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Animal Control Ordinance <br />Adopted 1/21/2016 Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 15 <br />Effective 3/1/2016 <br />k. It shall be unlawful for any person to restrain a dog using a chain, wire or other <br />type of tethering device in a manner prohibited by this subsection. (Does not <br />apply in Chapel Hill or Carrboro) <br /> <br />(1) No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause such <br />restraining of a dog, to a tree, fence, post, dog house, or other stationary object <br />for more than a total of three hours in a 24-hour period. During periods of <br />tethering that are not unlawful under this subsection, any tethering device used <br />shall be at least ten feet in length and attached in such manner as to prevent <br />strangulation or other physical harm to the dog and entanglement with objects. <br />In no event shall the time limitations established by this subsection 4-41(k)(1) <br />& (2) below be added together to allow for tethering, fastening, chaining, <br />tying, or restraining to either a stationary object or to a cable trolley system <br />for more than a total of three hours in a 24-hour period. <br /> <br />(2) No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause such <br />restraining of a dog, to a cable trolley system, that allows movement of the <br />restraining device, for more than a total of three hours in a 24-hour period. <br />During periods of tethering that are not unlawful under this subsection, the <br />length of the cable along which the tethering device can move must be at least <br />ten feet, and the tethering device must be of such length that the dog is able to <br />move ten feet away from the cable perpendicularly and attached in such a <br />manner as to prevent strangulation or other physical harm to the dog and <br />entanglement with objects. <br /> <br />(3) No person shall tether a dog with a chain or wire or other device to, or cause <br />such attachment to, any collar other than a buckle type collar or body harness. <br /> <br />(4) No person shall tether with a chain or wire or other device to, or cause such <br />attachment to, a head harness, choke-type collar or pronged collar to a dog. <br /> <br />(5) No person shall tether with a chain, wire or other device to a dog where the <br />weight of the tethering device and the collar combined exceeds ten percent of <br />the dog's body weight. <br /> <br />(6) No person shall tether with a chain or wire or other device a dog in such <br />manner that does not allow the dog access to adequate food, water, and <br />shelter. <br /> <br />(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 4-41(k)(1) & (2) of this <br />subsection, a person may, subject to the provisions of subsections 4-41(k)(3— <br />(6), and subject to the requirement that any stationary tethering devise used <br />shall be at least ten feet in length, and subject to the requirement that for any <br />cable trolley system used the length of the cable along which the tethering <br />device can move must be at least ten feet, and the tethering device must be of