A. General Definitions:
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION DEPARTMENT: | A department of the Village authorized to enforce compliance with all municipal ordinances pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 3 of the West Dundee Village Code. |
ANIMAL: | Any living vertebrate creature, domestic or wild, other than man. |
ANIMAL CONTROL WARDEN: | Any member of the West Dundee police department. |
CAT: | All members of the family Felidae. |
COMPANION ANIMAL: | Any animal commonly considered to be, or to be used as a pet. "Companion animal" includes, but is not limited to, canines, felines, and equines. |
DANGEROUS DOG: | Any individual dog when unmuzzled, unleashed, or unattended by its owner or custodian that behaves in a manner that a reasonable person would believe poses a serious and unjustified imminent threat of serious physical injury or death to a person or a companion animal in a public place. |
DEPARTMENT: | The West Dundee police department. |
DOG: | All members of the family Canidae. |
DOWNED ANIMAL: | An animal incapable of walking without assistance. |
ENCLOSURE: | A fence or structure of at least six feet (6') in height, approved by the Village, forming or causing an enclosure suitable to prevent the entry of young children, and suitable to confine a vicious dog in conjunction with other measures that may be taken by the owner or keeper, such as tethering of the vicious dog within the enclosure. The enclosure shall be securely enclosed and locked and designed to prevent the animal from escaping from the enclosure. If the enclosure is a room within a residence, the door must be locked. A vicious dog may be allowed to move about freely within the entire residence if it is muzzled at all times. |
EXHIBITOR: | Any person (public or private) exhibiting any animals, which were purchased in commerce or the intended distribution of which affects the public, regardless of compensation. This term includes carnivals, circuses, animal acts, zoos, and educational exhibits, exhibiting such animals whether operated for profit or not. This term excludes retail pet stores, horse and dog races, organizations sponsoring and all persons participating in state and county fairs, livestock shows, rodeos, field trials, coursing events, purebred dog and cat shows and any other fairs or exhibitions intended to advance agricultural arts and science as may be determined by the department. |
FERAL CAT: | A cat that: 1. Is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized, or 2. Is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized or lives on a farm. |
HAS BEEN BITTEN: | Has been seized with the teeth or jaws so that the person or animal seized has been nipped, gripped, wounded, or pierced, and further included contact of saliva with any break or abrasion of the skin. |
HEARING OFFICER: | An attorney licensed to practice law in Illinois for a minimum of three (3) years who presides over all hearings of the Administrative Adjudication Department to determine whether or not a violation of the Village Code exists. |
HIVE: | A shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive. |
HUMANE SOCIETY: | Any chartered, not for profit organization authorized to do business in this state and organized for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals and promoting humane care and treatment of animals. |
IMPOUNDED: | Taken into custody of the department. |
INOCULATION AGAINST RABIES: | The injection of an anti rabies vaccine approved by the Illinois department of agriculture and administered by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations for the vaccine used. |
LEASH: | A cord, rope, strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal and shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or animal under control. |
LICENSED VETERINARIAN: | A veterinarian licensed by the state in which he/she engages in the practice of veterinarian medicine. |
NUC COLONY: | "Nucleus colony" means a small honeybee colony created from a larger colony. Term also refers to the structure holding the colony, nuc box. |
NUISANCE: | Persons in possession of real property are entitled to the quiet enjoyment of their lands. If a neighbor interferes with that quiet enjoyment, either by creating smells, sounds, pollution or any other hazard that extends past the boundaries of the property it shall be deemed a nuisance. |
OWNER: | Any person having a right of property in an animal, or who keeps or harbors an animal, or who has in his care, or acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits a domestic, wild or exotic animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by that person. Owners must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. |
PERSON: | Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the state of Illinois, municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state, or any other business unit. |
PHYSICAL INJURY: | The impairment of physical condition, |
POUND: | "Pound" or "Animal Control Facility" may be used interchangeably and mean any facility approved by the department for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and used as a shelter for seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs. |
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: | A printed form prescribed by the Kane County animal control for the purpose of recording pertinent information as required by Kane County. |
RESEARCH FACILITY: | Any school (except elementary or secondary school), institution, organization or person that uses or intends to use live animals in research, test, or experiments, and that: (a) purchases or transports live animals in commerce or (b) receives funds under a grant, award, loan, or instrumentality of the United States for the purpose of carrying out research, test or experiments. |
SECURITY ANIMALS: | All animals used to provide security either on a contractual or permanent basis on or in any business establishment. |
SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY: | A physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious protracted disfigurement, and protracted impairment of health, impairment of the function of any bodily organ or plastic surgery. |
STRAY OR STRAYING ANIMAL: | A dog or other animal not on the property of the owner or not confined or under control by leash or other recognized control measures. |
VICIOUS DOG: | A dog that, without justification, attacks a person and causes serious physical injury or death or any individual dog that has been found to be a "dangerous dog" upon three (3) separate occasions. |
ZOO OR ZOOLOGICAL PARKS: | Any park, building, cages, enclosure, or other structure or premises in which a live animal or animals are kept for public exhibition or viewing, regardless of compensation. (Ord. 2021-10, 4-19-2021) |