Sec. 5-34. Improper care of animals prohibited.
(c) It shall be illegal to tether an animal except the animal is tethered underneath the direct supervision of a accountable and competent individual. The situations for tethering are:
- The accountable and competent individual is outdoors with the animal.
(2) The tether is related to the animal by a correctly fitted buckle kind collar or a physique harness fabricated from nylon, leather-based, or related materials.
(3) Choke-type, pinch-type, prong-type or improperly fitted collars are prohibited.
(4) The tether at the least 5 (5) instances the size of the animal’s physique as measured from the tip of the nostril to the bottom of the tail or a minimal of ten (10) ft, whichever is longer.
(5) The tether is fabricated from a chew resistant, sturdy materials designed particularly for the usage of tethering of the particular animal and doesn’t weigh greater than one-eighth (⅛) of the animal’s weight.
(6) The animal is tethered in such a fashion to forestall harm, strangulation or entanglement.
(7) If a pulley line or trolley system is used to tether an animal, the pulley, working traces, or trolley programs should terminate on at the least one finish with a swivel and be at the least fifteen (15) ft in size and at the least 4 (4) ft however no more than seven (7) ft above floor degree.
(8) The animal is at the least six (6) months of age.
(9) The animal isn’t sick, injured, in warmth, pregnant, or nursing.
(10) The animal has entry to shade and recent, clear, potable water; a doghouse doesn’t represent shade.
(11) The animal is tethered in a fashion that stops it from reaching inside two (2) ft of the property of one other individual, a public walkway or a street.
(12) If there are a number of animals, every are tethered individually with a minimal distance of at the least six (6) ft from one another.
(13) Satisfactory area for train.
(d) Subsection 5-34(c) shall be efficient as of July 01, 2023. Any one who violates subsection 5-34 (c) shall be given thirty (30) days to come back into compliance. A second violation will lead to a thirty-day compliance interval. If violations of subsection 5-34(c) proceed after the compliance interval ends, a nice shall be imposed for every day the violation continues.
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