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GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
6.01.010 Definitions.
6.01.010 Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to this title:
"Abandon" includes the leaving of an animal by its owner without making
effective provisions for its proper care.
"Animal" means any animal brought into domestic use by man so as to
live and breed in a tame condition, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats,
other household pets, horses, livestock, and animals generally regarded as farm
or ranch animals.
"Animal Control Manager" means that person empowered by the city to
supervise the Animal Control Section of the Police Department and to enforce
the provisions of this title and the provisions of Title 9 which pertain to
animals and the provisions of Title 17 which pertain to household pets.
"Animal Control Officer" means any person or persons empowered by
the city to enforce the provisions of this title and the provisions of Title
9 which pertain to animals and the provisions of Title 17 which pertain to household
pets.
"Animal owner," "Owner" or "Owns" means any person
over eighteen years of age, firm, corporation, or organization owning, possessing,
harboring, keeping, having financial or property interest in, or having control
or custody of an animal. The parent, guardian, or custodian of any child under
the age of eighteen owning, possessing, harboring, keeping, having financial,
or property interest in, or having control or custody of an animal shall be
deemed to be the owner of such animal. An emancipated minor, without direct
adult supervision, under the age of eighteen owning, possessing, harboring,
keeping, having financial or property interest in or having control or custody
of an animal shall be deemed to be the owner of such animal.
"Animal shelter" means the Table Mountain Animal Center, which is
designated by the city as the facility for the boarding and caring for of any
animal impounded under the provisions of this title or any other ordinance or
law of the State of Colorado.
"Bite" means any break in the skin caused by any contact with the
tooth or mouth of an animal capable of harboring the rabies virus.
"Bodily injury" means any physical injury that results in severe bruising,
muscle tears, or skin lacerations requiring professional medical treatment or
any physical injury that requires corrective or cosmetic surgery.
"Cat" means member of the species Felis catus.
"Common areas of multiple household dwelling units," as defined in
Title 17 of the Lakewood Municipal Code, include, but are not limited to: the
yards, grounds, patios, garden areas, play areas, club houses, swimming pools,
sidewalks, walkways, common garage areas, entryways, hallways, and driveways
of multiple household dwelling units. For the purposes of this definition, multiple
household dwelling units include motels and hotels.
"Cruelty to animals" means every act or omission which causes, or
unreasonably permits the continuation of, unnecessary pain or suffering, including,
but not limited to, the failure to provide food, water, or protection from the
elements, or the failure to provide an opportunity for exercise, or other care
normal, usual, and proper for an animal's health and well-being.
"Disposal" or "Disposition" means adoption of an animal,
return of an animal to the owner, release of an animal to a rescue group licensed
pursuant to Article 80 of Title 35, C.R.S.; release of an animal to another
pet animal facility licensed pursuant to Article 80 of Title 35, C.R.S., or
to a rehabilitator licensed by the Division of Wildlife or the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service, or euthanasia.
"Dog" means member of the species Canis familiaris, including any
wolf hybrid.
"Domestic animal" means any dog, cat, ferret, or livestock.
"Euthanasia" means to produce a humane death by techniques accepted
by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
"Guard dog" means any dog placed upon any commercial property that
is trained to protect persons or property by attacking or threatening to attack
any person found within the area patrolled by the dog.
"Harboring" means the act of keeping or caring for an animal or providing
premises to which an animal returns for food, shelter, care or providing refuge
to an animal in order to evade the impoundment of the animal by lawful authority.
"Muzzle" means a restraining device made of metal, plastic, leather,
cloth or a combination of these materials that, when fitted and fastened over
a snout/mouth/head, prevents the dog from biting but allows room for the dog
to breath, pant, and drink water. The muzzle must be made in a manner that will
not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration, but
must prevent it from biting any person or animal.
"Running at large" means off the premises of the owner and not under
effective control of that owner, his agent, servant, or competent member of
his family by means of a leash, cord or chain, reasonable in length; except
that, for the purposes of this definition, the "premises of the owner"
shall not include common areas of multiple household dwelling units and any
animal not in the effective control of its owner upon the common area of a multiple
household dwelling unit or the grounds thereof, by means of a leash, cord or
chain, reasonable in length, shall be deemed to be running at large.
"Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which, either at the time
of the actual injury or at a later time, involves a substantial risk of death,
a substantial risk of serious permanent disfigurement, a substantial risk of
protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body,
or results in breaks, fractures, or burns of the second or third degree.
"Vicious animal" means an animal that without provocation bites or
causes bodily injury to any person or persons. (Ord. O-2006-14 §§
1, 2, 2006; Ord. O-2005-12 § 1, 2005; Ord. O-98-06 § 1, 1998; Ord.
O-94-32 §§ 1, 2, 1994; Ord. O-87-28 § 1 (part), 1987).
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