Sponsor
Alderman Kaplan
Title
Ordinance 12-14 - Dangerous Animals
To repeal and recreate Sections of Chapter 10 - Animals of the Municipal Code of Racine, Wisconsin.
The Common Council of the City of Racine, Wisconsin do ordain as follows:
Part 1: Repeal Sec. 10-104. - Vicious Animals of the Municipal Code of Racine, Wisconsin and recreate it as follows:
“Sec. 10-104. - Dangerous Animals.
(a) Definitions.
Amend Sec. 10.1.- Definitions of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin, by inserting the following definitions in the proper alphabetical order.
Animal means any living vertebrate, domestic or wild, except a human being.
Bodily Harm as used in this chapter means physical pain or injury, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
Confinement means either indoor or outdoor containment of an animal which is declared Dangerous / Prohibited so as not to be a threat to the public.
Cruel means causing unnecessary and excessive pain/suffering or unjustifiable injury or death to an animal.
Dangerous Animal as used in this chapter means:
1. Any animal which approaches or chases any human being or domestic animal in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack while at large or which attempts to bite a human being or domestic animal without provocation, on public or private property;
2. Any animal which bites, inflicts bodily harm, or attacks a human being or domestic animal, without provocation, on public or private property.
Dog means any member of the species Canis familiaris (the domestic dog), but not its wild progenitors.
Dog Exercise Park means a park for dogs to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the supervision of their owners.
Domesticated Animal means various animals domesticated so as to live and breed in a tame condition.
Great Bodily Harm as used in this chapter means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, or that causes serious permanent disfigurement, or that causes a pe...
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