Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274, Saskatchewan
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## Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274
## BYLAW No. 2 - 2015
## Animal Control Bylaw
The Council of the Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274 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:
3. (a) "animals" means dogs, which shall mean members of the canis genus species and cats shall mean a member of the felis catus species.
4. (b) "administrator" shall mean the administrator of the municipality;
5. (d) "designated officer" shall mean the RM's Bylaw Enforcement Officer or any other person designated by the council of the municipality;
6. (c) "council" shall mean the council of the municipality;
7. (e) "municipality" shall mean the The Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274
8. (f) "poundkeeper" shall mean the RM's Bylaw Enforcement Officer or other person appointed as poundkeeper by the council of the municipality;
9. (h) "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 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.
10. (g) "pound" shall mean such premises and facilities as may be designated by council or the poundkeeper, from time to time, as the pound
3. No dog or cat shall run at large within the municipality.
A person who owns, possesses or harbours a dog or cat running at large shall be deemed guilty of an infraction of this bylaw.
4. Any person may take any dog found running at large contrary to the provisions of this bylaw to the municipal poundkeeper, who will keep the dog in the pound for five (5) days which shall not include statutory holidays and weekends unless the owner, possessor or harbourer redeems the animal by paying at the Administration office the sum of $50.00 per day or partial day for the careland keep of each animal, in addition to the fines outlined in Section 8 of this bylaw.
5. The Administrator or poundkeeper may sell any animal which is not redeemed within the period of time noted in section 4 for a sum of not less than the amount required to redeem the dog under section 4.
6. The poundkeeper or person designated by the administrator or pound keeper may destroy any dog which has not been redeemed within the period of time noted in section 4.
7. No person shall own, possess or harbor any dog which by loud or frequent barking or howling or chasing motor or other vehicles or in any other manner or way, creates a disturbance to the annoyance or discomfort of other persons residing in the municipality or to the public at large, and any person owning, possessing or harbouring such a dog shall be in violation of this Bylaw.
M-11 R.V. of Good Lake No. 274 Bylaw No. 2-2015 continue...
8. A person who contravenes any of the provisions of sections 3 or 8 of this bylaw shall be guilty of an offence and upon summary conviction, shall be liable to a maximum
2. (a) Section 3 $500.00 for the first offence
3. (b) Section 7 $200.00
$1,000.00 for the second offence
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2. Thaiya No. 322011 be repeated.
Reeve David Popowich
(Administrator Joan Popoff Certified a true copy and correct copy of Bylaw No. 2-2015 passed by resolution of Council of the Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274 on the 9t day of March, 2015.
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Joan Popolt - Administratox