Section 6-2-1 Definitions
In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
A. "Animal" means any animal of a species that is susceptible to rabies, except man.
B. "At large" means on or off premises of owner and not under control of owner or other person acting for the owner. A dog shall not be deemed at large for the purposes of this section:
1. If the dog is restrained by a leash, chain, rope or cord of sufficient strength to control the action of the dog; or
2. If the dog is in a suitable enclosure that actually confines the dog; or
3. If the dog is within the confines of a Town-owned park that is designated as an off-leash recreational facility; or
4. While the dog is being exhibited at a Town-approved show or other Town-sponsored event; or
5. While on the dog owner’s property, the dog is under the direct and immediate control of the owner.
C. "County pound" means any establishment authorized by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for the confinement, maintenance, safekeeping and control of dogs and other animals that come into the custody of the enforcement agent.
D. "Department" means the Arizona Department of Health Services.
E. "Dog" means a member of the canis familiaris family.
F. "Enforcement agent" means the Town manager or the Town manager’s designee who is responsible for the enforcement of this article and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
G. "Impound" means the act of taking or receiving into custody by the enforcement agent any dog or other animal for the purpose of confinement in a county pound in accordance with the provisions of this article.
H. "Kennel" means an enclosed, controlled area, inaccessible to other animals, in which a person keeps, harbors or maintains five or more dogs under controlled conditions.
I. "Livestock" means neat animals, horses, sheep, goats, swine, mules and asses.
J. "Owner" means any person keeping an animal other than livestock for more than six consecutive days.
K. "Rabies quarantine area" means any area in which a state of emergency has been declared to exist due to the occurrence of rabies in animals in or adjacent to this area.
L. "Rabies vaccination certificate" means a method of recording and duplicating rabies information that is in compliance with the enforcement agent’s licensing system or enforcement agent’s prescribed forms.
M. "Stray dog" means any dog three months of age or older running at large that is not wearing a valid license tag.
N. "Vaccination" means the administration of an anti-rabies vaccine to animals by a veterinarian.
O. "Veterinarian", unless otherwise indicated, means any veterinarian licensed to practice in this state or any veterinarian employed in this state by a governmental agency.
P. "Veterinary hospital" means any establishment operated by a veterinarian licensed to practice in this state that provides clinical facilities and houses animals or birds for dental, medical or surgical treatment. A veterinary hospital may have adjacent to it or in conjunction with it, or as an integral part of it, pens, stalls, cages or kennels for quarantine, observation or boarding.
Q. "Vicious animal" means any animal of the order carnivora that has a propensity to attack, to cause injury to or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings without provocation or that has been so declared after a hearing before a justice of the peace or a city or town magistrate. (20-11, Amended, 06/16/2020; 18-05, Amended, 04/17/2018; 13-07, Amended, 06/06/2013; 06-08, Amended, 02/02/2006; 03-21, Amended, 12/18/2003)