(a) Every owner of any dog over six (6) months of age shall annually register with the city clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each dog owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired dog or any dog brought into the city to fail to register such animal within thirty (30) days from acquisition or bringing the dog into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog to fail to maintain current registration of such dog.
(b) Upon registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog over six (6) months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization of such dog.
(c) The owner or harborer of any dog shall, at the time of registering such dog, present to the City Clerk a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog has been neutered or a female dog has been spayed, if the dog has been neutered or spayed.
(d) The City Clerk shall collect an annual registration fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) for each neutered male dog and for each spayed female dog, and Seven Dollars ($7.00) for each non-neutered male dog and for each non-spayed female dog.
(e) The registration year shall be from January 1st through December 31st of each year. On and after February 1st in each year the fees imposed and required to be paid shall become delinquent, and the amount of such fees shall be and is hereby increased by Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each calendar month or fraction thereof during which the same remains unpaid and delinquent.
(f) It shall be unlawful to harbor, keep, board or maintain more than four (4) dogs at any residence or other place within the City of Haven, or keep, harbor, board or maintain more than four (4) cats within the City of Haven.
(Ord. 413; Ord. 423; Ord. 479; Ord. 510; Ord. 590; Ord. 680; Code 2019)
(a) Every owner of any dog shall annually register with the city clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each dog owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired dog or any dog brought into the city to fail to register such animal within thirty (30) days from acquisition or bringing the dog into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog to fail to maintain current registration of such dog.
(b) Upon registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog over six ( 6) months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization of such dog.
(c) The owner or harborer of any dog shall, at the time of registering such dog, present to the city clerk a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog has been neutered or a female dog has been spayed, if the dog has been neutered or spayed.
(d) The city clerk shall collect an annual registration fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) for each dog.
(e) The registration year shall be from January 1st through December 31st of each year. On and after February 1st in each year the fees imposed and required to be paid shall become delinquent, and the amount of such fees shall be and is hereby increased by $10.00 for each calendar month or fraction thereof during which the same remains unpaid and delinquent.
(f) It shall be unlawful to harbor, keep, board or maintain more than four (4) dogs at any residence or other place within the City of Haven, or keep, harbor, board or maintain more than four (4) cats within the City of Haven.
(Ord. 413; Ord. 423; Ord. 479; Ord. 510; Ord. 590; Ord. 680; Code 2019)
It shall be the duty of the city clerk or designated agent, upon a showing of current rabies immunization and receipt of the registration fee hereinbefore required, to keep in a book suitable for the registration of dogs, the time of the registration, the name of the owner or keeper, the number of the registration and the amount paid therefor, and shall deliver to the owner or keeper of the dog a certificate in writing, stating that the person has registered the dog and the number by which the dog is registered, and shall also deliver to the owner or keeper of the dog a tag with the registration number and the registration year thereon, which shall be, by the owner or keeper, attached to the collar to be used on the dog so registered. When any tag has become lost during a registration period, the owner of the dog may request a duplicate tag for the remainder of the registration period. When so requested, the city clerk shall, upon presentation of the registration certificate, issue a duplicate tag. It shall be unlawful for any person to take off or remove the city registration tag from any dog belonging to another, or remove the strap or collar on which the same is fastened.
(Ord. 510; Code 2019)
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of any dog to permit such dog to run at large within the city at any time;
(b) Any dog running at large within the city may be impounded. The owner or harborer claiming any animal shall present a registration receipt and pay the cost of the board bill.
(c) Any owner or harborer found guilty of allowing a dog to run at large shall in addition to presenting a registration receipt, pay a fine in the amount of $25.00 plus costs. For a second offense within a one (1) year period, the owner or harborer shall pay a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) plus costs. For a third and all subsequent offenses within a one (1) year period, the owner or harborer shall pay a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($225.00) plus costs.
(Ord. 510; Code 2019)
(a) Any dog found in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to impoundment by the city.
(b) A record of all dogs impounded shall be kept by the city or its contractor containing the following information: color, sex, weight, height, identifying marks, registration number (if any) and the date of impoundment.
(c) If the dog impounded has a current registration tag attached to its collar or if the impounding officer knows the identity of the dog’s owner, the owner of such dog, as shown by the records of the city clerk shall be notified in writing as soon as possible or at least twenty-four (24) hours before such dog is disposed of by destruction or sale. If, at the end of five (5) days the city clerk has been unable to locate the owner, or the owner upon having been located, refuses to claim or redeem said dog, then the dog may be sold, euthanized or otherwise disposed of.
(d) If the dog impounded has no current registration tag and the identity of the animal’s owner is unknown to the animal control officer or the impounding law enforcement officer then such officer or the impounding law enforcement officer then such impounding officer shall, upon taking any such animal into custody and impounding the same, make a record thereof, with a description of the animal and the date and place taken into custody and the place of impounding. If within three (3) full business days the owner does not appear to claim the dog, then the dog may be sold, euthanized or otherwise disposed of.
(e) If at any time before the sale or destruction of any dog impounded under the provisions of this article, the owner of an impounded dog does appear and redeem the dog, it shall be turned over to the person claiming it upon payment of any impoundment fees or penalties plus the actual costs of impoundment, and upon compliance with the registration provisions of this article. This subsection shall not apply to any dog alleged as being vicious under Section 5.
(f) The minimum impoundment fee shall be Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00).
(g) Any dog impounded may not be released without a current rabies vaccination.
(h) Impoundment hereunder shall not preclude any court from imposing and executing any fine which might otherwise be levied under this article for violation of any of the provisions thereof; nor shall impoundment be a defense in any prosecution commenced hereunder.
(i) The redemption of any dog impounded for a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of such provision by the person redeeming the dog.
(Ord. 510; Code 2019)
If any dog is not redeemed by its owner or harborer within the time allowed for redemption as specified in section 2-204, the animal control officer, any authorized law enforcement officer, any authorized veterinarian or any duly authorized pound personnel may destroy such dog or sell the same for the costs of impoundment and keeping, plus any registration fee due for the current year.
(Ord. 510; Code 2019)
Any non-spayed female dog in the stage of estrus (heat) shall be confined during such period of time in a house, building or secure enclosure, and the area of enclosure shall be so constructed that no other dog or dogs may gain voluntary access to the confined animal except for purposes of planned breeding. Any animal that is in the state of estrus (heat) and that is not properly confined, or any such animal that is creating a neighborhood nuisance, shall be removed to a boarding kennel, to a veterinary hospital or to the animal shelter. All expenses incurred as a result of the confinement shall be paid by the owner. The owner of animals removed to the animal shelter shall be charged at the rate established from time to time by the animal shelter for routine confinement.
(Ord. 510; Code 2019)