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Home My WebLink AboutKIN 77 4057 Dog license THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDfNE I BY-LAW NO. 1..057 BEING A BY-LAW PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL, LIfENSING AND REGISTRATION OF DOGS WITHIN THE TOWN OF KINC~RDINE. i , WHEREAS IT IS PROVIDED by Section 5 of THE DOG LICENSING and LIVE STOCK and POULTRY PROTECTION ACT, Revised tatutes of Ontario 1970, Chapter 133, as amended that Councils of unicipalities may pass by-laws for the licensing and regulating t e registration of dogs for imposing a license fee on the owners 0 them. · i THEREFORE the Council of the Corporatiþn of the Town of Kincardine enacts as follows: · (a) That By-law number 2273 of the Town the same is hereby repealed. ofiKincardine be and I ; ! PART 1 PART 11 "Dog" shall mean either male, female, þr spayed female dog. "Owner" shall include possessor or har~ourer; and "Owneœ'shall include possessed or harb~ured. "Ticket" shall mean a serially numberef notice in triplicate stating: ! Nature of alleged offence I Date and time of alleged offence. Dog tag number. Name and address of owner. Penalty for alleged offence I if paid within prescribed time. Time during which penalty i'y be paid out of court. The ticket shall be signed y the Canine Control Officer issuing the ticket þr other person authorized by the Council of the Munictpality. "Canine Control Officer" shall mean tht person designated by the Municipal Council of the Corpor~tion of the Town of , Kincardine to enforce this by-law. . (a) (b) (c) (1) (2) 0) (4) (5) · (6) (7) (d) · I i ì , í ...1........... 2 1. Every owner or harbourer of a dog in t~e Town of Kincardine shall within one week after the dog comes into ~is possession cause such a dog to be licensed and registered in the 'office of the Clerk of the Municipality for the period which will e ire on the last day of December and shall thereafter annually on or before the fifteenth day of February in each year cause such dog to e again licensed and registered for one year from the first day of Jtnuary and shall at the time of licensing and registration pay the lice1se fee applicable thereto, which is hereby imposed upon such owne~ as follows: I For each male dog or spayed female.............~...........$3.00 For each additional male or spayed female dog..l...........$4.00 For each female dog............................~........... 6.00 For each additional female dog.................t........... 7.00 For each spayed dog, provided proof of the oper~tion is provided in the form of a receipt from the veterinarian.f........... 3.00 For each Kennel of ~ure-bred dogs..............t...........25.00 Provided that where the owner acquired the dog ~fter expiration of ¡ 6 months .f the year he shall be charged only htlf of the dog tax. 2. Any owner not procuring a license for 'is dog on or before the fifteenth day of February in each year shal~ have a ticket mailed to him by registered mail to his last known pla+e of residence. Any person issued a ticket under the provisions of ~his by-law for an alleged contravention may within 48 hours after!the issuance thereof voluntarily pay to the Canine Control Officer or such other person designated by the Council of the Municipality t+ receive such payment the sum of $10.00 for the first offence in any ,ne thirty-day period and $15.00 for the second and subsequent offenct or offences in the same thirty day period. This payment shall be teceived as the payment of a penalty in full satisfaction with respect to the alleged offence and a receipt therefor shall be given to the petson making payment. The owner shall also at this time purchase the tequired number of licenses. - 2 PART 111 LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF DOGS: · · · · 3. pursuant and Live N. dog tax shall be levied within the town of Kincardine to the provisions of Section 2, of thesaid Dog Licensing Stock and Poultry Protection Act while I this by-law remains ! in force. I I i ....r.. 3 , ! - 3 · 4. (a) On payment of the license fee refe~red to in Section 1, the owner shall be furnished with a dog tag andlpaper license for each dog so licensed and registered at a cost o~ twenty-five cents (25¢~ per tag. i (b) The owner shall keep the current t~g securely fixed on I the dog at all times during the year, save and 1xcept that the tag and collar may be removed while the dog is bein~ lawfully used for hunting deer in the bush. ' (c) The tag shall bear a serial numberiand the year for which it was issued and a record shall be kept ~y the Clerk or other officer designated for that purpose, showing th~ name and address of the owner and serial number of the tag. (d) No person shall use a tag upon a d~g other than the dog for which such tag was issued. (e) No license or registration shall b~ transferrable and the license and registration referred to in Sec~ion Ifof Part 111 shall expire and become void upon the sale, dea~h or otherwise disposal of the dog to which such license and registrati1n relates. 