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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

SECTION:

A.    DOG: SHALL BE INTENDED TO MEAN BOTH MALE
AND FEMALE.

B.     DOG AT LARGE: DOG NOT UNDER RESTRAINT AND
OFF THE PREMISES OF ITS OWNER.

C.     DOG CONTROL WARDEN: THAT PERSON OR HIS
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATED AS SUCH BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY TO PERFORM DUTIES
DESCRIBED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

D.    PET SHOP: AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH OFFERS TO
SELL TWO OR MORE SPECIES OF LIVE ANIMALS WITH THE
INTENT THAT THEY BE KEPT AS PETS.

E.     DOG CONTROL SHELTER: ANY FACILITY
DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR KENT COUNTY
FOR THE DETENTION DOGS.

F.     DOG UNDER RESTRAINT: A DOG SECURED BY A
LEASH OR LEAD, OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF A RESPONSIBLE
PERSON AND OBEDIENT TO THAT PERSON'S COMMANDS, OR
CONFINED WITHIN A VEHICLE OR WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY
LIMITS OF ITS OWNER.

G.     HEALTH OFFICER: THE DULY APPOINTED KENT
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER, OR HIS AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE.

H. KENNEL: AN ESTABLISHMENT WHEREIN ANY
PERSON, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR CORPORATION ENGAGES IN
THE BUSINESS OF BOARDING, BREEDING, BUYING, GROOMING,
OR SELLING DOGS, OR WHEREIN AT ANY ONE TIME THERE ARE
KEPT OF HARBORED FIVE OR MORE DOGS OVER SIX MONTHS OLD
FOR A BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE, OR AT WHICH MORE
THAN ONE LITTER OF PUPPIES PER YEAR IS OFFERED FOR
SALE.

I. OWNER: ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP,
ASSOCIATION, OR CORPORATION OWNING, KEEPING,
HARBORING, OR ACTING AS CUSTODIAN OF A DOG.

J. PUBLIC NUISANCE DOG: ANY DOG REPEATEDLY
FOUND AT LARGE, OR ANY DOG WHICH HAS DAMAGED THE
PROPERTY OF ANYONE OTHER THAN ITS OWNER; OR ANY DOG
WHICH HAS BITTEN TWO OR MORE PERSONS; OR ANY DOG WHICH
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE DOG CONTROL WARDEN TO BE A
PUBLIC NUISANCE DOG BY VIRTUE OF BEING A MENACE TO THE