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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3323 TH.~, CO.R.P.O. RATXON ~)F,,, ,THE TO~S,HXP OF, PICKERXNG A By-law to prohibit the running at large of dogs within the Town- ship of Picketing, to license dogs, to provide for regulations of Dog Pound services, and to repea! law Number 3136 1. In this By-law (a) "dog" means any dog, male or female. ~/~ (b) "owner" ora dog includes any person who possesses or harbours a dog and "owns" and "owned" have a corresponding meaning. (c) "Running at large" - a dog shall be deemed to be running at large when 6ound on a highway or other public place and not under the control of any person. (d) 'Spayed Female" means a female dog which has been operated on by a licensed Veterinarian to prevent concept ion. (e) "Dog Kennel" shall mean a kennel of pure-bred dogs registered in the Register of The Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated. 5 2. No dog shall run at large and no person shall permit a i dog owned by him to run at large in the Township of Picketing. 3. No person shall keep or maintain any dog in the Township of unless such has liceased and Picketing dog been regis- ~ tered under this by-law and subject to the provisions of the Dog Tax and Live Stock and Poultry Protection Act wears a collar to which is affixed a dog tag issued for the current year for the said dog. (~ 4. The owner of every dog in the Township of Picketing shall on or before the fifteenth day of February in each year pay to the Township of Picketing a license fee in accord- an~e with the following schedule: (a) license fee for first male dog ............... $ 5.00 license fee for a second male dog in a household ................. 7.50 license fee for each additional male dog over two ~n a household ............ 15.00 (b) license fee for ~irst female dog ............. 8.00 license fee for a second female dog in a household ............ 15.00 license fee for each additional female over two in a household ................ 25.00 (c) license fee to cover all dogs in a dog kennel of pure-bred dogs in a registered kennel ............................ 10.00 -2- (d) ~ogs shall be registered by their owners on or before the 15th day of February in each year on registration fo~ms provided for the purpose. Dog owners shall provide the following information: (1) The name and address of the owner of the dog; (2) Name and description of the dog to be licensed: (3) Such further or other information as may be required by Council of the Township of Picketing. (e) The issuer of licenses, upon payment of the prop~ license fee, shall issue ~o the owner of every dog a tag having inscribed upon it a serial number and the year for Which it was issued, and the said issuer of licenses shall also issue to the owner of a dog so licensed a receipt for the license fee so paid and the license shall expire om the thirty-first day of December of the year for which it was issued. (f) The license fee paid pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) or (c) of this section shall be applied only in respect to the dog license for which the said fee was paid and shall not be transferable, nor shall the dog tag issued for a dog be used for or affixed to the collar of any dog other than the dog for which it was *aaled. (g) The Owner of a dog which has been duly licensed and registered under this by-law may obtain a dog tag to replace a dog tag which has been lost upon payment of a fee of twenty-five cents (.25¢). permit it to howl or bark excessively. Any person so aggrieved may appear before a Justice of the Peace and swear out an Information on charging the owner with a breach of this section. 6. Any person shall be entitled to take charge of any dog found running at large and deliver the same to the Dog Control Officer of the Township of Picketing, 7. Any unlicensed dog or any dog found running at large contrary to any provisions of this By-law shall be impounded. (a) The dog pound of the Township of Picketing shall be open for the purpose of returning and retrieving dogs bet-ween the hours of 1:00 p,m, and 2:00 p.m. and also between 8:00 p.m. a~d 9=00 p.m. Monday to Friday and between 9:00 a.m. and ll:00 a.m. on Saturdays. (b) The dog pound shall be closed on Sundays. 8. Any dog found running at large may be lodged in the dog pound ar~ shall be fed and watered for a period of not more than seventy-two (72) hours plus days that the pound is closed, after the owner has been notified, wherever possible, that the dog has been committed to the pound. -3- 9. The DOg Control Officer of the Township of Picketing shall 1'~4~ within twenty-four (24) hours from the seizure of any dog bearing a tag, or within t~e~ty-four (24) hours from the time any dog bearing a tag is taken into the dog pound, when possible, notify the owner of the seizure with the exception of Sundays. (a) If the owner of any dog impounded that bears a tag fails to claim his or her dog or dogs and pay the Township of Picketing a five dollar ($5.00) impounding fee together with a charge of five dollars ($5.00} per day for any part of a day such dog or dogs shall be held for not more than twenty four (24) hours and shall be disposed of and the owner shall have no re- course against the Municipality or the Dog Control Officer. (b) Should any dog be impounded by the Dog Control Officer more than once in any one calendar year, the owner, shall pay to the Township of Picketing an impounding fee of Five Dollars ($5.00} and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each day or part of a day that the said dog is held by the Dog Control Officer before the dog is released to him. (c} The fee for picking up a dog and disposing of, or selling s~me through the services of the DOg Control Officer shall be Five Dollars ($5.00). tt %10. If there is no tag on any dog seized or taken or put into the dog pound, the Dog Control Officer shall destroy it at the end of a seventy-two (72) hour period plus days that the pound is closed, if same has not in the meantime been sold or claimed. 11. Dogs that have to be destroyed at the end of the seventy- two (72) hour period shall be destroyed or disposed of in such manner as Council may from time to time by resolution direct. 12. No dog shall be returned to the owner unless it has been licensed in accordance with the provisions of this by-law, and any owner of a dog without a tag and any purchaser of a dog shall obtain a tag for the current year before delivery is made. 13. A penalty of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) exclusive of costs shall be imposed upon every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law and every such penalty shall be recoverable under the provisions of the Summary Convictions Act. 14. This by-law shall be effective as of the passing thereof. 15. By-law Number 3136 is hereby repealed. -4- BY-LAW read a first and second time this ~,~ day of]~c~ . 1967. BY-LAW read a third time and PASSED this .2¢, day of~---, 1967.