3.05.010 Definitions.
As used in Title 3:
(1) “Animal” means all domestic or domesticated members of the Kingdom Animalia.
(2) “At large” means not under restraint.
(3) “Cat” means a domestic or domesticated member of the family Felidae.
(4) “Current rabies vaccination” means a vaccination:
(A) As specified in the “compendium of animal rabies vaccines” prepared by the Rabies Subcommittee of the National Academy of Sciences and by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (1978);
(B) Administered in accordance with State law; and
(C) Evidenced by a rabies vaccination certificate in a form approved by the State Division of Public Health.
(5) “Dangerous animal” means any animal which due to improper or inadequate supervision or control has done an act harmful in its character to human beings or animals, regardless of whether the act is done in a playful or hostile manner.
(6) “Dog” means a domestic or domesticated member of the family Canidae.
(7) “Kennel.”
(A) “Kennel, commercial” means premises where four (4) or more dogs over four (4) months of age are owned, kept, boarded, bred and/or offered for sale.
(B) “Kennel, private” means premises where four (4) or more dogs over four (4) months of age are owned or kept for private enjoyment.
(8) “Impoundment” means:
(A) The seizure of animals by the methods set forth in KMC 3.25.010(d).
(B) Seizure of a vicious animal.
(9) “Officer” means a person charged by law with the duty to enforce provisions of this title.
(10) “To own” an animal includes having title, keeping, harboring, and having custody or control of an animal.
(11) “Person” includes individual, joint venture, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association.
(12) “Restrain” means:
(A) Physical confinement, as by leash, chain, fence, or building; or
(B) Under competent voice control when an animal is engaged in an activity or form of training requiring that it not be physically confined; or
(C) Under competent voice control when an animal is on the property of its owner.
(13) “Sterile” means rendered incapable of reproduction by surgical operation.
(14) “Vicious animal” means an animal that has done an unreasonable act harmful to human beings or animals which act is done in a hostile manner or any animal which has been twice adjudged a dangerous animal by a court of competent jurisdiction, whether by a plea of no contest or guilty or by trial, shall be considered vicious for purposes of penalties imposed by KMC 3.05.060(d).
(Ords. 935, 1185, 1522-92, 2519-2010, 3052-2019)