City of Corner Brook Animal Regulations (2017, as amended December 16, 2024) — full text

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City of Corner Brook Animal Regulations 2017, Amendment Pursuant to the powers vested in it by virtue of Section 263, 264, 280.1, 280.2 and 280.4 of the City of Corner Brook Act/1990 and all other enabling powers, the Council of the City of Corner Brook at a session convened on the 16th day of December 2024, hereby passes and enacts the following amendments to the Animal Regulations: 1. Section 2. (J) impound Fee definition to include animal medicai fees; 2. Section 7. (d) to make animal medical fees coliectable from the anima! owner; 3. New "Section 10 ~ Designation" to allow the Director to designate externai agencies to provide animal services/ and collect fees/ on behalf of the City; 4. Schedule A revised to increase the Daily Base Impound Fee to $25.00/day; 5. Mew Schedule B/ "Dog Registration Form"; 6. New Schedule C, "More than 5 Animals Form"; and 7. New Schedule D/ Keeping of Uncommon Animal as Pet. IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Regulation is sealed with the Common Seal of the Corner Brook City Council and subscribed by and on behalf of Council by Jim Parsons, Mayor, and Jessica Smith, City Clerk, at the City of Comer Brook/ this 16th day of December 2024. Jim Parsons, Mayor Occcmtoer l^.oO^H D^^^n^^r l^^o3v-l Date Date 1st reading: 18 November 2024 2nd reading: 16 December 2024 Approved by Council: 16 December 2024 Published in Gazette: 3 January 2025 The City of Corner Brook Animal Regulations PURSUANT to the powers vested in it under section 263, 264, 280.1, 280.2 and 280.4 of the City of Corner Brook Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. C-15, as amended, the Newfoundland and Labrador Animal Health and Protection Act SNL 2010 Chapter A 9.1, and all other powers it enabling/ the Corner Brook City Council, in a session convened on the 16th day of October. 2017, hereby passes and enacts the following regulations regulating the control of dogs and other animals In the City of Corner Brook. These Regulations may be cited as the City of Corner Brook Anlma! Regulations. 1. PURPOSE The purpose of these Regulations is to promote the safety, health/ and well-being of people and their animals in the City of Comer Brook and to protect people, properties, and promote the humane treatment of animals. 2. DEFINITIONS In these Regulations: a) "Animal" means all types of animals, both domesticated and wild, including/ but not limited to dogs/ cats and other pets, fowl, livestock as defined by the Livestock Act and wild animals which customarily live independently of people in naturai conditions including any reptile or amphibian; b) "Animal Control Officer" means the person or persons appointed and authorized by Council to impound animals pursuant to the City of Corner Brook Act and these Regulations and to carry out such other acts as are prescribed by these Regulations and includes Municipal Enforcement Officers and the Director; c) "Animat Shelter" means the facility designated by the Director as the facility where surrendered/ relinquished or abandoned animals; animals apprehended by Anima! Control Officers; and animals requiring impoundment may be taken and kennelled; d) "Cat" means a male or female cat of any age and includes those that are domesticated and those that breed and/or iive in the wild; e) "City" means the City of Corner Brook; f) "Companion Animal" means a dog or a cat or any animal normally kept for companionship or bred or rose for companionship. Companion Animals do not include animals kept for an agricultural purpose such as livestock/ nor wildlife and fish as defined in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Act/ or any other animals prescribed as being excluded by any Provincial Regulations made wder the Animal Health and Protection Act SNL 2019 Ch. A-9.1. g) "Council" means the Corner Brook City Council as continued by section 12 of the City of Corner Brook Act; h) "Director" means the Director designated by Council to manage and oversee the operation of the Animal Shelter and the carrying out of the provisions of these Regulations. i) "Dog" means a male or