals, operated by a person or government agency.
(1987 Code, § 6-112) (Ord. 13, 1995, passed 5-8-1995; Am. Ord. 19, 2001, passed 8-27-2001; Am. Ord. 20, 2014, passed 6-23-2014)