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CHAPTER II. ANIMALS AND FOWL
Article 1. Animals, Fowl
Generally
Article 2. Dogs; Cats
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ARTICLE 1. ANIMALS, FOWL
GENERALLY
2-101. DEFINITIONS. For
the purpose of this article, the following words shall mean:
(a) Animal shall
include, but shall not be limited to, cattle, horses, mules, goats, hogs and
sheep.
(b) Fowl shall
include, but shall not be limited to, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas
and pigeons.
(c) Person shall mean
any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
(d) Undomesticated animal
means and includes any wild mammal, reptile or fowl which is not naturally tame
but is of a wild nature or disposition.
2-102.
ANIMALS OR FOWL AT LARGE: UNLAWFUL
ACTS. It shall be unlawful for any
person to suffer or permit any domestic animal or fowl, owned or under the care
of charge of such person or persons, to run or be at large within the corporate
limits of the city. The word
"animal" as used herein shall not be construed to mean or include any
dog or cat for the purposes of this article.
The phrase "at large" shall mean any domestic animal or fowl
not securely confined or kept on the premises of their owner or keeper.
(Code 1971, 2-101; 11-308)
2-103.
PASTURING OR PICKETING ANIMALS. It
shall be unlawful for any person to pasture, graze or herd a domestic animal or
animals upon any street, avenue, alley, or public park of the city.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to picket any domestic
animals upon or near any street, avenue or alley in such manner that the animal
can, while so picketed, graze or pasture or be upon any such street, avenue or
public ground. Any animal being
pastured, grazed or picketed in violation of this section shall be deemed at
large and may be taken up and held as a stray animal as hereinafter provided.
(Code 1971, 2-102)
2-104.
TAKING UP ANIMALS OR FOWL. When
any domestic animal or fowl shall be found at large in the city, contrary to the
provisions of sections 2-102:103 of this article, it shall be the duty of the
chief of police or other police office of the city, to take up such animal or
fowl and keep the same in a safe place temporarily until the owner or keeper
thereof may be found. The officer
shall make a diligent inquiry for the owner or keeper of such animals or fowl
and shall return the same to the person lawfully entitled thereto when found.
The city shall be entitled to receive from any person the actual cost of
feeding and keeping of any animal or fowl taken up hereunder.
Any city officer having charge of such animal or fowl shall keep an
account of the cost incurred thereby and report the same to the city clerk.
Whenever any animal or fowl taken up which shall be a "stray"
as defined by the laws of Kansas and whose owner or keeper cannot be found, the
chief of police shall report such taking up to the sheriff of the county and the
animal or fowl shall be disposed of as provided by law.
(Code 1971, Sec. 2-103; Code 1983)
Note: See Article 2, Chapter
47, Kansas Statutes Annotated.
2-105.
KEEPING LIVESTOCK. It shall
be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or harbor within the city limits of
the city any horses, cattle, swine, goats, sheep or any other livestock or
domestic animal, other than chinchillas, rabbits, cats or dogs.
For the purposes provided herein, the keeping and harboring of such
animal shall not include the following: the
temporary custody of such animal while held under the order of a licensed
veterinarian for the purposes of treatment; use in educational or vocational
programs conducted by an educational institution accredited and certified by the
State of Kansas; or while such animal is in the process of being transported by
ordinary and customary means. (Ord.
545, Sec.1)
2-106.
ANIMAL NUISANCES. This
article shall not be construed to authorize the keeping or maintenance of any
domestic animal or livestock on any premises within the city under any condition
constituting a public nuisance. The
city board of health shall be authorized to abate any animal nuisance as
provided by law and ordinances of the city.
(Code 1971, 2-105)
ARTICLE 2. DOGS; CATS
2-201.
DOG TAX: No
person shall own, keep or harbor any dog or dogs six months of age or more
within the city until he or she shall have paid the annual city dog tax
hereinafter provided and procured from the city clerk a dog tag for the current
year for each such dog; and
(a) The annual tax shall be
$1 for each male dog and each spayed female dog.
Any person paying the tax for a spayed female dog shall furnish to the
city clerk a certificate from a licensed veterinarian or some other satisfactory
proof that such dog has been spayed; and
(b) Two dollars fifty cents
for each unspayed female dog.
