ANIMAL or ANIMALS. Any dog or dogs.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person designated to be responsible for the care and maintenance of the animal pound and who shall work with other law enforcement officials in the enforcement of this chapter.
AT LARGE. Off or outside of the premises belonging to the owner or keeper of such animal and not under the control of such owner, possessor, or keeper or member of their immediate family over 12 years of age either by leash or otherwise.
IMPOUND. Taken to the Humane Society by law enforcement.
LEASH. A cord, thong, or chain not more than ten feet in length by which the person accompanying it controls the animal.
OWNER. A person owning, keeping, or harboring an animal or the occupant of any premises to which an animal customarily returns is presumed to be the owner.
PREMISES. The dwelling house and outbuildings and the lot or tract of land on which the same are situated and shall include an automobile or other vehicle in which the owner of the animal shall be an occupant or of which they shall have control or in which any animal shall be situated with the consent of the owner of the vehicle.
QUALIFIED PERSON. Any person qualified to vaccinate animals against rabies.
VACCINATION. The injection by a veterinarian or other qualified person of vaccine approved by, and administered in accordance with, the provisions of this chapter and the resolutions of the City Council.
VICIOUS ANIMAL. Any animal which, according to records of the appropriate authority, has inflicted serious injury on a human being on public or private property; any animal that, according to records of appropriate authority, has killed or seriously injured a domestic animal while on or off of the owner’s property; any animal owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of fighting or any animal trained for fighting; any unleashed animal which chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public or private property in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack; any animal of a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack, to cause injury, or to otherwise threaten the safety of human beings or animals.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.010) (Ord. 98-5, passed - -; Ord. 18-05, passed 6-1-2018; Ord. 22-03, passed 8-4-2022)