ANIMALS – CHAPTER 2.05

1. No animals, livestock, birds, insects or poultry of any kind shall be raised or bred on any Lot.
2. No more than two (2) domesticated dogs and/or cats or other small household pets may be kept on any Lot.
3. Dogs, cats or other small household pets may not be kept if they are an unreasonable bother or constitute a nuisance to others.

4. Dogs, cats or other small household pets may not be kept, bred or maintained for any commercial purpose.
5. Dogs and other similar pets shall be on a leash when not confined to an Owner’s Lot.
6. Owners shall be responsible to clean up after their animals both on private Lots and Common Areas.
7. Owners should become familiar with Title 9 – Animals of the City of Saratoga Springs Ordinances, especially the following chapters:

9.1.050. DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED.

1. It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper any dog to permit such dog to run at large.
2. It shall be unlawful for the owner of a dog to permit such dog to go upon the private property of any person without the permission of the owner or person entitled to possession of such private property.
3. The owner of any dog running at large shall be deemed in violation of this section regardless of the precautions taken to prevent the escape of the dog and to prohibit it from running at large.
4. Any dog running at large in violation of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a menace to the public health and safety, and the dog shall be taken up and impounded as provided herein.

9.1.100. ATTACK BY DOGS.

1. Attacking dogs. It is unlawful for the owner or person having charge, care, custody, or control of any dog to allow such dog to attack, chase, or worry any person, any domestic animal having a commercial value, or any species of hoofed protected Wildlife, or to attack domestic fowl. "Worry," as used in this Section, meanst o harass by tearing, biting, or shaking with the teeth.
2. Owner liability. The owner in violation of Subsection (a) of this Section shall be strictly liable for violation of this Section. In addition to being subject to prosecution under Subsection (a), the owner of such dog shall also be liable in damages to any person injured, or to the owner of any animal(s) injured or destroyed thereby.

3. Defenses. The following shall be considered in mitigating the penalties or damages, or in dismissing the charge: dog was properly confined on the premises; That the dog was deliberately or maliciously provoked.
4.Dogs may be killed. Any law enforcement officer may kill a dog while it is committing any of the acts specified in Subsection (1) of this section or while the dog is being pursued thereafter.

9.1.130. RABIES VACCINATION.

1. Every owner of any dog over the age of three (3) months within the City shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies by a duly licensed veterinarian, shall secure from the veterinarian a certificate showing proof of the rabies vaccination, and attach to the collar or harness of the dog, a tag showing the vaccination was provided,

2. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to suffer, allow, or permit any dog to be or go upon any sidewalk, street, alley, public place, or square within the City without first having had such dog vaccinated as required in Subsection (1) and every two years against rabies, and without there being attached to said dog a collar or harness with a tag thereon indicating the dog has so been vaccinated. A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

9.2.010. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

1. Except as otherwise provided within this Chapter, it is unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or maintain any dog four (4) or more months old unless such dog has been registered and licensed in the manner herein provided. The owner or custodian of any dog shall obtain a license for the animal within thirty (30) days after the dog reaches four (4) months, or, in the case of a dog over four (4) months, within ten (10) days of the acquisition of the dog. Persons seeking dog licenses shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

9.1.150. DOGS WHICH DISTURB NEIGHBORHOOD.

No person shall own, keep, or harbor any dog which by loud, continued, or frequent barking, howling, yelping, or by noxious or offensive odors shall annoy, disturb or endanger the health or welfare of any person or neighborhood. A violation of this Section shall be a Class B misdemeanor and such is hereby declared a public nuisance, and each day the violation is permitted to exist or continue shall constitute a separate offense. This Section shall not apply to the City animal shelter, veterinary hospitals or medical laboratories.

2. Upon a matter before the court under this Section, the court may, upon conviction and in addition to any sentence or sanction, order the Animal Control Officer or other authorized personnel of the City to put the animal to death or may order such other disposition of the animal as will protect the inhabitants of the City.

9.1.160. VICIOUS ANIMALS.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or possess a vicious animal within the City. Whenever a prosecution for this offense is commenced under this section, the animal so involved may not be redeemed, pursuant to the provisions of this part, while awaiting a final decision the court as to the disposition to be made of such animal.
3. Defenses. The following shall be considered in mitigating the penalties or damages, or in dismissing the charge: dog was properly confined on the premises; That the dog was deliberately or maliciously provoked.
4.Dogs may be killed. Any law enforcement officer may kill a dog while it is committing any of the acts specified in Subsection (1) of this section or while the dog is being pursued thereafter.

9.1.170. PUBLIC NUISANCE.

3. The introduction, possession or maintenance of any animal, or the allowing of an animal to be in contravention of this Chapter is, in addition to being a misdemeanor, hereby declared to be public nuisance. A peace officer, the Animal Control Officer or their designee are hereby authorized, directed and empowered to summarily abate any such nuisance by any means reasonably necessary, including but not limited to the destruction of the animal or animals involved.
Adopted on June 28th 2007