Chapter 6.20
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
6.20.030 Animal control authority.
6.20.040 Animal control officer.
6.20.120 Eatonville police department.
6.20.205 Potentially dangerous animal.
6.20.010 Adult dog or cat.
“Adult dog or cat” means any dog or cat over the age of six months. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.020 Animal.
“Animal” means any living mammal, reptile, or bird, except man. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.030 Animal control authority.
“Animal control authority” means the person, association or corporation appointed or authorized (including contractual authorization) by the mayor of Eatonville and/or chief of police to carry out the duties of the animal control officer and enforcement under this chapter. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.040 Animal control officer.
“Animal control officer” means any individual employed, contracted or appointed by the animal control authority for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this chapter or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing of animals, control of animals or seizure and impoundment of animals, and includes any state or municipal peace officer, sheriff, constable, or other employee whose duties in whole or in part include assignments which involve the seizure and taking into custody of any animal. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.050 Animal exhibition.
“Animal exhibition” means public display of any living animal in the promotion of entertainment, education, advancement or commercial enterprise. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.060 At large.
“At large” means off the premises of the animal’s owner or keeper, and not under restraint by leash or chain or not otherwise controlled by a competent person. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.070 Cat.
“Cat” includes female, spayed female, male and neutered male cats. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.080 Confined.
“Confined” means securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure upon the premises of the owner of such dog. Such pen or structure must have secure sides and a secure top. If the pen or structure has no bottom secured to the sides, the sides must be imbedded into the ground no less than one foot. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.090 Court.
“Court” means Eatonville municipal court, which shall have jurisdiction hereunder. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.100 Dangerous animal.
“Dangerous animal” means any animal that:
A. Inflicts severe injury on or kills a human being without provocation; or
B. Inflicts severe injury on or kills an animal without provocation; or
C. Has been previously found to be potentially dangerous, the owner having received notice of such and the animal again bites, attacks, or endangers the safety of humans or other animals.
Provocation Exception. An animal is a dangerous animal when it enters onto private property without the consent of the owner or occupant and inflicts a severe injury on or kills a human or animal regardless of provocation.
If two or more animals participate in an attack that results in a severe injury or death to a human being or animal, then all such animals may be deemed to be a dangerous animal. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.110 Dog.
“Dog” includes female, spayed female, male and neutered male dogs. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.120 Eatonville police department.
Whenever a power is granted to or a duty imposed upon the “Eatonville police department,” the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by an authorized agent of Eatonville police department, as appointed by the chief of police. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.130 Euthanasia.
“Euthanasia” means the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that involves instantaneous unconsciousness and immediate death, or by a method that causes painless loss of consciousness and death during such loss of consciousness. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.140 Exotic animal.
“Exotic animal” means any animal not otherwise defined in any of the definitions contained in this chapter. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.150 Guard dog.
Repealed by Ord. 2015-06. (Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.160 Inhumane treatment.
“Inhumane treatment” means any act, omission or neglect whereby unnecessary or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.170 Kennel.
“Kennel” means any fenced lot and/or structure on which four or more dogs or cats over six months of age are kept for breeding, sale, training, boarding or sporting purposes, or are cared for or kept for any purpose whether for gain or not. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.180 Livestock.
“Livestock” means horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, jackasses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, domestic fowl and fur bearing animals. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.185 Muzzle.
“Muzzle” means a muzzle made in a manner that will not cause injury to the animal or interfere with its vision or respiration but shall prevent it from biting any person or animal. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015).
6.20.190 Neutered.
“Neutered” means medically determined to be incapable of reproduction. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.200 Owner.
“Owner” means any person, firm or corporation owning, having interest in or having control or custody or possession of any animal. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.205 Potentially dangerous animal.
“Potentially dangerous animal” means any animal that, without provocation:
A. Bites a human or animal; or
B. Chases or approaches a person in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack; or
C. Any animal with a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or otherwise to threaten the safety of humans or domestic animals.
Provocation Exception. An animal is a potentially dangerous animal when it enters onto private property without the consent of the owner or occupant and bites a human or animal or chases or approaches a person in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack regardless of provocation.
If two or more animals participate in an attack that results in a bite being inflicted upon a human or animal, then all such animals may be deemed to be a potentially dangerous animal. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015).
6.20.210 Poultry.
“Poultry” means domestic fowl normally raised for meat or eggs including: chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.215 Proper enclosure.
“Proper enclosure” means, while on the owner’s property, the animal shall be confined indoors or in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent the entry of young children and designed to prevent the animal from escaping. Such pen or structure shall have a locking door with a padlock, secure sides, a concrete floor, and a secure top attached to the sides, and shall also provide protection from the elements for the animal. The structure must comply with all applicable provisions of local building and zoning codes. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015).
6.20.220 Pound.
“Pound” means that pound authorized by the town of Eatonville. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.230 Quarantine.
“Quarantine” means the detention or isolation of an animal on account of suspected exposure or affliction with rabies. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.240 Unvaccinated animal.
“Unvaccinated animal” means an animal which has either never been vaccinated against rabies or whose vaccination has expired according to the current Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.250 Vaccinated animal.
“Vaccinated animal” means an animal which has been vaccinated in accordance with the Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.260 Vicious animal.
“Vicious animal” means an animal that is dangerously aggressive to humans or other animals or has the propensity to do any act that might endanger the safety of any person, animal or property of another, including, but not limited to, a disposition to mischief or fierceness as might occasionally lead to attack on human beings without provocation, whether in play or outbreak of untrained nature. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.265 Warning sign.
“Warning sign” means a clearly visible and conspicuously displayed sign containing words and a symbol (to inform children or others incapable of reading) warning that there is a dangerous animal on the property. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015).
6.20.270 Wild animal.
“Wild animal” means any animal living in its natural state and native to the United States and not normally domesticated, raised or bred by humans. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).
6.20.280 Health officer.
“Health officer” means the director of the Tacoma-Pierce County health department and his authorized representatives. (Ord. 2015-06 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015; Ord. 2001-12 § 1, 2002).