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(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any owner to permit an animal to be at large. This section shall not apply to a community cat caregiver.
(B) (1) An owner may lawfully permit an animal which has not been deemed a dangerous dog or a potentially dangerous dog to be at large in the course of a show, obedience school, tracking tests, field training or other events sanctioned or supervised by a recognized organization. Hunting dogs may be at large in the course of hunting if under the control of the owner.
(2) However, this provision does not exempt an owner from otherwise complying with § 91.08 or any other provision of this chapter.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any dog to take the dog into or allow the dog to enter any public park without being at all times under the restraint of a leash unless the park is designated as a dog park.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of a female dog or female cat to allow that animal to be at large during its estrus period. During this period, the owner or person having possession of the animal must restrain the animal in an enclosure in the manner that will prevent the animal from coming in contact with a male of its species. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the intentional breeding of animals on the premises of the owners or keepers of the animals involved.
(E) Any owner reclaiming a cat or dog that has been running at large shall be required to have his or her animal microchipped by a licensed veterinarian within ten business days.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004; Am. Ord. passed 6-4-2012; Am. Ord. passed 11-20-2017) Penalty, see §
91.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, possess or maintain an animal in the manner so as to constitute a nuisance.
(B) The actions of an animal constitute a nuisance when an animal disturbs the rights of, threatens the safety of or damages a member of the general public or interferes with the ordinary use and enjoyment of private or public property:
(1) Maintaining an animal that habitually or repeatedly disturbs, interferes with or annoys human beings;
(2) Maintaining an animal that tips over garbage pails or damages gardens, flowers or vegetables;
(3) Failing to confine in a building or secure enclosure a female dog while in estrus;
(4) Allowing or permitting an animal to bark, whine, howl or yowl in an excessive, continuous or untimely fashion, or to make other noise in the manner so as to result in a serious annoyance or interference with the reasonable use and enjoyment of neighboring premises. Any person lodging the complaint shall be responsible for pursuing available judicial remedies by filing the action with the appropriate judicial authority;
(5) Maintaining an animal that chases, snaps at, attacks or otherwise molests pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicle passengers or farm stock or domestic animals;
(6) Maintaining an animal that habitually or continuously loiters on public places; and
(7) Maintaining an animal that is diseased and dangerous to the health of the public unless under the care of a licensed veterinarian.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004) Penalty, see § 91.99
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an animal that cannot be seized by reasonable and normal means, retrieved by an animal control officer, trapped in a humane, live-capture animal trap provided by the Animal Control Section, or tranquilized by animal control personnel, may be humanely destroyed in the field upon the authorization of the Animal Control director or the director’s designee. Provided, a vicious animal, a dangerous animal so designated by the Animal Control Section, or an animal attacking a human being, another pet or livestock may be immediately destroyed if, in the opinion of the Animal Control Section Field Supervisor or designee or animal control officer, the destruction is necessary for the protection of the public health and safety of the public or livestock.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004)
The Animal Control Section is authorized to place, upon request of the property owner or lessee, live-capture animal traps on private or public property to trap and remove stray, at large, abandoned or nuisance animals. It is unlawful for any person other than an animal control officer or the officer’s designee to remove any animal from the trap or to damage, destroy, move or tamper with the trap. The Animal Control Section is authorized to receive and impound animals that are trapped by other agencies or persons. The Animal Control Section shall offer to a property owner, lessee, or other resident who calls about stray or community cats information about Trap-Neuter-Return, and shall offer to refer the individual to a Trap-Neuter-Return Program.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004; Am. Ord. passed 6-4-2012)
Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) Generally. It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep an inherently dangerous mammal within the county.
(B) Exemptions. The following shall be exempt from this chapter:
(1) Any nonprofit institution or exhibitor or dealer, which owns or harbors inherently dangerous mammals for research; provided that, the institution/facility/premises are licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or Interior;
(2) Traveling fairs, circuses and carnivals shall also be exempt from this section; and
(3) Any inherently dangerous mammal registered with the Animal Control Section prior to 6-3-1990.
(C) Recapturing. The owner of any inherently dangerous mammal shall reimburse the county for all costs incurred while attempting to recapture any mammal. If the animal is sheltered or euthanized by Animal Control, the owner shall also pay these costs.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) It is unlawful for any owner to maintain or harbor unrestrained any dangerous dog or potentially dangerous dog.
(B) For a dangerous dog, the owner shall post a plainly visible sign upon the premises warning that a dangerous dog is on the premises. The sign shall be deemed an incidental sign for the purposes of the County Zoning Ordinance. The sign's placement will be determined and approved by the Wake County Animal Control Section.
(C) A dog deemed a "dangerous dog" shall be under constant restraint, under the definition for restraint of a dangerous dog, from the date that the dog is deemed dangerous and during any appeal process. If the appeal process is exhausted and the dangerous dog designation upheld, the dog will be kept under "restraint of a dangerous dog" from that point on until any such time that said designation may be removed under the provisions of this chapter.
(D) A dog deemed "potentially dangerous" shall be under constant restraint, under the definition for restraint of a potentially dangerous dog, from the date that the dog is deemed a potentially dangerous dog and during any appeal process. If the appeal process is exhausted and the potentially dangerous dog designation upheld, the dog will be kept under "restraint of potentially dangerous dog" from that point on until any such time that said designation may be removed under the provisions of this chapter.
(E) Dogs trained or being trained in mode of attack are subject to this section.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004; Am. Ord. passed 11-20-2017) Penalty, see §
91.99
(A) If a dog is declared to be a "dangerous dog" by the Animal Control Section, the dog's owner shall have the dog sterilized within 30 days of a final determination of being "Dangerous" and exhaustion of any appeal(s) thereof, and shall provide proof that the dog has been sterilized to the Wake County Animal Control Section.
(B) If a dog is declared to be a "dangerous dog" by the Wake County Animal Control Section, the dog's owner shall have the dog microchipped within ten business days of final determination of dangerous dog and shall provide proof that the dog has been microchipped to the Wake County Animal Control Section.
(C) If a dog is declared to be a "potentially dangerous dog" by the Wake County Animal Control Section, the dog's owner shall have the dog microchipped within ten business days of being declared a "potentially dangerous dog" and shall provide proof that the dog has been microchipped to the Wake County Animal Control Section.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2004; Am. Ord. passed 11-20-2017) Penalty, see §
91.99
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