250-11 ANIMAL CONTROL BY-LAW (WARD 1)

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ANIMAL CONTROL BY-LAW 
 
BY-LAW # 250-11 
 
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The Council of the Town of Sussex, under the authority of Section 96 of the 
Municipalities Act, hereby enacts as follows: 
 
I. TITLE 
(i) This by-law may be cited as the “Animal Control By-law” 
(ii) The provisions of this by-law apply within the entire area of the 
Town of Sussex. 
 
 
II. DEFINITIONS  
 
In this By-Law 
(i)  “animal” means any wild or domestic mammal, including a 
dog, cat or reptile; 
(ii) “Animal Control Officer” means a contractor or a person or 
persons employed by the Town of Sussex who is or are charged 
with the responsibility of controlling animals within the Town 
of Sussex and shall be charged with the responsibility of 
maintaining and supervising the animal shelter; 
(iii) “animal license” means a license issued hereunder for an 
animal; 
(iv)  “animal shelter” means any association, person, pound or 
agency designated by Council to take possession of and properly 
care and provide for animals impounded pursuant to this by-
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(v) “animal tag” means a plate on which is stamped a license 
number; 
(vi)  “breeder” means an owner who keeps and/or sells more than 
two (2) unaltered dogs and/or three (3) altered dogs; 
(vii)  “Building Inspector” means a person appointed by Council as 
Building Inspector; 
(viii) “cat” includes a male or female cat; 
(ix) “Chairperson” means the Mayor or his alternate as appointed by 
the Council; 
(x) “Clerk” means the Clerk of the Town of Sussex; 
(xi) “Council” means the Council of the Town of Sussex; 
(xii) “day” means a twenty four (24) hour period; 
(xiii) “Development Officer” means a person appointed by Council as 
Development Officer; 
(xiv) “District Medical Health Officer” means a person appointed by 
the Province; 
(xv) “dog” includes a male or female dog; 
(xvi) “fierce or dangerous animal” means an animal which meets any 
one of the following conditions: 
(a) an animal that has attacked, bitten or caused injury to a 
person, either on public or private property or has 
demonstrated a propensity, tendency or disposition to do 
so; 
(b) an animal that has attacked, bitten or caused injury to a 
domestic animal, either on public or private property; 
(c) an animal that, while running at large, has aggressively 
pursued or harassed a person; 

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(d) an animal that, while running at large, has aggressively 
pursued or harassed a domestic animal; 
(e) an animal with a known propensity to attack or injure a 
person without provocation; 
(f) is attack trained; 
(g) is kept for the purpose of security or protection, whether 
residential, commercial or industrial, or persons or 
property; or 
(h) is a potentially dangerous animal. 
(xvii)  “kennel” means a building or part of a building where animals 
are kept for sale or are boarded; 
(xviii) “leashed” means secured by a leash or similar device of 1.2 
meters maximum length, suitable to keep an animal under the 
control of an owner; 
(xix) “muzzle” means a humane fastening or covering device of 
adequate strength over the mouth of an animal to prevent it 
from biting; 
(xx) “neighbourhood” means for the purpose of this By-La w not less 
than two (2) people living in the immediate area and occupying 
separate dwellings; and 
(xxi) “owner” means a person, partnership, or corporation who: 
(a) is in possession of an animal, or 
(b) harbors an animal, or 
(c) permits an animal to habitually remain on property owned 
by or under the control of that person, partnership, or 
corporation, or 
(d) is a registered owner, according to Service New Bru nswick 
records, of property where an animal is allowed or 
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(e) registers or licenses an animal under this By-Law a nd 
“owns” and “owned” have the corresponding meaning; 
(xxii)  “Police Officer” means: 
(a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 
(b) a Police Officer appointed under Section 10, 11 or 17.3 of 
the Police Act, or 
(c) an Auxiliary Police Officer or an Auxiliary Police Constable 
appointed under Section 13 of the Police Act, when 
accompanied by or under the supervision of a member of 
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; 
(xxiii)  “Pound Keeper” means the Animal Control Officer approved by 
Council to retain all animals;  
(xxiv)  “Protective Services Committee” means a committee created by 
the Council; 
(xxv)  “public place” means any property that is not privately owned 
and includes Municipal, Provincial and Federal property; 
(xxvi)  “reptile” means an air-breathing, scaly cold-blooded vertebrate 
and includes snakes; 
(xxvii)  “Royal Canadian Mounted Police” means the Sussex Post of 
District # 3 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; 
(xxviii)  “running at large” means an unleashed animal 
(a) to be tethered on a tether of sufficient length to permit the 
animal to leave the property boundaries of the premises 
occupied by the owner; 
(b) not secured by a leash having a maximum length of three 
(3) meters in a public place; 
(c) in a public place, or 
(d) on private property other than that of the owner or keeper 
of the animal, or 

