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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1979-0326INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER DONALDSON ORDINANCE NO. 326 Series of 1979 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4-1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, 1976 EDITION AS AMENDED, AS FOLLOWS: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 4-1 of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 4-1. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section. (a) Abandonment. Includes the leaving of an animal by its owner or owners or other person or persons responsible for its care or custody without making effective provisions for its proper care. (b) Animal. Shall mean any animal other than humans. (c) Animal Control Officer. Any person or persons empowered by the City to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The term 'Animal Control Officer' will replace the term 'Animal Warden' wherever it is used in chapter 4. (d) Animal Shelter. Shall mean Jefferson Animal Shelter, Inc., which is hereby designated by the City of Wheat Ridge as the facility for the boarding and caring of any animal impounded under the provisions of this chapter or any other ordinance or law of the State of Colorado. (e) Dogs. Any animal of the species Canis familiaris, regardless of sex. (f) Dog Owner. Any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog or dogs. (g) Guard Dog. A dog trained to protect persons or property by attacking or threatening to attack any person found within the area patrolled by the dog. These dogs must be registered with the City as a guard dog. (h) Mistreatment. Every act or omission which causes, or unreasonably permits the continuation of unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering. (i) Neglect. Failure to provide food, water, protection from the ele- ments, opportunity for exercise, or other care normal, usual and proper for an animal's health and well-being. (j) Running at Large. Off the premises of the owner and not under the effective control of that owner, his agent, servant, or competent member of his family, by means of a leash, cord, or chain reason- able in length; except that, for purposes of this definition the "premises of the owner" shall not include common areas of condo- minium, townhouse, and apartment buildings, and any animal not in the effective control of its owner upon the common area of a condo- minium, townhouse or apartment building, or the grounds thereof shall be deemed to be running at large. (k) Common Areas of Condominium, Townhouse and Apartment Buildings. Includes, but is not limited to, the yards, grounds, patios, garden areas, play areas, clubhouses, swimming pools, sidewalks, walkways, common garage areas, entry ways, hallways, and driveways of condominium, townhouse and apartment buildings, or of condo- minium, townhouse or apartment building complexes. ORDINANCE NO. 326 , Series of 1979 Page two (1) Vicious Animal, An animal that unprovokedly bites or attacks humans or other animals, or in a vicious or terrorizing manner approaches any person in an apparent attitude of attack. Section 2. Severability. If any this ordinance or the applicatio shall for any reason be adjudged invalid, such judgment shall not mainder of this ordinance or its stances. clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of i thereof to any person or circumstances by a court of competent jurisdiction affect, impair or invalidate the re- application to other persons or circum- Section 3, This ordinance shall take effect after final publication. one day INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to 0 on this 9th day of April , 1979; ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for April 23 , 1979, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. , at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 6 to 0 , this 23rd day of April , 1979. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 24th day of April , 1979. ATTEST: Mayor Oliver V. Phillips ty Cl Er Carol F. Haf 1st Publication April 12, 1979 2nd Publication May 3, 1979 Wheat Ridge Sentinel Effective Date May 4, 1979 APPROVED BY OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY: Presented to Mayor: April 24, 1979 C c rn