(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL. Any living creature, including, but not limited to dogs, caws, horses, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, insects, fowls and livestock, but does not include humans beings.
COMMERCIAL STABLE. A facility where a fee is charged to house, pasture or rent horses or other livestock.
LARGE LIVESTOCK. Horses or any member of the domesticated horse family, including but not limited to mules, donkeys and ponies; and all varieties of cattle.
LOCAL RABIES CONTROL OFFICER or POUNDMASTER. Any person designated to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
NUISANCE. Any object, place or condition which constitutes a possible or probable medium of transmission of disease to or between human beings or any other object, place or condition which may be specifically declared by law to be a nuisance.
OWNER. Any person, firm or corporation having title to any animal or a person, firm or corporation who has, harbors or keeps or who causes or permits to be harbored or kept, an animal in his or her care or who permits an animal to remain on or about his or her premises.
RUNNING AT LARGE.
(a) Not completely confined by a building, wall, fence or other enclosure of sufficient strength, or construction to restrain the animal confined thereby, to the premises of the owner. An electronic or invisible fence shall not be considered a fence or other enclosure of sufficient strength or construction to restrain the animal confined thereby in compliance with this section.
(b) Not completely restrained by a leash or chain sufficiently strong to prevent the animal from escaping and which restricts the animal to the owner's premises in such a manner that it shall not have access to within ten feet of any sidewalk or entry to the home or any mail box at the home.
(c) Not completely restrained by a leash or within an automobile when away from the premises of the owner.
SANITARY. Any condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the probability of disease transmission.
SMALL LIVESTOCK. All types of domesticated swine, sheep and goats.
WILD ANIMAL. Includes, but is not be limited to any poisonous or dangerous reptile or any other animal which is normally to be found in the wild state and is normally incapable of being domesticated, and including, but not limited to skunks, foxes, leopards, panthers, tigers, lions, lynx unless certified for medical, biological, herpetological or other scientific research or study.
(B) Unless otherwise indicated, the terms employed in this chapter are to be construed to mean the same thing as contained in the definition thereof in Webster's Dictionary.
(Ord. 102-15, passed 12-16-14)