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(e) in a forest or wooded area, while not in the company and 
control of the owner of the animal; 
(xxix)  “street” includes road, sidewalk, alley, park, public square and 
property under the control of the town. 
(xxx)  “Town” means the Town of Sussex; 
(xxxi)  “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the Town of Sussex; 
(xxxii) “unaltered” means an unneutered male or an unspayed female 
dog or cat; 
 
 
III. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING 
(i) Every owner of a dog or cat shall: 
(a) register with the Clerk, or other person(s) so designated by 
Council, by March 31st of each calendar year, each dog or 
cat which he/she owns, and obtain a license pursuant to 
the provisions of this by-law; 
(b) provide the Clerk, or other person(s) so designated by  
Council, with the following information which will be 
recorded and retained: 
♦ the owner’s name and place of residence, 
♦ the name, age, breed, colour and sex of the dog or cat, 
(c) pay, in accordance with Schedule “A” of this by-law, to 
the Clerk, or other person(s) so designated by the Clerk, a 
license fee for each dog or cat which he/she owns, subject 
to the following: 
♦ the license fee for any newly acquired dog or cat 
that is being registered between July 1st and October 
31st in any year shall be fifty percent (50%) of the fee 
set out in Schedule “A” of this by-law; 
♦ there shall be no license fee for a “seeing eye dog”, 
but it must be licensed and wear a current tag; 

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(ii) All licenses issued pursuant to this by-law shall expire at  
midnight on the thirty-first day of December of each year and an 
owner of an animal is allowed to have a period of grace up to 
and not beyond March 31st in the next ensuing year for the 
renewal of licenses; and further an owner making an 
application after November 1st in any year for a license for the 
following year, the license shall be valid from the date of its 
issuance.  When an owner ceases to own a dog or cat for which 
the license was given, the license shall expire. 
(iii) An approved certificate from a veterinary or animal hospital is 
required as proof that a male dog or male cat is castrated, or a 
female dog or female cat is spayed, and an approved certificate 
from a veterinary or animal hospital confirming the cat(s) or 
dog(s) have received their rabies immunization pursuant to the 
Section on Rabies of this by-law. 
(iv) Every owner of a dog or cat which is registered under this by-
law shall forthwith advise the Clerk, or other person(s) so 
designated by the Clerk within thirty (30) days of the change of 
ownership and every owner who sells a dog or cat which is 
registered under this by-law shall advise the purchaser of the 
registration and licensing provisions set out herein. 
(v) Every person who conveys or receives a dog or cat not 
necessarily by way of sale and purchase, shall nevertheless 
follow the same provisions as set out in subsection III(iv) 
herein. 
(vi) The Clerk, or other person(s) so designated by Clerk at the time 
of registration of the dog or cat, shall issue to the owner a 
license tag upon which is inscribed the registration number and 
the year of registration. 
(vii) A license tag is not transferable from one owner to another or 
from one dog or cat to another. 
 

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(viii) A license tag which is lost, after it has been issued for the 
current year, may be replaced by the Clerk, or other person(s) so 
designated by the Clerk, upon application by the owner and 
payment of any fees pursuant to Schedule “A” of this by-law. 
(ix) Every owner of a dog or cat shall cause a dog or cat, registered 
by him or her under this by-law, to wear a collar to which the 
tag, issued under subsection III(vi) shall be attached. 
(x) The provisions of subsection III(i) shall not apply to: 
(a) an owner who is visiting with a dog or cat in the Town for 
less than twenty-one (21) days per calendar year; or 
(b) an owner who is in the Town for the purpose of the dog or 
cat participating in a dog or cat show. 
 
 
IV. KENNELS 
 
(i) Every owner who is a breeder or who keeps a dog or dogs for 
breeding purposes shall obtain a kennel license from the Clerk, 
or other person(s) so designated by the Clerk in accordance with 
the fees pursuant to Schedule “A” herein; 
(ii) A kennel license shall not be issued unless: 
(a) a written application for a kennel license is submitted to 
the Clerk, or such other person(s) so designated by the 
Clerk, containing such information as prescribed by the 
Clerk, or such other person(s) so designated by the Clerk; 
(b) the Animal Control Officer provides a written report to  
the Clerk, or such other person(s) so designated by the 
Clerk, stating that the kennel adequately provides for the 
health, safety, hygiene and comfort of the dogs while they 
may be housed therein; 
 

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(c) the Development Officer or Building Inspector certifies 
that the kennel and its operation meets the requirements 
of the Building Code, the Zoning By-Law and other 
applicable by-laws; 
(d) the Clerk, or such other person(s) so designated by the  
Clerk, is satisfied that, in the opinion of the Animal 
Control Officer, the kennel will not be a nuisance to the 
other owners of land in the neighbourhood and the Clerk, 
or such other person(s) so designated by the Clerk, 
approves the issuance of the license; and 
(e) the kennel license fee is paid. 
 
