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91.01 Definitions
91.01 DEFINITIONS
 
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Chapter.
 
(a)        “ANIMAL” - A vertebrate animal not including any human being.
 
(b)        “ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER” – the person or persons employed by the City Police Department as its enforcement officer.
 
(c)        “ANIMAL SHELTER” - any premises designated by action of the City for the purpose of impounding and caring for all animals found running at large in violation of this ordinance.
 
(d)        “AT LARGE” - an animal shall be deemed to be “at large” when it is off the property of its owner and not under restraint as defined in subsection (i) of this section.
 
(e)        “CITY” - the City of Richmond, State of Indiana
 
(f)         “DOMESTIC ANIMAL” - means cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, poultry or other bird, and any other animal deemed by the Health Officer, after consultation with the State Board of Health, as not being a wild animal.
 
(g)        “HEALTH OFFICER” - the Health Officer of WayneCounty, State of Indiana, or his duly authorized representative.
 
(h)        “KENNEL” – Any premises or portions thereof on which more than five (5) dogs, cats, or other domestic animals over four (4) months of age are kept, or on which more than three (3) such animals are maintained, boarded, bred, or cared for, in return for remuneration, or are kept for the purpose of sale.
 
(i)         “OWNER” - a person, partnership, or corporation owning, keeping or harboring one or more animals. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three (3) consecutive days or more.
 
(j)         “PET SHOP” - Any establishment or location used for the purpose of selling small animals, including aviaries used to raise birds.
 
            (k)        “PERSON” - Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation or any other legal entity or its legal representative or agent.
 
            (l)         “RESTRAINT” - under the control of the owner or other competent person by means of a leash, or with the owner or other competent person and obedient to the person’s commands or confined in a pen, yard, cage, house, or other secure enclosure.
 
(m)      “SMALL ANIMALS” - Any dogs, cats, fowl, rats, mice, fish, turtles, chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, reptiles, hamsters, gerbils, or any other small animals or birds.
 
            (n)        “WILD ANIMALS” - any animal that is not a domestic animal.


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