(c) The owner or keeper of
any dog brought into the city on or after January 1, of any year, shall be
liable for the tax for the current year within 60 days after said dog shall have
been brought into the city. All
license fees required under this article shall be for a period of one year and
shall not be pro-rated for any portion of the year.
(d) The owner or keeper of
any dog born on or after January 1 of any year shall be liable for the full
annual tax for the current year within 60 days after said dog shall have become
six months old. No license required
under this subsection shall be pro-rated based upon the age of the dog.
(e) No person shall own, keep
or harbor in any place, area, building, structure, or enclosure
more than five (5) dogs, more than six months old, which are boarded, cared for,
housed, fed, trained, or bred, within the city. This definition includes both
private and commercially operated facilities, except to a licensed veterinarian
to operate an animal hospital.
(f) No kennel licenses will be issued within the city, except to a
licensed veterinarian to operate an animal hospital.
(g) Any person who shall fail
to purchase a license as required in this section, shall upon conviction be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in sections 1-114:115.
The imposition of said penalty shall not relieve the person of any
additional penalties imposed under section 2-202.
(Code 1971, 2-201; Code 1983) (Ord. 682, Sec. 1)
2-202.
SAME; WHEN DUE. All dog tags
shall be due and payable at the office of the city clerk from and after January
1 of each year. If the tax required
to be paid for any such dog shall not be paid prior to March 1 of any year, the
owner or harborer shall pay an additional penalty of $.50 per month for each
month's delay in the payment of the tax required by section 2-201 of this
article. (Code 1971, 2-202)
2-203.
NOTICE OF TAX DUE. The city
clerk shall each year on or before the 15th day of February publish a notice of
the requirements of this article requiring the owners or harborers of dogs in
the city to pay the annual tax. Such
notice shall be published once in the official city paper.
(Code 1971, 2-203)
2-204.
VACCINATION REQUIRED. Any
person making application for a dog tag shall be required to present to the city
clerk at the time of making such application a certificate issued by a licensed
veterinarian plainly showing that the dog has been vaccinated or inoculated with
a recognized rabies vaccine within the past two years, and certifying that the
inoculation is currently effective. (Code
1971, 2-204)
2-205.
TAX RECEIPT. The city clerk
shall upon payment of the dog tax issue to the person paying the same a receipt
showing payment of the current tax. The
city clerk shall also supply the taxpayer with a suitable tag which shall bear
an identifying number and shall show the year for which the tax shall have been
paid. The city clerk shall keep a
suitable book in which he or she shall enter the names and addresses of the
persons paying taxes on dogs the names of the dogs, the sex, each female if
spayed, the color and general description which may be helpful in identifying
such animal. (Code 1971, 2-205)
2-206. DISPLAYING TAG ON DOG.
It shall be the duty of the person receiving the dog tag to affix it by
permanent metal fasteners to the collar or harness of the dog on which the tax
shall have been paid. The metal tag
issued for any dog shall be securely affixed to the collar or harness of the dog
in such manner that the same may at all times be visible to any police officer
of the city. If such tag be lost,
the city clerk, on application and satisfactory proof of the same and upon the
payment of the sum of $.50 shall issue a duplicate tag and enter a record of the
same in his book. (Code 1971, 2-206)
2-207. COUNTERFEITING OR REMOVING TAGS.
It shall be unlawful for any person to counterfeit or attempt to
counterfeit, the dog tag provided in this article or to take from any dog the
tag legally placed on it by its owner, with the intent to place the same upon
another dog. (Code 1971, 2-207)
2-208.
TAGS NOT TRANSFERABLE. Dog
tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another, and no refunds shall be
made of any tax paid because of the owner leaving the city or because of the
death of the dog before the expiration of the license.
(Code 1971, 2-208)
2-209.
CITY POUND. The city pound is
hereby established for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
article and it shall be the duty of the chief of police to construct the same
and keep it in good repair. (Code
1971, 2-209)
2-210.
UNTAGGED DOGS. It shall be
unlawful for any person to house, keep, harbor or maintain, or cause to be kept,
harbored or maintained for more than 24 hours within the city, any dog six
months or older on which a tag for the current year is not displayed.
