2016-002 - Amending Chapter 5 - Animals and Fowl of the Code of Ordinances

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human beings. Animal control authority shall mean the Paris Police Department. Animal control division shall mean the animal control division of the Paris Police Department. Animal control manager shall mean the Chief of Police or his designee. The animal control manager will supervise all aspects of animal control. Animal control officer shall mean any person designated by the city manager to represent and act for the city to receive reports of animal bites, investigate bite reports, ensure quarantine of possibly rabid animals and carry out and enforce the general regulations of the provisions of this ordinance. Animal control officers are assigned to the animal control division of the Paris Police Department. Animal shelter shall mean a facility operated by the city for the purpose of impounding and caring for animals held under the authority of this ordinance. Apiary shall mean a place where bee colonies are kept. Bee shall mean any common domestic honeybee (apis mellifera). Colony shall mean a hive and its equipment and appurtenances including bees, comb, honey, pollen and brood. Dangerous dog shall mean a dog that makes an unprovoked attack on a person that causes bodily injury and occurs in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own; or commits unprovoked acts in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the enclosure on its own and those acts cause a person to reasonably believe that the dog will attack and cause bodily injury to that person. Said unprovoked acts include unprovoked attacks on other animals which result in serious injury or death. Direct physical control shall mean within the owner's observation and in such close proximity as to permit the owner reasonable opportunity to control the animal should it become necessary to do so in order to protect the animal, a human or another animal from harm. Dog shall mean a domesticated member of the family canidae, but shall not include a wolf, jackal, coyote, fox or other wild animal of this family or hybrid thereof. Dog tethering shall mean the use of a chain, rope, tether, leash, cable or other device to attach a dog to a stationary object or trolley system.