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Animal Control Ordinance <br />DRAFTv.3 - 8/15/2013 Page 15 <br /> <br />ii. Use of the dog in the business of cultivating agricultural <br />products, if the restraining is reasonably necessary for the <br />safety of the dog, or <br />iii. Use of the dog in lawful hunting activities if the restraint is <br />reasonably necessary for the safety of the dog, or <br />iv. Use of the dog at dog training or performance events, <br />including but not limited to field trials and obedience trials <br />where tethering does not occur for a period exceeding seven <br />consecutive days, or <br />v. Camping or other recreation where tethering is required by the <br />camping or recreational area where the dog is located, or <br />vi. Any activity where a tethered dog is in visual range of its <br />Owner or Keeper, and the Owner or Keeper is located outside <br />with the dog. <br /> <br />b. After taking possession of a dog that appears to be a stray dog and <br />after having advised animal control authorities of the capture of the <br />dog, tether and restrain the dog in accordance with the provisions of <br />Section 4-41 for a period not to exceed seven days as the person <br />having taken possession of the dog is seeking the identity of the owner <br />of the dog. <br /> <br />c. Walk a dog with a handheld leash. <br /> <br />d. Section 4-41 becomes effective one year following the adoption of this <br />amendment (the "effective date"). Any person who violates this <br />subsection after the effective date but prior to the expiration of the <br />eighteenth month following the date this amendment was adopted shall <br />be issued a written warning giving the violator notice of the provisions <br />of this amendment. Any person who violates Section 4-41 after the <br />expiration of the eighteenth month following the date of the adoption <br />of this amendment is subject to one or more of the Penalties <br />established in Section 4-51 of this Ordinance. Any dog that is kept in <br />violation of Section 4-41 of this Ordinance may be seized and <br />subsequently impounded in accordance with Section 4-43 of this <br />Ordinance until such a time as the Animal Control Services Director is <br />reasonably assured that the dog will not be subject to restraint in <br />violation of this Ordinance. The Animal Control Services Director <br />shall post a notice at the place of the illegal restraint, or at such other <br />location, that is designed to reasonably apprise the Owner or Keeper of <br />the dog, the place, date and time the dog was seized along with the <br />location where the dog was taken. Such notice shall clearly state that <br />the dog may be returned to the Owner or Keeper upon providing <br />reasonable assurances to the Animal Control Services Director that the <br />dog will not be subject to restraint in violation of this Ordinance.