5. A dog if found, whether on or off the qroperty upon which it is habitually kept, whether or not under the co trol of any person, without a tag, may be impounded in the dog poun. A dog so impounded shall be held for a period of not less than TH E (3) days exclusive of Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays unless reviously claimed by the owners thereof, and if not claimed by and r11eased to the owner thereof within such period of time may then be ~old, destroyed or otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the ~oundkeeper, the owner thereof shall pay the Canine Control Officer orother designated officer a sum of $10.00 plus the sum of $5.00 for each ~aY or part thereof after the first day during which such dog has b en impounded. The cost of destroying any dog shall also be borne by th owner. 6. Any person who contravenes the provisi~ns of paragraphs one and two is liable to a fine of not less than $lq.OO and not møre~an $50.00 {~~~~iyeof costs) for each contraventi~n, and' any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph 4(d) is 'liable to a fine of not less than $10.00 and not more than $20.00 for e ch contravention; every such penalty shall be recoverable under the S ry Convictions Act, all proV1s10ns of which shall apply except that imp isonment may not ex&èed twenty-one (21) days for each contravention. · · · .... ...... 4 - 4- - PART IV · RUNNING AT LARGE OF DOGS 1. For the purpose of this part a dog shal~ be deemed to be running at large when fO\md ill any place other th¡an the prellises of the owner of the dog and not under the control of an~ person. 2. The rnnnil'\g at large of dogs is prohibi~ed within the MunicipaJ.ity. 3. A dog which is found running at large cOftrary to the provisions of this part may be seized and ilapounded in the ~g pound; a dog so impounded shall be held for a period of not less ¡than THREE (3) days exclusive of Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday~ and if not claimed by i and released to the owner thereof wi thin such a ~eriod of tilae, may then be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of at t~e discretion of the poundkeeper; except that where a dog running at ~arge has been injured to the extent that a veterinarian is of the opiniþn that such dog should be destroyed forthwith, the Canine Control Officelr may authorize such veterinarian to destroy such dog immediately; a ~Og so seized or impounded shall not be released until the owner thereof sha1l pay to the Canine , Control Officer or other person designated by th~ Council of the Municip- ality, the sum of $5.00 for maintenance for each þay CIIr part thereof after the first day during which the dog has be~ so iapounded plus a , penalty of $10.00 in the case of a dog impounded Ifor the first time, a penalty of $20.00 in the case of a dog impounded Ifor the second time, a penalty of $50.00 in the case of a dog impounded fCilr a third time or subsequent time iD any thirty day period. : 4- (a) If the owner or guardian of an impo*ded dog can be identified said owner shall be notified by the Canine controþ. Officer, which notific- ation shall be sufficiently given if sent by fir~ class mail (prepaid) to the last knøwn place of residence of said ownelr. If the dog is not claimed within three (3) days exclusive of saturdJaY, Sunday and Public Holidays and said dog is destroyed then the Cilwne1j shaJ.l bear the cost of destruction. I 5. Every Oder of a dog who contravenes thijs By-law is guilty of an offence and on S"-"t'Y Convic\ion is liable to a fine of not more than FIFTY ($50.00) dollars exclusive of costs. i 6. The emall animals which aay be destroye~ under the provisions of this by-law shall be those seized or impound~ by the Canine Control Officer, Police, or any other person designated ~y Council. · · · I I ........i. 5 i - 5 - 7. The provisions of this Canine Control Officer, and the Kincardine. by-law shall be I enforced by the ; Police Departme~t of the Town of 17th 4ay of i ! i I ~~ ~+A~ . 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