Chapter 6.30
PROHIBITED ACTS
Sections:
6.30.010 Nuisances prohibited.
6.30.020 Cruelty to animals prohibited.
6.30.030 Acts against police department dogs prohibited.
6.30.040 Unauthorized release of animals from confinement.
6.30.060 Offenses relating to sanitation.
6.30.070 Disposition of fowl and rabbit.
6.30.080 Possession of exotic animals.
6.30.010 Nuisances prohibited.
A. For purposes of this chapter, nuisances are violations of this chapter and shall be defined as follows:
1. Any public nuisance relating to animal care and control known at common law or in equity jurisprudence;
2. Any dog at large not accompanied by its owner, whether licensed or not, within the city of Shoreline;
3. Any domesticated animal that enters any place where food is stored, prepared, served or sold to the public, or any other public building or hall. However, this subsection shall not apply to any person using a service animal or an animal in the process of being trained for service, to veterinary offices or hospitals or to animal shows, exhibitions or organized dog-training classes;
4. Any female domesticated animal, whether licensed or not, while in heat and accessible to other animals for purposes other than controlled and planned breeding;
5. Any domesticated animal that chases, runs after or jumps at vehicles using the public streets and alleys;
6. Any domesticated animal that habitually snaps, growls, snarls, jumps upon or otherwise threatens persons lawfully using the public sidewalks, streets, alleys or other public ways;
7. Any animal that has exhibited vicious propensities and constitutes a danger to the safety of persons or property off the animal’s premises or lawfully on the animal’s premises. However, in addition to other remedies and penalties, the provisions of this chapter relating to vicious animals shall apply;
8. Any domesticated animal that howls, yelps, whines, barks or makes other oral noises, in such a manner as to disturb any person or neighborhood to an unreasonable degree;
9. Any domesticated animal that enters upon a person’s property without the permission of that person;
10. Animals staked, tethered or kept on public property without prior written consent of the animal care and control authority;
11. Animals harbored, kept or maintained and known to have a contagious disease unless under the treatment of a licensed veterinarian; and
12. Animals running in packs. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.020 Cruelty to animals prohibited.
A. It is unlawful for any person to:
1. Willfully and cruelly injure or kill any animal by any means causing it fright or pain;
2. By reason of neglect or intent to cause or allow any animal to endure pain, suffering or injury or to fail or neglect to aid or attempt alleviation of pain, suffering or injury the person has caused to any animal;
3. Lay out or expose any kind of poison, or to leave exposed any poison food or drink for humans, animals or fowl, or any substance or fluid whatever whereon or wherein there is or shall be deposited or mingled, any kind of poison or deadly substance or fluid whatever, on any premises, or in any unenclosed place, or to aid or abet any person in so doing, unless in accordance with RCW 16.52.190; and
4. Abandon any domesticated animal by dropping off or leaving the animal on the street, road or highway, in any other public place or on the private property of another. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.030 Acts against police department dogs prohibited.
No person shall willfully torment, torture, beat, kick, strike or harass any dog used by a police department for police work, or otherwise interfere with the use of any such dog for police work by said department or its officers or members. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.040 Unauthorized release of animals from confinement.
No person other than the owner or person authorized by the owner of the animal shall release any animal from any confinement, vehicle or restraint unless the release is necessary for the immediate health and safety of the animal, though this section shall not apply to peace officers and animal care and control or humane officers. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.050 Leash law.
It is unlawful for any person to allow any animal under their custody or control to be at large; provided, that this section shall not apply to spayed/neutered cats, police dogs while being used in the performance of any lawful duty, dogs engaged in obedience training, lawful dog competition sanctioned by a nationally recognized body or a local chapter thereof, lawful training in preparation for such dog competition, working dogs engaged in sanctioned search and rescue activities, and dogs within a city designated off leash area. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.060 Offenses relating to sanitation.
A. It is unlawful to fail to remove fecal waste deposited by an animal on public property or private property without the permission of the property owner before leaving the immediate area where the fecal waste was deposited.
B. It is unlawful for an animal’s owner or caretaker to fail to have possession of a means of conveyance, such as a plastic bag, to remove fecal waste deposited by an animal on public property or private property without the permission of the property owner. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.070 Disposition of fowl and rabbit.
A. Age Restriction for Disposition or Coloration. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any fowl under three weeks of age or any rabbit under two months of age as a pet, toy, premium or novelty, or to color, dye, stain or otherwise change the natural color of any such fowl or rabbit. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]
6.30.080 Possession of exotic animals.
It is unlawful to possess an exotic animal within the city of Shoreline. [Ord. 595 § 2 (Att. A), 2011]