6.04.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
A. “Animal” means all domestic or domesticated members of the animal kingdom, classes Mammalia and Aves.
B. “Animal at large” means any animal not under the immediate supervision of an owner or agent, or found unsupervised, leashed or unleashed, within the city limits on public streets, walkways, rights-of-way, public parks and playgrounds, or otherwise outside the property of an owner or agent.
C. “Animal control officer” means the chief of police or their designee who shall be responsible for the licensing of animals, rabies control of impounded animals, investigation of animal bites and complaints, maintaining the animal control program and the city animal impoundment center, and the destruction and disposal of animals. The animal control officer may participate in public education efforts concerning animal control and safety.
D. “Animal control shelter” means a city-maintained impoundment with pens for dogs and other animals.
E. “Cat” means any domestic member of the family Felidae, commonly referred to as a cat.
F. “Dog” means any member of the mammalia family Canidae commonly called dogs, but not fox, wolf or other game species the taking of which is regulated by the state. Any game species kept as a pet must have a valid state permit.
G. “Frequent or prolonged noise” means:
1. Repeated vocalizing by any animal(s), except an animal in a licensed kennel or a commercial facility for animals, in a sixty- (60-) minute period from the time the noise begins and that lasts for more than twenty (20) consecutive minutes between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
2. Repeated vocalizing by any animal(s) for ten (10) consecutive minutes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
H. “Kennel” means a premises or property where four (4) or more dogs six (6) months of age or older are kept. [Ord. 23-08 § 2, 2023; Ord. 11-12 § 2; Amd. 1 to Ord. 177, 1988; Ord. 177, 1987.]