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ORDINANCE No. 2023 — 04 (As Amended) <br />Page 3 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />CHAPTER 505 — ANIMALS & FOWL <br />505.01 DEFINITIONS. <br />(a) "Owner" means any person, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping, harboring, handling or <br />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 />(ii) "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 />(d) "At large" means either of the following: <br />(1) 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 />(2) An animal that is on the premises of the owner and outside the perimeter of an enclosed area, <br />electronically fenced area or building while not under the control of the owner or not restrained by <br />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 reasonable person <br />being chased or approached to believe that the animal is likely to cause physical injury to that person or <br />another. <br />(f) "Without provocation" means an animal acts despite not being teased, tormented or abused by a <br />person. <br />(g) "Serious injury" means any of the following: <br />(1) Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death; <br />(2) Any physical harm that involves a permanent incapacity, whether partial or total, or a temporary <br />substantial incapacity; <br />(3) Any physical harm that involves a permanent disfigurement or a temporary, serious <br />disfigurement; or <br />Formatted: Line spacing: Exactly 9 pt J <br />4874-8943-1395. v.1 <br />