This section shall not apply to dogs owned by nonresidents of the city,
such dogs of nonresidents not being allowed to remain in the city for more than
30 days without being properly tagged. (Code
1971, 1-210)
2-211.
IMPOUNDING: INQUIRY:
DESTRUCTION. The chief of
police or any police officer shall take up and impound any dog running at large
not wearing a tag as provided by this article and shall make a diligent inquiry
for the owner thereof. Such dog
shall be destroyed, sold or otherwise disposed of if not claimed or redeemed
within five days of the time of impounding.
If the dog is wearing a tag, an effort shall be made to contact the
owner. (Code 1971, 2-211)
2-212.
REDEEMING DOGS. A person
wishing to redeem an impounded dog shall pay to the city clerk a $25 redemption
fee prior to the release of the dog. When
the owner of an impounded dog presents the pound keeper with the tag and receipt
from the city showing such charges have been paid, the dog shall be released to
him or her. In the event the
impounded dog is nonlicensed or has not been vaccinated as required by section
2-204, before the pound keeper shall release the dog to the owner or keeper,
such owner or keeper shall post a $10 deposit with the city clerk.
Subsequent to being released, the dog must be given immunization as
required by this article within a seven day period or the deposit shall be
forfeited. The deposit shall be
returned to the owner or keeper upon presenting evidence of compliance with this
section. (Code 1971, 2-212; Code
1983)
2-213.
BREAKING POUND. It shall be
unlawful for any person to break open, aid or assist, counsel or advise the
breaking open of the city pound or to take, or to let out, or to attempt to take
or let out any dog placed therein by a police officer except by authority of a
city police officer or the city clerk. (Code
1971, 1-213)
2-214. MUZZLING DOGS: MAYOR'S
PROCLAMATION. The mayor is hereby
authorized, when danger from rabid dogs is imminent, to issue a proclamation
ordering all persons owning or harboring any dogs in this city to muzzle or
confine the same in an enclosure from which the dog cannot escape, or fasten
such dog securely on the premises where the owner or harborer may reside for
such time designated in the proclamation. Any
dog suspected of having rabies shall be impounded for a period of at least ten
days on the premises of the owner or impounded elsewhere at the owner's expense
to determine if the dog is suffering from rabies and any dog afflicted shall be
immediately killed. (Code 1971,
2-214)
2-215.
NOISY ANIMALS. It shall be
unlawful for any person to keep, own, or harbor, within the city, any animal
which is in the habit of excessive barking, howling, crowing, meowing,
screeching, braying, or crying by day or night, disturbing the peace and quiet
of any person, family, or neighborhood within the city. “Animal” as used
herein shall include, but not be limited to, any horses, cattle, swine, goats,
sheep, chinchillas, rabbits, fowl, cats and dogs.
(Code 1971, 2-215)
2-216.
VICIOUS DOGS. It shall be
unlawful for any person within the city to keep, own or harbor any cross or
vicious dog, or any dog which has been known to bite, chase or run after any
person or animal within the city, unless such person shall keep such dog muzzled
with a good or sufficient wire muzzle, or securely fastened and tied so that he
cannot reach any person to do him damage, or shall keep the dog in an enclosure
securely fenced so that the dog cannot escape therefrom and posting a sign
warning the public of the vicious dog. The
owner or harborer of such vicious dog who shall permit such dog to run at large
without being muzzled shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
It shall be the duty of any city police officer to forthwith dispose of
any such vicious dog, without further notice, and it shall be lawful for any
person to kill such dog, whenever in danger of being bitten thereby or whenever
the owner or harborer thereof shall fail immediately to confine or muzzle the
same, upon being warned or requested to do so.
(Code 1971, 2-216)
2-217. DOG FIGHTING. It
shall be unlawful for any person, by words, signs or otherwise, to set any dog
or dogs to fighting, or attack any other dog or to aid or abet, or encourage any
dog fight. It shall be unlawful for
anyone being the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog, to knowingly permit such
dog to fight, without endeavoring to prevent the same by words, signs or
otherwise; to set on or encourage any dog to attack or chase any animal, or to
attack or chase any human being not engaged in malicious or criminal acts.
