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Animal Control
RESORT VILLAGE OF GLEN HARBOUR
BYLAW NO. 29/2014
A BYLAW TO PROHIBIT ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE
The Council of the Resort Village of Glen Harbour in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as
follows:
1. This bylaw may be referenced as the "Animal Control Bylaw"
2. For the purpose of this bylaw, the expression:
(a)
"dogs" shall mean members of the canis genus species;
(b)
"Administrator" shall mean the Administrator of the Municipality;
(c)
"Council" shall mean the Council of the Municipality;
(d)
"designated officer" shall mean that person designated by the Council of the
Municipality;
(e)
"dog run" means a permanent structure outside of a residential dwelling unit
used for the containment of a dog;
(f)
"Municipality" shall mean the Resort Village of Glen Harbour;
(g)
"leash" means a chain or other material capable of restraining the dog on
which it is being used;
(h)
"owner" includes:
i) a person who keeps, possesses, harbours, or has charge of or
control over a dog; or
ii) the person responsible for the custody of a minor where the minor is
owner of a dog;
(i)
"poundkeeper" shall mean the person appointed as poundkeeper by the
Council of the Municipality;
(j)
"pound" shall mean such premises and facilities as may be designated by
Council, from time to time, as the pound
(k)
"running at large" shall mean off the premises and boundaries of the land
occupied by the owner, possessor or harbourer or beyond the boundaries of
any lands where the dog or cat may be with the permission of the owner or
occupier of the lands and is not under control by being tied or secured to a
leash or chain or other similar restraining device not exceeding two meters in
length.
3. No dog shall run at large in the municipality, and for the purpose of this bylaw, a dog shall
be deemed to be running at large when it is beyond the boundaries of the land occupied
by the owner, possessor, or harbourer of the said dog, or beyond the boundaries of any
lands where it may be with permission of the owner or occupant of the said land and
when it is not under control by being:
a) on a leash and in direct and continuous charge of a person competent to
control it; or
b) securely confined within an enclosure; or
c) securely fastened so that it cannot roam at will.
4. The owner of a dog shall ensure that the dog shall not bark, howl or otherwise disturb any
person.
5. Where a dog is housed or kept in a dog run, the owner of the dog shall ensure that the
dog run is located a minimum of three (3) feet from any property line.
6. Any person owning a dog and occupying property in the Resort Village of Glen Harbour
shall remove any and all defecation from the said property on a daily basis and shall
dispose of the defecation in a sanitary manner.
7. If a dog defecates on any public or private property other than the property of the owner,
the owner shall remove such defecation immediately.
8. Failure to cause the removal of defecation as required by sections 6 and 7 shall be
considered a breach of this bylaw.
9. A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be guilty of an offence
and upon summary conviction , shall be liable to a maximum penalty of:
(a)
1st offence - Letter of warning
(b)
2nd offence - $ 50.00
(c)
3rd offence - $ 100.00
10. Bylaw No. 05/2001, adopted on April 9, 2001, is hereby repealed.
Mayor
[SEAL]
Administrator
Subsection 8(1)(k) The Municipalities Act