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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 403
James R. Filip
Clerk-Treasurer
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 4-1 AND 4-8
OF THE SEWARD CODE, ESTABLISHING GENERAL REGU-
LATIONS FOR ANIMALS.
THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 4-1 of the Seward Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
Animal. All domestic or domesticated members
of the Animalia Kingdom.
At Large. An animal is at large when it is not
under restraint, except that animals being
exercised in unpopulated areas and under voice
control of a competent person shall not be
considered at large.
Chief of Police. The chief of police and all
pollce offlcers and other persons employed to
perform any of such duties.
~og. Any of the mammalian family Canidae commonly
nown as dogs.
Kennel. Any lot, building, structure, enclosure,
or premises whereon or wherein four or more dogs
may be kept.
License collector. The license collector shall be
the city clerk-treasurer, and shall include the
person designated by him to act in his behalf.
License year. A license year shall commence on
July 1 and shall end on June 30 of each year.
~uarantine. The isolation of a dog or any other
omestlc animal in a substantial enclosure so that
the dog or domestic animal cannot be subject to
contact with other animals or unauthorized persons.
Restraint. An animal is under restraint if he is
under actual physical control, such as by a leash,
chain, fence or building; or when under competent
voice control while actively engaged in an organized
activity which requires that the animal not be
physically restrained; or when on the property of the
owner and both in visual contact with a competent
custodian and obedient to that person's command;
or when a dog is actively engaged in a form of recog-
nized--hunting that requires the use of a dog such as
a retriever.
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Vicious animal or dog. Any animal or dog which
has bitten a person or animal without provocation,
or which has a disposition or propensity to attack
or bite any person or animal without provocation,
or which habitually runs after moving vehicles,
including bicycles, or which habitually does
any other act which reasonably endangers the
comfort, health or safety or any persons, or
which habitually injures or destroys property,
is hereby declared to be a vicious animal or
dog.
Section 2. Section 4-8 of the Seward Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4-8. Prohibited Animal-Related Activities.
(a) Cruelty. No person shall intentionally injure
or kill an animal unless the act committed is in
conformity with applicable Federal, State or
Borough law, or such act is necessary to defend a
human being or a domesticated animal from attack.
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No person shall intentionally wound, injure, torment,
poison, provoke, overfeed, underfeed, otherwise
abuse or unnecessarily overwork an animal or cause
or procure any of such acts to be done, or attempt
the same, or abandon an animal where there is not
a caretaker to assume the responsibility of proper
food and water. Nothing in this chapter shall be
construed to prohibit or impede the lawful impound-
ing of stray animals and the lawful destruction
or disposition thereof, or the humane destruction
of an animal by its owner.
(b) Noises. No person may harbor or keep any
animal WhlCh disturbs the peace by loud noises at
any time of the day or night.
(c) Strays. No person shall allow any animal to
run at large in any public place in the City, nor
picket or tie any animal in any public place or
on any property of the City for the purpose of
grazing or feeding. Any such animal shall be
impounded in the manner provided in this chapter
for the impoundment of dogs.
(d) Housing. No person shall keep any animal in
any stable or place which is unclean or unwholesome.
(e) Excreta. No owner, keeper or rider of any
animal WhlCh has discharged its excreta upon any
paved or surfaced public or private property, other
than the paved property of the owner himself, shall
fail to immediately thereafter remove and clean up
the excreta from the paved or surfaced public or
private property.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall take ef
days after final passage and approval.
City Clerk-Treasurer
thirty (30)
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEWARD, ALASKA, this day of November, 1974.
CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
By
FIRST READING:
SECOND READING:
ADOPTION:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
HUGHES, THORSNESS, LOWE,
GANTZ & CLARK, Attorneys for
the City of Seward
By
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