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The Town Board of the Town of Vienna, County of Dane, State of Wisconsin, do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. DOG LICENSE TAX.
- Every owner, as required by Chapter 174 of the Wisconsin Statutes, of a dog more than five (5) months of age on January 1 of any year, or five (5) months of age within the license year shall annually, or within thirty (30) days from the date such dog becomes five (5) months of age, at the time and in the manner provided by law for the payment of personal property taxes, pay his dog license and obtain a license therefor.
- Such dog license tax shall be Five and a Half ($ 5.50) Dollars for each spayed male dog and spayed female dog, and Ten and one Half ($10.50) Dollars for each un-spayed male dog and un-spayed female dog- or one-half of this amount if the dog became five (5) months of age after July 1st and end on the following December 31st.
- Every dog specially trained to lead blind persons shall be exempt from the dog license tax and every taxpayer owning such dog shall annually receive a free dog license from the Town Treasurer upon application therefor.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. In this ordinance the following words mean:
- "Owner" includes any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog and the occupant of any premises on which a dog remains or to which it customarily returns daily for a period of 10 days is presumed to be harboring or keeping a dog.
- "At large" means to be off the premises of the owner and not under the control of the owner or member of his immediate family, but a dog within an automobile of its owner or in an automobile of any other person with the consent of the dog's owner, shall be deemed upon the owner's premises.
SECTION 3. RESTRICTIONS
ON KEEPING OF DOGS
No person shall own, harbor or keep any dog which:
- Assaults or attacks any person
- Habitually barks or howls to the annoyance of any
person
- Kills, wounds or worries any domestic animal
- Is at large within the town boundaries not under the control of the owner or member of his immediate family.
SECTION 4. STRAY OR UN-LICENSED DOGS.
- Enforcement of this ordinance shall be carried out by the Town Board's designated representative. The Town Representative shall seize and impound any dog for the keeping of which no license has been issued and for which one is required, or seize and impound any dog which is kept in violation of Section 3 above, and the Town Representative may enter the premises of the owner to seize such dog.
- The Town Representative shall forthwith notify the owner of any dog impounded, personally or through the mail, if such owner be known to the Town Representative or can be ascertained with reasonable effort. If the owner of the offending dog cannont be ascertained, then, the Town Representative shall post written notice within 48 hours after said seizure and these notices shall be posted in 3 conspicuous places in the Town of Vienna, one of which shall the bulletin board on the Town Hall. The notice shall be dated, and if the owner does not reclaim the dog within seven (7) days, Sundays excepted, then the dog shall be disposed in a proper and humane manner.
- The Town Representative shall keep a record of every dog sold or otherwise disposed of, describing the dog with reasonable certainty and listing the name and address of the party to whom sold or delivered, or the manner of otherwise disposing of the dog. In addition, any person to whom such dig is sold or delivered shall sign a statement to that effect giving his name, address and the date of delivery or receipt of such dog. The proceeds from the sale of any such dog shall be deposited in the Town Treasury.
- The possession of any dog impounded may be obtained by paying the treasurer the sum of Ten ($10.00) Dollars for the first day and Eight ($8.00) Dollars thereafter, plus and additional costs incurred during the period which said dog has been impounded.
SECTION 6. PENALTY.
Any person or owner violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 not more than $ 50,00, and
in default of the payment thereof be committed to the County Jail until
payment is made, for not exceeding 20 days.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on after publication
on April 1, 1982.
M. Vincent Koch, Town of Vienna Chairperson
Russell Clemens, Town of Vienna First Supervisor
Dennis Leonard, Town of Vienna Supervisor II
ATTEST: Robert Pulvermacher, Town of Vienna Clerk
The Original and Signed Copy of this Ordinance is on file and available for inspection at the Town of Vienna Office.
