(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to restrain a dog using a chain, wire or other type of tethering device on vacant or unoccupied property.
(2) No person shall tether with a chain or wire or other device to, or cause such attachment to, a head harness, choke-type collar or pronged collar to a dog.
(3) Tethered dogs shall have access to adequate food, water, and shelter. This includes shelter from extreme heat or near freezing temperatures, flooding, tornadoes, thunderstorms, tropical storms and hurricanes.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of an animal’s owner or keeper, to knowingly and intentionally harbor or keep in possession by confinement any animal that does not belong to him or her. Any person in possession of a stray animal shall contact the Town of Winterville within 24 hours to provide notice of the stray animal’s description and location or to arrange for impoundment. It shall also be unlawful for any person other than the owner or keeper of an animal to remove its collar, license tag or rabies tag.
(C) No more than four dogs, over six months old, shall be kept on any residential or commercial parcel of land in the town. No dog pen or enclosure shall be within 30 feet of the dwelling house of any person other than the dog’s owner, unless by permission of the neighbor in writing. No pen shall be built for the purpose of maintaining more than four dogs within 500 feet of the city limits.
(1992 Code, § 91.21) (Ord. O-47-12108485, passed 12-10-1984; Ord. 02-O-111, passed 11-12-2002; Ord. 20-O-031, passed 3-9-2020) Penalty, see §
91.99