female domesticated dog of any age and includes an anima! which is a cross between a wolf or coyote and a dog; J) "Impound Fee" means the daily Base Impound Fee prescribed in Schedule A for the housing, cleaning and feeding of an impounded anima! plus the costs of any medicai/veterinary care or treatment provided to an impounded anima!; k) "Licensing Officer" means a person appointed pursuant to section 264(d) of the City of Comer Brook Act and includes the Director, Animal Control Officers/ Municipal Enforcement Officers and or a City designated agency; I) "Municipal Enforcement Officer" means any Municipal Enforcement Officer appointed pursuant to s.211 of the City of Corner Brook Act; J) "Owner" includes any person who has the custody, charge/ possession or control of an animal, including the owner/ tenant or person in charge of the premises where an animal is kept/ permitted to live or remain); 3. LICENSING OF DOGS a) A valid dog licence is one that has been issued by the City/ a Licensing Officer or, other municipality or City designated agency in combination with a registration tag or plate indicating that the registration is En force for the current year. b) No person/ shall own, keep or have a dog in the City that is older than three (3) months/ without having a vaiid licence for that dog and having the licence registration tag or plate affixed to the dog's collar. c) An application for a dog licence shafi be made in writing on the prescribed form to the City or Licencing Officer and shall include: J. The name and contact information of the Owner; El. Name of the dog; iii. Sex and breed of the dog or combinations thereof; iv. Means of Identification of the dog such as physical description/ photo, or microchip; and v. Whether the dog is spayed or neutered; d) The licence fee to licence a dog shall be as set out in Schedule A of these Regulations and shall not be remitted for any cause including the death, lessor removal of the dog from the City after the date of issuance; e) Upon completion of the application and payment of applicable fees/ the City or Licencing Officer wii! issue the Owner a numbered tag for the current year registered; which the dog Owner shall attach and dispiay on the collar of the dog. f) Information and fees collected by a Licencing Officer shall be forwarded to the City within 2 business days of receipt. g) Every dog licence issued pursuant to these Regulations shall, expire on the 31st day of December following the third anniversary of the date of issuance. h) Dog licences issued pursuant to these Regulations are non-transferrable between dogs and/or Owners and licence fees are non-refundable. 4. CONTROL OF ANIMALS a) No Owner shali permit or allow an anima! to stray, roam/ or run at large in the City. b) No person shall permit an animal upon the streets or other public place within the City without written permission from Council save and except for a licenced dog provided such dog is held by a competent person able to restrain the dog on a leash that is of not more than three (3) metres in length. c) Every Owner shall immediately remove excrement deposited by the Owner's animal on any property other than the property of the Owner, unless the Owner is a person with a disability and the animal is trained to assist and is assisting that person. All animal excrement must be held and disposed of in compliance with the City's Garbage and Refuse Regulations and Anti- Litter Regulations; d) No Owner shali permit their animal to make repetitive sounds including but not limited to barking, howling, crowing/ meowing or screeching/ that constitute a nuisance or disturb the peace and enjoyment of another property, and an Animal Control Officer may impound an animal of an Owner that is in breach of this provision; e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), where a dog is on public property that has been designated "Off Leash Dog Park"/ the dog will not be at large as long as the Owner meets all of the following requirements: i. the dog is always accompanied by the Owner; ii. the Owner aiways has control of the dog by either physicai or verbal means; and the dog has not been designated/ in accordance with these Regdations, as a Dangerous Animal and does not display any signs of aggressive behaviour. 