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CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
FRONTENAC ISLANDS
BY-LAW # 17-98
Being a by-law to licence dogs and for regulating the running at large of dogs within the
Municipality.
WHEREAS Section 210, paragraphs 2,3,4,8,9,11 and 13 of the Municipal Act R.S.O., 1990,
Chapter M.45 authorizes the Council of a local municipality to pass by-laws for the licensing
and for requiring the registration of dogs and for imposing a licence fee on the owners of such
dogs, and for prohibiting or regulating the running at large of dogs in the municipality, and for
seizing and impounding and for disposing of, whether before or after impounding of dogs
running at large, and for selling dogs so impounded at such time and in a manner as is provided
by the by-law.
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Frontenac Islands enacts
as follows:
1. SHORT TITLE
This by-law shall be known and may be cited as the "Dog Control By-law".
ca DEFINITIONS
a) "Dogs" shall mean a male or female dog;
b) "Municipality" shall mean the Corporation of the Township of Frontenac Islands;
c) "Owner" of a dog includes any person, organization or corporation who possesses
or harbours a dog, and "owners" and "owned" shall have a corresponding
meaning;
d) "Running at large" shall mean a dog which is not on a leash and is found in any
place other than the premises of the owner of the dog:
e) "Poundkeeper" shall mean the Kingston Humane Society,
f) "Township Office" shall mean either the Wolfe Island Office or the Howe Island
Office of the Municipality.
3. DOG LICENSING
a) The owner of any dog shall, between the first day of January and the first day of
June in each year, cause the same to be registered, numbered, described and
licensed at the Township Office or at such other places as Township Council may
from time to time designate.
~ b) Each owner, upon registration of a dog and application for a dog licence, shall be
furnished with a tag, the price of which is incorporated in the license fee
hereinafter provided , with the registered number of each such dog, and shall pay
for such licence and registration.
c) A license fee as set out in Schedule "A" to this by-law shall be paid regardless of
the number of dogs owned. On payment of the license fee for each dog, the owner
shall be furnished with a dog tag which shall be kept securely fixed on the dog at
all times until the tag is renewed or replaced.
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d) Each tag shall bear a serial number and the year in which it was issued. A record
shall be kept by the Municipality for the purpose of showing the name and
address of the owner and the serial number of the tag.
4. DOGS THAT ARE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND/OR RUNNING AT LARGE
a) No person(s) shall permit a dog to become a public nuisance.
b) A dog shall be considered a public nuisance if:
1. The dog persistently barks or howls.
2. The dog causes damage to public and/or private property.
3. The dog interferes with or dumps or scatters garbage.
4. The dog persistently barks at or chases person(s) using public or private
property.
5. The dog is in a public area and is not on a leash.
c) The owner of a dog shall keep the dog leashed and under the control of some
person when the dog is on land in the municipality other than the land owned by
the owner of the dog, unless prior consent is given by the person owning the land
on which the dog is found.
d) No owner shall allow his/her dog to defecate on any property other than the
property owned by the owner of the dog or other property by permission of the
owner of the land on which the dog is found, unless the droppings are forthwith
cleaned up.
e) No owner shall allow a dog to run at large in the Township of Frontenac Islands,
and any dogs running at large shall be liable to be seized, impounded and
disposed of as hereinafter provided.
f) Where an Animal Control Officer is unable to seize a dog that is running at large
contrary to the provisions of this by-law, he/she may destroy the dog at his/her
discretion.
g) Where an Animal Control Officer finds a dog running at large contrary to the
provisions of this by-law, and he/she believes that before the dog can be seized, it
may attack a human being, he/she may tranquilize or humanely destroy the dog.
h) A dog which is found, with or without a tag, running at large may be seized and
impounded by the Animal Control Officer of the municipality. If called for within
five (5) clear days from the time of being seized and impounded, the dog shall be
released to the owner upon payment of compensation for each day on which the
dog has been impounded, such sum to be paid to the poundkeeper. Compensation
is also to be paid to the Township pursuant to Schedule "B" attached hereto.
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i) Any dog seized and impounded and not called for by the owner thereof within
five (5) clear days from the time of seizure and impounding, may be disposed of
in the manner hereinafter provided or be sold by the Kingston Humane Society.
