HomeMy WebLinkAbout2359Being a by-law to provide for the licensing and registration of dogs and for regulating the running at large of animals.
WHEREAS Council demurs it desirable to protect the
inhabitants and animals in the Township of Darlington against the
infection of rabies and to provide for the licensing and registration
of dogs and for imposing a license fee on the owner thereof and
generally for regulating the running at large of animals;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township
of Darlington, pursuant to the authority provided by Section 379
(1) of the Municipal Act R.S.0.1960, Chapter 249 and Sections 5 and
6 of the Dog Tax and Cattle, t8heep and Poultry Protection Act,
R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 111, renamed the Dog Taa and Live Stock and
Poultry Protection Aet and amended by 1965 Chapter 33, hereby
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. In this By-law
(a) "animal" means any dog or cat
(b) "dog" means any dog, male or female
(c) "cat" means any cat, male or female
(d) "Owner" of a dog includes any person who possesses or
harbours a dog and "owns" and "owned" have a corresponding
meaning
(e) "running at large" - an animal shall be deemed to be running
at large when found in a highway or other public place and
not under the control of any person
(f) "spayed female" means a female dog which has been operated on
by a licensed veterinarian to prevent conception
(g) " Dog Kennel" shall mean a kennel of pure-bred dogs registere d
in the register of the Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated,
2. The owner of every dog in the Township of Darlington shall on
or before the fifteenth day of February in each year pay to the
Township of Darlington a license Pee in accordance with the following
schedule:
(a) License fee for male dog, if only one is kept $ 3.00
license fee for each additional male dog $ 6.00
(b) license fee for female dog, if only one is kept $6 8.00
license fee for each additional female dog 3`v12.00
(c) where a certificate in writing by a veterinarian is
produced showing that a female dog has been spayed
`~~;~ it shall be licensed at the same rate as a male dog.
~d) license fee to cover all dogs in a kennel or pure-bred ~`,
~ dogs in a registered kennel •~ z~
(e} The license fee shall be paid at the office of the
Treasurer and at such other places and to such persons,
as shall be detertn~ned by Resolution of the Council of the
Township of Darlington.
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otk~er nerson5 a5 desi.?na`ed ab:.~va skl~_l_1 tie ilCfie issuers of
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ilogs shall be re•rist.ered. by their o`aners on or b.^.fore the 1';t.h.
d•1°~ of gei;ra-spa in eac'n year.
(a) Doe n?•Jners shat=~. nrovido the ?'olL^,~,rin~r inf~r`!aation:
(1) Tk~le name Gild ~dnress o' ~e o"n
(?) such further or ot_l r 5.nforr.ation as mo:~~ be re!+uired by
t::!e. reasurer of tkle '1'o`^m~<<~";^: of D~a.rlin.?ton.
~, ~'he issuer of licenses, u.pnn r1~ imenl, of t~.e goner l?.cense
(,_) s ~. a tae n<.vin
fee, srla7_l issue t~ jne o`.~ner o!` evnr9 do
inscribed upon ,t a Serial number ^nd l.he ye~.r for which
it 4:a.s issued and the s~.id issuer of ~,_censes shill ~ls?
issue to the owner of a dog? so liconsed a receipt for the
' and t}le l ense sflr'z17. exn; re nn the
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license ~ ee so n?ic9
t_nirt:v-first d.a ~ of December of the year fn~' wn~.cn 1_t w=as
,sued.
5h^7.1 be a -,nli_ed
(c) Th, lic._nso ~'ee n°;^ n'trsuant to S..ct_on
only in respect to t:he doh 19.cense for ~.,r';li_cll the sn.id fee
4aa s nr; d "=", sl-' 1-1 not be tr?.nsf era b7.e , nnr shal_7. the d n='
t- ~ i.ssu.ed for a, dog' b^, asea for or affixed to file col7?.r
01° any doh other than. tine doh fo-r which i t la~~-s issued..
(d) ?_•vcarv -1e:rson 4rc_o becomes the oz^tnP:r of n no€~ '!.fter the 1`ith
da':T of ^e,calarv i_n °?ckl ye?.r sha.ll_ re€;ister tPle same ?nd_
nay the lip°ns.^ fee therefore a5 provided in Section ~;
1,li tjl.-Ln f].f teen C7gVS aft.°r !l°enml.71={ the n`^~per of 1;IlE' S^1~
doA'.
(~) I~ th.e case n' ? l;en„e1 as defined in Section 1, each pure-
7;red doF! sh`al.l_ be re 'istored and a license issued, but the
on3.v fee to r,e maid shall be the fee as provided in Section
`> a.nd the i.ssver of l i ~'nsPS steal]. issue to thF~ oT.m'r a to
aS dP,SC'.ribei in SrlriSort._i-on (I)) for e'lC'rl T1ure-k'irP.Ci. doe for
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1 i~P 11 C?nSC~ -F~F-'.
e 7:irnPf' of ~ r'rnrr .,:,l.9.ch 71~'~S begr, dUl''~ 7-1C.°11.5P,d -end L'P,'"l_cY,~?rad
(f) Th
under t, is ,`3Y-1~T+r ma9 ort.~in n. dor ~,'?.~' to replace a doh. tai'
ta._i cYl has keen lost, ~.znorl na':/ment of a fee ai ?5 cep .s.
wall.. 1-un a.t lame and clo .person s:1~.1.7_ perrr;it: ?n
`~, Nn ~?nime7.
animal owned or ha~ttred by him to run at. large in the lolanshir,
of Darlington.
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5, No person shall keep or maintain any dog in the Township of
Darlington unless such dog has been licensed and registered under
this By-law and subject to the provisions of the Dog Tax and Live
Stock and Poultry Protection Act wears a collar to which is
affixed a dog tag issued for the current year for the said dog.
6, Any animal found running at large may be lodged in the animal
pound and shall be fed and watered for a period of not less than
seventy-two (72) hours plus days that the pound is closed and
if not redeemed at the expiration of 72 hours plus days that the
pound is closedT may be sold or destroyed.
7, The Animal Control Officer of the Township of Darlington shall
within twenty-four (24) hours from the seizure of any dog bearing
a tags or within twenty-four (24} hours from the time any dog
bearing a tag is taken into the animal pounds when possible
notify the owner of the seizure with the exception of Sundays.
$, The owner of an impounded dog shall be entitled on proof of
ownerships to regain possession of the animal on application to
the animal pound and payment of a pound fee of 562.00 for each
day or part thereof that the said animal has been impounded.
9, The fee for picking up an animal at the request of an owner and
disposing of~ or selling same through the services of the Animal
Control Officer shall be 4~]A0.
10. Animals that have been destroyed at the end of the seventy-two
('J2) hours period shall be destroyed or disposed of in such
manner as Council may from time to time by resolution direct.
11. No dog shall be returned to the owner unless it has been
licensed in accordance with the provisions of this By-laws and
any owner of a dog without a tag and any purchaser of a dog
shall obtain a tag for the current year before delivery is made.
12. A penalty of not more than Fifty Dollars 050.00) exclusive of
costs shall be imposed upon every person who contravenes any of
the provisions of this By-law and every such penalty shall be
recoverable under the provisions of the Summary Convictions Act.
13. For the purposes of this By-law the Dog Control Officer of the
Town of Bowmanville shall be deemed to be the Dog Control Officer
for the Township of Darlington and the Animal Pound for the Town
of Bowmanville shall be deemed to be the Animal Pound for the
Township of Darlington.
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