(a) All persons owning, harboring, or keeping an animal shall attend to and responsibly care for the animal, including, but not limited to, providing proper food, water, shelter, sanitation, and medical treatment for injuries, parasites, and diseases that is sufficient to maintain the animal in good health and minimize suffering for the animal according to its species, age, and circumstances.
(b) No person having care, custody, or control of any animal shall cause neglect, as defined by Section 6-1-2 of this Code.
(c) No person having care, custody, or control of any animal shall cause abandonment, as defined by Section 6-1-2 of this Code.
(d) No person shall own, harbor, keep, or shelter more than two animals of the same species over the age of four months in a single residence. Animals shall be properly licensed and registered on the effective date of this ordinance. New licenses shall not be issued for animals over the limit of two upon death of rehoming of animals formerly licensed at that residence.
(e) No person shall overcrowd rabbits, domestic fowl, poultry, or any other animals in any crate, box, or other receptacle.
(f) Whether or not authorized by Section 53 of Chapter IX, of the Michigan Penal Code, Animals, being MCL 750.53, the Animal Care and Control Division is authorized to impound any animal which:
(1) Appears to have been neglected or cruelly treated, including but not limited to actions prohibited in Sections 49 through 51 of Chapter IX, of the Michigan Penal Code, Animals, being MCL 750.49 through 750.51; or
(2) Appears to have been abandoned. Sec. 6-2-3. Treatment of stray dogs.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC. 7/23/19, Pass. 9/10/19, App. 9/11/19, Pub. 9/20/19, Eff. 10/1/19); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-5 (JCC. 1/28/20, Pass. 2/25/20, App. 2/26/20, Pub. 3/25/20, Eff. 9/27/20).
(a) The Animal Care and Control Division is authorized to seize and impound any stray dog that is on public or private property in accordance with Section 6-l-3(e f) of this Code, and to return, sell, transfer, or euthanize any such animal in accordance with this chapter.
(b) All persons shall immediately notify the Animal Care and Control Division regarding any stray dog under their control and, upon request, shall turn over any stray dog to the Animal Care and Control Division. The Animal Care and Control Division shall impound, register, and promptly notify the owner of the dog, if any, at the owner’s last known address.
(c) No person shall harbor, hold, or keep for reward any dog which has strayed upon the person’s premises or property, has been picked up on a public highway or other public place unaccompanied by its owner, or has been stolen from the owner.
(d) No person other than the owner shall procure a license for any dog, which has strayed upon the person’s premises or property, has been picked up on a public highway or other public place unaccompanied by its owner, or has been stolen from the owner.
(e) The provisions of this section prohibiting the harboring, holding, or keeping and licensing a stray dog do not apply to a non-profit corporation that is organized for the purpose of sheltering dogs or to a legal purchaser of a dog from such organization.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC. 7/23/19, Pass. 9/10/19, App. 9/11/19, Pub. 9/20/19, Eff. 10/1/19); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-5 (JCC. 1/28/20, Pass. 2/25/20, App. 2/26/20, Pub. 3/25/20, Eff. 9/27/20).
Except as provided in Article VIII of this chapter, no person shall sell, or offer for sale, barter, or give away baby chicks, baby rabbits, ducklings or other fowl as pets or novelties, whether or not dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the display or sale of natural chicks or ducklings in proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or businesses, including licensed pet shops, engaged in the selling of the same to be raised for commercial purposes.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC. 7/23/19, Pass. 9/10/19, App. 9/11/19, Pub. 9/20/19, Eff. 10/1/19); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-5 (JCC. 1/28/20, Pass. 2/25/20, App. 2/26/20, Pub. 3/25/20, Eff. 9/27/20).