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SECTION 4. DOG AND CAT CONTROL.

A. Dogs

1. It shall be unlawful for any dog to be off the owner's property (which property is exclusive to the owner and does not include common areas) unless the dog is under the restraint or control of a person by means of a chain, leash or other device or is sufficiently near its handler to be under his direct control and is obedient to that handler's commands or is caged/crated.

2. It shall be unlawful for an owner to tie, chain, tether or confine by electronic/radio device a dog on the owner's property within five (5) feet of public property, public access, easements, common grounds or the property of another without the consent of the owner of such property.

B. Cats

Unsterilized cats must be confined to the owner's property. Unsterilized cats off the owner's property must be restrained or confined humanely to prevent them from running at large and to protect them from injury and disease.

C. A fine schedule for violations of this section shall be established by the Board by resolution. As a means to encourage more owners to sterilize dogs/cats, the following additional procedure has been implemented: When a first offense citation is issued to an owner of an unsterilized dog or cat for violating paragraph A and/or paragraph B herein, the Division is authorized to hold the citation for fifteen (15) working days, allowing time for the owner to have said animal sterilized. If proof of sterilization is presented to the Division in this time period, the citation shall not be processed through the county court system, thus waiving the citation fine for the owner. If the Division is not presented proof of sterilization within fifteen (15) working days, the citation will be processed.

D. Registered feral cat colonies in compliance with Section 8 - KEEPING/ADOPTING STRAY ANIMALS AND MAINTAINING FERAL CATS, are exempt from this section.

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