Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
The owner of an animal is responsible for the care, actions, <br />and behavior of the animal. <br />19. Person: Any individual, family, group of individuals, <br />corporation, partnership, organization, or institution <br />recognized by law as a person. <br />20. Pet Shop: A person that acquires for the purposes of resale <br />animals, excluding domesticated livestock, bred by others <br />whether as owner, agent, or on consignment, and that sells, <br />trades or offers to sell or trade such animals at retail or <br />wholesale, or a person that holds or keeps animals, <br />excluding domesticated livestock, for the purpose of <br />cleaning or grooming. <br />21. Public Nuisance: Actions deemed prima facie evidence of a <br />public nuisance include the following activities of an <br />animal, or conditions maintained or permitted by the <br />animal's owner or keeper: <br />(a) The animal is found at large off the premises of its <br />owner or keeper and not under the restraint of a <br />competent person. <br />(b) The animal damages the property of anyone other than <br />its owner or keeper, including, but not limited to, <br />turning over garbage containers or damaging gardens, <br />flowers, shrubbery, vegetables or trees, fences or <br />gates, or causes injury to domesticated livestock or <br />pets. <br />(c) The animal habitually and repeatedly barks, whines, or <br />howls so as to interfere seriously with the reasonable <br />use and enjoyment by neighboring residents of their <br />property. <br />(d) The animal repeatedly chases, snaps at, or barks at <br />persons, domesticated livestock, pets, or vehicles when <br />it is not in an enclosure, leashed, or on the owner's <br />or keeper's property. <br />(e) The owner or keeper fails to confine a female dog while <br />in heat (estrus) in a building or secure enclosure in <br />such a manner that she will not be in contact with <br />another dog, provided, this section shall not be <br />construed to prohibit the intentional breeding of <br />animals within an enclosed area on the premises of the <br />owner or keeper of an animal involved in the breeding <br />process. <br />3:\Cledcs\Records\Ordinances\Mnn al Ordman ces\ANIMORD.D OCLast panted 7/23/20092:42:00 PM 6 <br />