For the purpose of this Article I, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AT LARGE. Off the premises of the owner and not under the control of a leash of the owner, a
member of the owner’s family or an authorized person. For purposes of this article, voice control shall not be considered as control.
BITE. To seize with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal seized has been nipped, gripped, wounded, or pierced, and further includes contact of saliva with any break or abrasion of the skin.
DANGEROUS DOG. Any individual dog which, when either unmuzzled, unleashed, or unattended by its owner or a member of the owner’s family, approaches any person or other animal in an apparent attitude of attack; or, a dog that, without justification, bites a person or other animal.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
DOG. All members of the animal family Canidae.
INOCULATION AGAINST RABIES. The injection, subcutaneously or otherwise, as approved by the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois of canine anti-rabic vaccine, approved by the Department of Agriculture.
OWNER. Any person having a right of property in an animal, or who keeps or harbors an animal, or who has an animal in his or her care, or who acts as its custodian, feeds, or knowingly permits an animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her.
RESTRAINT. A dog is under restraint within the meaning of this chapter if it is controlled by a leash, within a vehicle being driven or parked on the
streets, or within the property limits of the owner or keeper.
STRAY. An animal without known ownership; by lack of collar, leash, or microchip.
(1993 Code, § 3-1-1) (Ord. 517, passed 12-18-1972; Am. Ord. 1248, passed 12-23-2002; Am. Ord. 1381, passed 8-7-2006; Am. Ord. 1703, passed 8-15-2016)