(Code 1971, 2-217)
2-218. DOGS AT LARGE PROHIBITED:
WHEN. It shall be
unlawful for the owner, harborer or keeper of any dog to permit or allow such
dog to run at large within the city at any time from January 1 through December
31 of any year, whether tagged or not tagged, and the owner, keeper or harborer
of any dog shall keep such securely confined on the premises of such owner,
keeper or harborer. Any dog securely
restrained within a vehicle, or by a leash or chain held or controlled by some
person when off the premises of the owner, harborer or keeper, shall not be
deemed to be running at large within the meaning of this section.
(Code 1971, 2-218)
2-219.
TRESPASSING DOGS. Each and
every dog which trespasses upon and does injury to public or private property of
any person other than the owner, keeper or harborer of such, is hereby declared
a nuisance. Each such dog shall be
subject to be impounded as provided in this article.
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a trespassing dog declared to be
a public nuisance hereunder shall be subject to the penalty provisions of
section 1-115 of this code. (Code
1971, 2-219)
2-220.
POUND FEES. A daily charge of
$2.50 will be assessed against the owner or keeper of each animal kept in the
city pound. All charges collected
pursuant to this section shall go to the city general operating fund.
(Code 1983)
2-221.
DOG BITES: QUARANTINE.
Whenever any dog has bitten a person, it shall be the duty of the owner
or harborer of such dog, or any police officer of the city, or any other person
having knowledge of such incident to report the same to the city health officer.
The health officer shall order that the dog be quarantined on the owner's
premises or impounded elsewhere at the owner's expense for a period of not less
than ten days and until such time as the health officer finds that such dog
shows no evidence of having rabies. If
it is determined that such dog is suffering from rabies, it shall be forthwith
destroyed; otherwise it shall be released from quarantine.
(Code 1971, 2-220)
2-222. CATS AT LARGE, PROHIBITED.
(a) It shall be unlawful for
the owner, harborer or keeper of any cat to permit or allow such cat to run at
large within the city at any time. The
owner, keeper or harborer of any cat shall keep such cat securely confined on
the premises of such owner, keeper or harborer. Cats
found running at large shall be trapped in a humane manner and disposed of if
not claimed within five days.
(b) No person shall keep or
harbor more than six cats upon the premises of such owner, harborer or keeper.
(Code 1971, 2-221; Code 1983)
2-223. UNLAWFUL ACTS; CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Cruelty to animals is any of the following acts:
Intentional killing, injuring, maiming, torturing or mutilating an
animal; or
Having physical custody of an animal and acting or failing to act when
the act or failure to act causes or permits pain or suffering to such animal; or
Abandoning or leaving any animal in any place without making provisions
for its proper care; or
Having physical custody of any animal and failing to provide such food,
potable water, protection from the elements, opportunity for exercise and other
care is needed for the health or well-being of such kind of animal; or
Willfully or maliciously administering or causing to be administered
poison, of any kind whatsoever to any dog, cat or other domestic animal.
(Code 1983)
2-224.
INJURY TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS. No
person shall willfully and maliciously (a) administer any poison to any domestic
animal; (b) expose any poisonous substance with the intent that the same shall
be taken or swallowed by any domestic animal; or (c) kill, maim, or wound any
domestic animal of another without the consent of the owner.
This section shall not apply to any person exposing poison upon their
premises for the purpose of destroying wolves, coyotes, or other predatory
animals, nor shall it apply to any licensed veterinarian who administers any
such substance in the practice of veterinarian profession, nor to a law
enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
(Code 1983)
2-225. GENERAL. (a) Persons
who own or harbor cats, dogs, or other pets must not violate any zoning law, or
any other law of the State of Kansas, or of the city, or maintain such pets in a
manner detrimental to the health, safety, or peace of mind of any person
residing in the immediate vicinity, including, but not limited to excessive
noise (such as barking), and offensive odors.
(b) The animal control officer of the City and law enforcement officers
of the City are authorized and directed to enforce state statutes dealing with
cruelty to animals, such as but not limited to K.S.A. 21-4310, et seq. (Ord.
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