5. LIMIT ON NUMBER OF ANIMALS a) No person or persons shall be the Owner of more than five animals of which a maximum of three (3)/ can be dogs/ in any single residential in the City without first obtaining a written permit from the City as per Schedule C of these regulations. b) Where'in the opinion of an Animal Control Officer conditions do not sufficiently allow for the humane habitation of a property of 5 animals, or the condition of the property and/or animals thereon create a nuisance to neighbouring properties, the Owner shall reduce his quantity of animals accordingiy upon receipt of a notice to reduce from the Animal Control Officer. c) The limit of animals applies to animals that would inhabit and encroach directly upon a human environment such as cats and dogs and not those in self-contained environments within a residential unit such as aquarium containing fish or reptile/s in a terrarium. d) City recognized Animal Rescue organizations are exempt from this "Limit on Number of Animais" requirement however such organizations must maintain a humane animaf habitat compatible to the number of animals being kept. 6. DANGEROUS AND NUISANCE ANIMALS a) An Animal Control Officer may designate an animal to be Dangerous and/or a Nuisance where it is proven to the satisfaction of the Animal Control Officer that: i. the animal or species thereof has a known propensity or predisposition to attack persons or other domestic animals to cause injury or otherwise threaten the safety of persons or domestic animals; ii. the animal behaves in a vicious or menacing manner and approaches and/or chases persons to iii. cause injury or otherwise threaten the safety of persons or domestic animals; Iv. the animal has and without provocation, bitten/ inflicted injury, assaulted or otherwise attacked a person or domestic animal; or v. the animal exhibits symptoms or behaviour of illness that threatens the health and safety of persons or other animals. b) For the purposes of this section, an animal is presumed not to have been provoked in the absence of evidence to the contrary. c) A dog shall not be designated as a Dangerous animal if the dog: i. is acting En defence to an attack from a person or animal; 11. is acting in defence to an attack of Its young; or Jii. is a professionally trained dog for law enforcement or guard duties and in the process of conducting its duties as is trained. d) Once an Animal Control Officer has designated an Animal to be a Dangerous or Nuisance Animal the animal ControlOfflcer may take any one or more of the following actions: i. make application to a Provincial Court in accordance with Sections 34, 35, and 36 of the Newfoundland & Labrador Animal Health and Protection Act (2010 cA-9.1 s34-36) or any similar or successor legJsSation; ii. Direct the Owner to keep the animal securely enclosed on the Owner's property in a manner that ensures the prevention of injury to people, other animals or to the anlma! itself; iii. Direct the Owner to muzzle and leash the animal and to keep it under constant controi and supervision if the Owner removes the animal from the Owner's property; iv. Direct the Owner to display a sign/ on the Owner's property warning of the presence of the anima! and to continue to display that sign in good condition so long as the animal is present on the property; v. Direct the Owner to report the sale or other disposition of the animal to the Director no more than 72 hours after the Owner has given up possession of the animal and provide the name, address and telephone number of any new Owner of the animal; e) In the case of an animal that is exhibiting behaviour or symptoms of illness that threaten the health and safety of persons or other animais, impound and/or immediately destroy the animai. 