Chapter 5
ANIMALS AND FOWL1

Article I. In General

5-1    Pound established.

5-2    Appointment of poundkeepers; compensation.

5-3    Animal bites.

5-4    Nuisance animals.

5-5    Exotic animals.

5-6    Use of non-domesticated animals for public display prohibited.

5-7—5-12.    Reserved.

Article II. Dogs

5-13    Definitions.

5-14    At-large prohibited.

5-15    License and rabies vaccination required.

5-16    License fees.

5-17    Removal of dog waste required.

5-18—5-23.    Reserved.

Article III. Enforcement and Impoundment

5-24    Penalties.

5-25    Impoundment.

5-26    Cruelty.

5-27    Animal control committee.

5-28    Confinement of animals in vehicles.


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Editor’s note—An ordinance adopted June 23, 1997, amended the Code by deleting Ch. 5 in its entirety and replacing said chapter with new provisions, which have been set out herein. The former provisions pertained to similar subject matter and were derived from Rev. Ords. 1962, §§ 2606, 2608, 2801—2809, and 4255; 1969 Cum. Supp. §§ 2804—2809; and subsequent amendatory ordinances.

Charter reference—Authority of city council to regulate keeping of dogs, § 48(XX); authority to appoint pound keeper, § 122.

Cross reference—Animals prohibited in parks, § 22-13; disturbing birds’ nests or eggs or animals in parks prohibited, § 22-14; hitching horses to trees in parks, § 22-15.

State law reference—Control of animals generally, 20 V.S.A. § 3341 et seq.