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
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(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
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