7. IMPOUNDMENT AND RELEASE OF ANIMALS a) An Animal Control Officer or any person may seize an animal found at large and convey the animal to the City's designated animal shelter for impoundment or alternatively convey the animal to the SPCA or similar or successor organization. The person who conveys the animal shall provide the name of the Owner of the animal, if known/ and the place and time of restraint. b) Where an Animal Control Officer has seized or received an animal whose Owner is known, the Anima! Control Officer or designate shall within 24 hours, provide notice to the Owner of the fact of the animal's impoundment and the amount required to be paid In order for the animal to be released. c) Notice provided in accordance with subsection (b) may be given by telephone or in writing. d) Any animal that is injured, sick or otherwise in need of medical attention when seized by the Animal Control Officer may receive such medical care and treatment as the City in its sole discretion deems necessary to minimize pain and distress. The cost of such medical care and treatment administered to an animal shall be recoverable from the Owner as part of the Impound Fee before the animal is released to the Owner, or as a debt owed by the Owner to the City. e) At a scheduled time no longer than 48 hours foliowing the date the animal has been seized by the Animal Control Officer or designate, the Owner or Owner's agent may attend the animal shelter and upon providing proof of ownership or entitlement for a detained animal and payment of alf Impound Fees/ the Animal Control Officer or designate may release the detained animal to the custody of the Owner or Owner's agent. f) Where an animal's Owner is unknown, and the animal remains undaimed after 72 hours in the animai shelter, the Director may sell, give away, place for adoption or arrange for the animal to be destroyed by humane means. g) Where an animal's Owner is known by way of licence or other means of identification on the animal, and the animal is not claimed after 72 hours En the animal shelter, the Director may sell/ give away, place for adoption/ or arrange for the animal to be destroyed by humane means. 8. OBSTRUCTION No person sha!! interfere and/or obstruct an Animal Control Officer in the execution of his or her duties under these Regulations. 9. UNCOMMON COMPANION ANIMAL Where any person, owns or wishes to own and house an anima! in the City of Corner Brook that is not a Companion Animal as defined in these Regulations/ the person shall make application to the City to house such an animal within the City. The City will evaluate such appiEcations on a discretionary and case by case basis considering: a) whether the animal poses a danger to the public; b) manner in which the animal must be kept including sanitation and whether indoor or outdoor; and c) impact to neighbour s peaceful enjoyment of their property including noise and odours. 10. DESIGNATION The Director may designate an external anima! services agency to provide animal sheltering services/ anima! licensing services, and or animai rescue services on behalf of the City. Such designation may include the Impound Fees and Licensing Fees being collected by and or transferred to the designated animal services agency. 11. PENALITIES Where any person contravenes any provision of these Regulations: a) Such person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine or to a period of imprisonment or both In accordance with the City of Corner Brook Act; and such person may be issued a violation notice pursuant to section 280.1 of the City of Corner Brook Act. b) The Director, the Animal Control Officer and a!! Municipal Enforcement Officers are designated persons employed by Council who may issue a violation notice pursuant to section 280.1 of the City of Corner Brook Act for any contravention or failure to comply with these Reguiations. 12. REPEAl These Reguiations shall come into force as of the date enacted by Council and the City of Corner Brook Animal Regulations/ 2008 and the City of Corner Brook Dog Regulations, 2008 and all amendments thereto; are hereby repealed upon the coming into force of these Regulations. IN WITHNESS WHEREOF this Regulation is sealed with the Common Seal of the City of Corner Brook and subscribed by and on behalf of Council by Mayor and CEtyCierkatthe City of Comer Brook/ In the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, this 20th day of November 2017. Mayor City Clerk Published in the Western Star; August 26th and 28th First Reading: August 21st, 2017 Second Reading: October 161h, 2017 Schedule A SECTION 3. (a) 7. FEE