HomeMy WebLinkAbout67-9THE CORPORkTT-ON OF THE'
TOWITOF BOVR�'fIANTVILLE
BY- 4' NO. 67-9 k
Being a by-laNvi to provide for the licensing
and registration of dogs and for regulating
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the running at large of animals.
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.91EIREAS Council deems it desirable to Drotect the
inhabitants and animals in the Town of Born mn.anville against the
infection of rabies and to provide for the licensing and registration
of do�--s and for imposing a license fee on the owners thereof and
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generally for regulating I
the running at large of animals*
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NO-vV THE2-LEFORE' the Council of the Corroration of the Town
of BotiN7manville, pursuant to the authority provided by Section 379
(1) of The 11unicipal Act R.S.O. 1960 Chapter 249 and Sections 5 and
6 of the Dog Tax and Cattle, Sheep and Poultry Protection Act,
R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 111, renamed the Dog Tax and Live Stock and
Poultry Protection Act and amended by 1965 Chapter 33, hereby
zljhTACTS AS F0LLO-,,4S:
1. In this By-law
(a) "animaln means any dog or cat
(b) "dog" means any dog, male or female
(c) "cat" means any cat, male or fern-ale
) "o,,,mer" of a dog includes any person %rho -possesses or
harbours a dog and `oimsTt and 'owned °t have a corresponding
meaning
(e) "running at large" - an animal shall be deemed to be running
at large when found in a highT.�Tay or other public place and
not under the control of any person by means of a leash not
more than ten (10) feet in length.
(f) I's-oayed female n means a female dog which has been operated
on by a licenced veterinarian to prevent conception
"Dog Kennel" shall mean a kennel of pure-bred dogs registered
in the register of The Canadian Kennel Club, Incorporated.
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2® The owner of every dog in the Town of Bowmanville shall on or
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before the fifteenth day of -February in each year pay to the
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Ioi,rn of Boi.%TaanvJLlle a license fee in accordance iqith the
following schedule:
(a) licence fee for male dog, if only one is kept - - - � 2.00
licence fee for each additional male dog - - - - - r - 6.00
over two in a household - - - - - - - - - - - - - - `10000
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(b) licence fee for a female dog, if only one is kept -- �
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licence fee for each additional female dog X10.00
over two in a household - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : >l5
(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 dop-
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(d) licence fee to cover all dogs in a kennel or pure-
bred dogs in a registered kennel - - - - - - - - - - -
�10.00
(e) The licence fee shall be paid at the office of the
Clerk and at such other places as shall be determined
by the Clerk.
3® Dogs shall be registered by their owners on or before the 15th
day of February in each year on registration forms provided for
the purpose.
(a) Dog owners shall provide the following information:
(1) the name and address of the owner of the dog;
(2) name and description of the dog to be licenced;
(3) such further or other information as may be required by
the Clerk of the Town of Bo-m-manville
(b) The issuer of licences, upon payment of the proper licence
fee, shall issue to the owner of every dog a tag having
inscribed upon it a serial number and the year for which
it was issued and the said issuer of licences shall also
issue to the owner of a dog so licenced, a receipt for the
licence fee so paid and the licence shall expire on the
thirty-first day of Dece-aber of the year for which it was
issued.
(c) The licence fee paid pursuant to Section 2 shall be applied
only in respect to the dog licence for which the said fee
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was paid and shall not be transferable, nor shall the dog
tag issued for a dog be used for or affixed to the collar
of any dog other than the dog for which it was issued.
(d) Every person who becomes the owner of a dog after the 15th
day of February in each year shall register the same and
pay the licence fee therefore as provided in Sectiop 2,
within fifteen days after becoming the os,Tner of the zvaid
do.
(e) In the case of a kennel as defined in Section 1, each pure-
bred do- shall be registered and a
only fee to be paid shall be the
2 and the issuer of 'Licences shall
as described in subsection (b) for
v�hich the owner shall Day a fee of
the licence fee.
licence issued, but the
--e as provided in Section
issue to the owner a tag
each -cure-bred dog for
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25 cents in addition to
(f) The owner of a do- which has been duly licenced and registered
under this by-law LiaaV obtain a dog tag to replace a dog tag
I— fee of 25 cents.
v7hich has been last, upon pa, -1
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No animal shall run at large and no person shall per -nit an
animal owned or harboured by him to run @.t large in the Town of
Bo-vmanville.
5. No person shall keep or maintain anIT do- in the Town of Bo-vvmanville
unless such doc, has been licenced and registered under this by-law
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and subject to the provisions of the Dog Tax and Live Stock and
Poultry Protection Act wears a collar to which is affi_-,ed a dog
tag issued for the current year for the said dog.
o. No person shall allow his dog to become a nuisance nor permit it
to howl or bark excessively. Any person so aggrieved may
appear before a Justice of the -Peace and swear out an information
on char7in7 the owner with a breach of this section.
7. env person shall be entitled to take charge of awx animal found
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running at large and deliver the same to the Animal Control
Officer for the Town of BoTiE(ianville.
8. 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 round is closed, and
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if not redeemed at the expiration of 72 hours plus days that
the pound is closed; may be sold or destroyed.
9. The Animal Control Officer of the Town of 3oT�� anville shall with -
in twenty -four (24) hours from the seizure of any dog bearing a
tag, or within twenty -four (24) hours from the time any dog
bearing a ta: is taken into the animal pound, when possible,
notify the owner of the seizure with the exception. of Sundays.
10. The otter of an impounded dog shall be entitled, on proof of
ownership, to regain possession of the animal on application to
the animal pound and payment of a pound fee of = 2.00 for each
day or part thereof that the said animal has been itzpounded.
11. 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 X1.00.
12. Animals that have been destroyed at t',e end of the seventy -two
(72) hours period shall be destroyed or disposed of in such
manner as Council may from tine to time by resolution direct.
13. No dog shall be returned to the owner unless it has been
licenced in accordance with the provisions of this by -law, 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.
14. A penalty of not more than Fifty Dollars (450.00) 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.
15. This by -law shall becoiae effective as of the lst day of April,
1967, with the el >ception that Section 2 .o*overning licence fees,
shall be deemed not to be effective until January 1, 1968.
16. From and after the effective date of this by -law, By-law "To.
1711 and all other by -laws at variances to this by -law are
hereby repealed.
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HEAD a first and second time this day of 10/67.
Miayor
Clerk
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Clerk