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ORDINANCE No. 2023 — 04 (As Amended) <br />Page 12 <br />CHAPTER 505 — ANIMALS & FOWL <br />505.01 DEFINITIONS. <br />(bLa) "Owner" means any person, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping, harboring, handling <br />or having charge of any animal or fowl. <br />(b) "Animal" means a dog cat caged bird hamster, gerbil fish or other animal commonly considered <br />domestic including potbellied pigs but excluding lions tigers panthers or other animals considered <br />exotic. In addition farm animals and fowl shall be defined as follows: <br />(i) "Farm Animal" means any farm animal other than an Animal including but not limited to a <br />horse mule cow, pig goat sheep alpaca and llama <br />00 "Fowl' means any goose turkey, duck chicken and other similar type of animal. (Fowl does <br />not include a rooster which is prohibited under Section 505.14(e) of this Chapter). <br />(c) "Police dog' means a dog that has been trained and is being used to assist one or more law <br />enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties. <br />f�LAt large" means either of the following <br />9441l) An animal that is off the premises of the owner and not under the control of the owner by a <br />leash, cord, chain or other device of restraint; or <br />On(2) An animal that is on the premises of the owner and outside the perimeter of an enclosed <br />area electronically fenced area or building while not under the control of the owner or not <br />restrained by a leash, cord, chain, electronic fence or similar device of restraint. <br />(e) "Menacing fashion" describes an animal behaving in a way that would cause a <br />reasonable person being chased or approached to believe that the animal is likely to cause physical iniury <br />to that person or another. <br />(f) "Without provocation" means a -an animal acts despite not being teased tormented or abused by a <br />person. <br />4874-8943-1395,v.1 <br />Formatted: Line spacing: Exactly 9 pt <br />