DESCRIPTION Licencing of a dog Regular Fee (per 3 years) if dog is spaded or neutered, amount to be deducted from Regular Licensing fee. If dog has implanted owner identity chip, amount to be deducted from Regular Licencing Fee Daily Base Impound Fee PENAUY AMOUNT $25.00 -$10.00 -$5.00 $25.00 Schedule B DOG REGISTRATION FORM D NEW (fofm must be tomp^etcd entirely RENEWAl{tf a rcncwai. complete o'rtRW n ame,p<t name and any mtofmation that has cAarfitdonty.) APPUCANT INFORMATION Owntr'i Name (It Street Atfdrcu City Postal C-o-dc Mailing AAiresi ( Q Sanst) City Home Teitph&ne Ko. Mobile Ttiephonc Ho. PoFt»iCod< WttfkTe^tphonc No, Em a d hddmi OtVnef^s Name (2Hifwwe than one ownerj Street Attdrcai { Q Same w 1) CttyiQSamosl) Postat Code (0 Sarfn: ai 1) Mailing Add reis { a Sam* Bjt2( City (Q Same a; Z| Home TeSepbone No. Mobtte Telephone (to. PoKaSCo<JeiQSimcai!j Work Tdeptione tfo, EmailAddfCM DOG INFORMATION Ham< 8r«d Siw a Small D Medium Qlarfie Dog Oangeroifi to ?copie? D Yes 0 Ho Dog Dangerous to Other Animal? a Yes a Ho Gefltier 0 MaSc D Fcmaic Dale of Birth Sptdai Markir^t Mkrocklp Innpfmted? a Vei QFto Microchip Ko, Spiyetl/ f^iutcred a Yei a ?> Tattooed? a Yei D No Tattoo No. The Dos UCMSC Fct ts S2S.OO for three ye»fi. If Dog hat mcrocbitp arid flum'b'er, t^f resfstratwfl fee thait be reduced b^ $S.OO. !f Do^ Owfl<r provitiei proerf that dog hu been spi'/trf or ncutcrcd, fee shii! be reduced fay $10-00. Total F« to t>c Paid By ligning thi* BppScaUon form I -<tnowt<(fge nnd nflfcc that the City ot Corner Brook may di>ctot< my rumc, tontnrt infomation and dttaib conctming my nnimnU to ail pcnwit, cofporatioflt, or cgcncict that have bttn cngagtd by the City of Comer Brook to administef ntid/of enfoice the City'* Aniwl Rtgulatioftt, tncludinj but not Itmftfd to "The Bay of ttlnndi Sflfitty far the Prevention of Cmclty to Animals Corpofatioo. Signature of Uccntee Signature of Utens* Ssiucr/WitMti LICENSE INFORMATION {office use only) Tag No. RectiptNo. Issut Date tnpify Date Schedule C APPLICANT INFORMATION MORE THAN 5 ANIMALS D MORE THAN 3 DOGS INFORMATION ABOUT OVER LIMIT ANIMALS/OOGS OAntr'tKafM; Street AtfdftK City Mailing Adiitest( a Safnt) City Httme Telephone No. Mfl bite Telephone tfo. Posts? Code Port*! Code Woftt Tcicphwtf to. Email Addfttt Bfitd ^fAnimaV* to ht Kept of More Than S 6r*e<i of Oog/t <ut Mofe Thart 3 Toiattiumbtfof Animait h Unit | Total Number of Dogi in Unit HABITAT INSPECTION BY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER (Offe« Uie Only) Oft Adt^uate Conditioni Enut to K«tp the Number of Total Animaia? DYes D No ObiCfvation Notu Ifuptcti&n D*t« PERMIT V/it!Numt>cft]ifAfttmat.tCn;at<'Ntfli>fycctoKt^hbouf>nEP»'&p«rtiti? a Yes a No iieifitibourt Contadtd / tifttti Application a Approved D Not Approved Tf]e Applicant is authorized to keep a totoS of _ animah, _ ,, ,_ of which are dogs, in exceedance of the iimitatSon of Section 5 {a} of the City of Corner Brook Animai Reguiation. Sfgnaturc ofAntmat Control OfRccr Print Name of Animal Control Offieef Dat< Schedule D APPUCANT INFORMATION KEEPING OF AN UNCOMMON COMPANION ANIMAL DETAILS ABOUT THE UNCOMMON ANIMAL Owntr'tKami Street Add ft ti City Postal Code MaitFng Addnssi {0 S»rp<) City Home Ttiephcm* Ko. M<A<tt Tctcphone No. Pttrt&l Code WwkTttcpbtxicrito. Emait Ac'-dfeu Speucj and Breed of ATirmsl? Special (tcqutrcrricntt Keep tMi Arf'imai? It Arima! Dan^ewus to People? a Yes D No Arc Safety htciiurct Re^tiircc!? a Yes D No ft AftifnaS Dangerous to Oth«r An im all? a Yes a No Are Safety Mttiuret In.ittlied? ayes D No HABITAT INSPECTION BY ANIMAL COMTROL OFFICER [Otfi^ u»0n!y) Lcution V/hcft the An'rtnalwill ht Ktpi (Q Same as Alitivcj Do Adtquate CttntJilioFii Enbt to Kacp the Nymbcr and Typt of Animal? a Yes D No Ofatxsnstwn Notes Intpertson D alt PERMIT Will thi*Anim*S Cnatt a Kuit>r<c« to Ne^hboitring ProfKrtiet? a Yes D No neighbours C-ontartcd / tiotci Application D Approved D Not Approved The Applicant is authorized to keep, onimaf/5 of the above noted species and breed, in the above noted location, as an Uncommon Companion Animal/s in accordance with Section 9 of the Gty of Corner Brook Anfmat Regulation. Signature of Animal Controt Officer Print Name ofAnim*! Cootwi Officer Datt