Section
General Provisions
90.01 Definitions
90.02 Interference with the Animal Warden
90.03 Keeping of certain animals within town prohibited
90.04 Animals on sidewalks
90.05 Driving through streets
90.06 Dangerous animals, owning or keeping prohibited
90.07 Dogs or animals used for sentry or guard duty
90.08 Teasing or molesting
90.09 Law enforcement dogs excluded
Dog Regulations
90.20 Restraint
90.21 Collar, vaccination tag and the like
90.22 Keeping and penning; sanitary quarters required
90.23 Animals creating nuisance
90.24 Owner liable for damages caused by dog
90.25 Disposition of fierce, dangerous or vicious dogs
Cat Regulations
90.40 Collar, vaccination tag and the like
Slaughtering of Animals
90.55 Definitions
90.56 Slaughtering of containment animals or livestock
90.99 Penalty
Statutory reference:
Dogs, see G.S. §§ 67-1 et seq.
Municipal regulation of domestic animals, see G.S. § 160A-186
Protection of animals, see G.S. §§ 19A-1 et seq.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL SHELTER. Any premises, including, but not limited to, the County Animal Shelter, designated for the purpose of impounding and caring for any animal found running at large in violation of this subchapter.
ANIMAL WARDEN. The person employed by the town to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
AT LARGE. As applied to an animal, means off the property of its owner and not under the control of a competent person.
OWNER. Any person who owns, keeps or harbors an animal.
UNDER RESTRAINT.
(1) Controlled by a leash;
(2) At “heel” beside a competent person and obedient to that person’s commands;
(3) On or within a vehicle being driven or parked on the street and unable to bite persons outside the vehicle; or
(4) Within the property limits of its owners.
(Ord. passed 6-27-2006)
No person shall interfere with, hinder or molest the animal warden or any of his or her agents in performing any of his or her duties, or seek to release any animal from custody, except as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. passed 6-27-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a person described in the second sentence of this section, to keep or maintain overnight any cow, cattle, sheep, hog or goat within the corporate limits of the town; and it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any live fowl for any period of time within the corporate limits of the town, except while transporting the same through the corporate limits of the town and the same are securely confined.
(B) The keeping or maintaining of any of the named animals by a public educational institution for educational purposes located within the corporate limits of the town is exempt from this section.
(Ord. passed 6-27-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
It shall be unlawful to ride or drive any horse, cow or other animal on any of the sidewalks, or to hitch any horse, cow or other animal in such a manner that it obstructs a sidewalk.
(Ord. passed 6-27-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
It shall be unlawful to drive any animal through the streets of the town, unless such animal is bridled or haltered.
(Ord. passed 6-27-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99
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