The Township of Frontenac Islands will not undertake to provided veterinarian
- services for injured dogs during this five (5) day waiting period.
j) Any dog so sold shall be properly licensed and registered to the new owner and
accompanied by the bill of sale and receipt for payment of same which shall vest
title of any such dog in the new owner.
k) Any dog seized and impounded for running at large and not redeemed by the
owner thereof, as hereinafter provided, or not sold by the Kingston Humane
Society after the expiration of seven (7) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays
and Holidays, shall be destroyed in a humane manner.
19) Where a dog seized and impounded bears a tag issued by the municipality, the
Animal Control Officer shall search the register kept for that purpose and notify
the registered owner thereof within a reasonable time and cite the section or
sections of this by-law which have been violated and shall indicate the location of
the dog pound.
m) Notwithstanding Section 4(g) and (i) of this by-law, to the contrary, any dog
bearing a tag issued by the Township of Frontenac Islands when seized and
impounded shall not be destroyed or sold until the expiration of 72 hours after the
owner has been notified as hereinbefore provided.
n) A statement of the purchasers of dog tag licences, bearing the names and
addresses and description of dogs licensed shall be forwarded to the Animal
Control Officer on a regular schedule by the municipality.
0) No dog seized or impounded shall be released to the owner or sold to any person
unless or until it is properly licensed and registered, the license fee paid and a tag
securely fixed on the dog, plus fines and pound fees paid.
5. ENFORCEMENT
a) The Animal Control Officer shall enforce this by-law and arrange for a suitable
place as a pound and keep records of all calls, dogs seized and impounded.
: b) The Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized, in the course of his/her duties
of seizing and impounding dogs running at large contrary to this by-law, to use
such reasonable means at his/her disposal to seize and impound such dog(s) as
may be required by the circumstances.
6. OFFENSES
a) Every owner who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law is guilty of an
offense and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than ($5,000.00) Five
Thousand Dollars.
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7. VALIDITY
a) If any section, clause or provision of this by-law is for any reason declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not effect the
validity of the by-law as a whole or any part thereof, other than the section, clause
or provision so declared to be invalid and it is hereby declared to be the intention
that all the remaining sections, clauses or provisions of the by-law shall remain in
full force and effect until repealed, notwithstanding that one or more provisions
thereof shall have been declared to be invalid.
8. SCHEDULES
a) Schedules "A", "B" and "C" attached to this by-law shall form part of this
by-law.
9. REPEALS
a) All previous Dog Control By-laws of the former Townships of Wolfe Island and
Howe Island are repealed.
10. EFFECTIVE DATE
A) This by-law shall come into force and take effect on the date of its passing.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 4" DAY OF MAY 1998
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 4"" DAY OF MAY 1998
Cs anal <P
"Jan W.}Hasselaar - Mayor
Terry J. O'Shea - Clerk/CAO
SCHEDULE "A"
TO BY-LAW # 17-98
DOG TAG FEES
Yearly fee per dog $ 10.00
Tags available only at Township Office and/ or annual rabies clinics held on Wolfe
. Island and Howe Island.
SCHEDULE "B"
TO BY-LAW # 17-98
ADMINISTRATION CHARGES
Pursuant to Section 4(o) of by-law # 17-98, no dog seized or impounded shall be released
to any person unless it is properly licensed and registered, a tag securely fixed on the dog,
and the following amounts paid:
1. The dog licence fee.
ve Any applicable fines.
a The pound fee.
SCHEDULE "C"
TO BY-LAW # 17-98
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
I. A charge of $25.00 will be levied to the owner of any dog picked up by the
Animal Control Officer and that dog returned directly to the owner.
2. A charge of $105.00 will be levied to the owner of any dog picked up and taken
to the Kingston Humane Society by the Animal Control Officer . The fees are
broken down as follows: $80.00 to cover the cost of pick up and delivery of said
animal to the Humane Society, and $25.00 to cover the pound charges assigned to
the Township for each animal taken into their care.
3. These fees are payable at the Kingston Humane Society upon the owner claiming
such animal, but made payable to the Township of Frontenac Islands.