(iii) A kennel license may be revoked if: 
 
(a) the Animal Control Officer provides a written report to  
the Clerk, or such other person(s) so designated by 
Council, stating that he is not satisfied that the kennel is 
being operated so as to adequately provide for the health, 
safety, hygiene and comfort of the dogs housed therein; 
(b) the Clerk, or such other person so designated by  
Council, has determined that its continued operation is a 
nuisance and is annoying and disturbing to the owners of 
land in the neighbourhood; or 
(c) its continued operation constitutes a violation of this or 
any other by-law. 
 
 
V. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER 
 
(i) Council may by resolution appoint an Animal Control Officer to 
carry out any or all of the functions of this by-la w. 
 
 

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VI. RABIES 
(i) The owner of a dog or cat which has not been vaccinated 
against rabies shall cause his or her dog or cat to be so 
vaccinated: 
(a) within ten (10) days of acquiring the dog or cat if it is 
more than six (6) months of age; or 
(b) within ten (10) days after it has reached the age of six (6) 
months. 
(ii) When a dog or cat is more than six (6) months of age on the 
coming into force of this by-law, and it has not been vaccinated 
against rabies, the owner shall cause such dog or cat to be 
vaccinated against rabies within one (1) month thereafter and 
every three (3) years following. 
(iii) The Animal Control Officer will report an animal suspected of 
being rabid to the District Medical Health Officer and to the 
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 
(iv) The Animal Control Officer shall, where in his/her opinion the 
condition of the animal warrants the recommendation or care of 
a veterinary surgeon, impound and/or report any apparent 
illness, communicable diseases, injury or unhealthy condition of 
any animal to a veterinary surgeon.  The owner of the animal 
shall be held responsible for any fees incurred as a result of 
such consultation or treatment by the veterinary surgeon. 
(v) Where an animal is suffering from any communicable disease, 
the owner shall not permit the animal to be in any public place 
or in proximity of any other people or animals.  
(vi) A person who owns an animal that is rabid or suspected of 
being rabid or has been exposed to rabies shall immediately 
report the matter to the District Medical Health Officer and to 
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and to the Animal Control 
Officer. 
 

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VII. DISTEMPER 
(i) The owner of a dog or cat which has not been vaccinated 
against distemper shall cause the dog or cat to be so vaccinated: 
(a) within ten (10) days of acquiring such dog or cat if it is 
more than four (4) months of age, or 
(b) within ten (10) days after it has reached the age of four 
months. 
(ii) When a dog or cat is more than four (4) months of age on the 
coming into force of this by-law and it has not been vaccinated 
against distemper, the owner shall cause such dog or cat to be 
vaccinated within thirty (30) days thereof. 
 
 
VIII. RUNNING AT LARGE AND ANIMAL CONTROL 
 
No owner of an animal shall: 
(i) permit the animal to run at large; 
(ii) permit the animal to bark, bay or make other noise for such a 
period of time or in such a manner as to be a nuisa nce which is 
annoying and disturbing to the owners of land in the 
neighbourhood; 
(iii) permit a female dog or cat to be in public while in heat; 
(iv) suffer or permit any animal to defecate on any property in the 
Town which is not the property of its owner; 
(v) refuse to remove forthwith any feces left by the animal on a 
property other than the property of the owner; and 
(vi) suffer or permit the animal to cause damage to property which 
is not the property of the owner. 
 
 

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IX. FIERCE OR DANGEROUS ANIMALS 
(i) The Animal Control Officer, if he or she has sufficient evidence 
to believe that an animal should be declared a fierce or 
dangerous animal, may make application by means of a report 
to the Protective Services Committee to have that animal 
declared a fierce or dangerous animal. 
(a) Upon application of the Animal Control Officer to have an 
animal declared fierce or dangerous, the Chairperson of 
the Protective Services Committee shall convene a meeting 
of the Protective Services Committee to hear evidence from 
the Animal Control Officer, the animal’s owner, and other 
witnesses as necessary, to determine if such animal 
should be declared fierce or dangerous.  After hearing all 
the evidence presented, the Protective Services Committee 
shall then declare whether such animal is a fierce or 
dangerous animal or not.  
(b) If the Protective Services Committee declares an animal to 
be fierce or dangerous, the owner of such animal may 
appeal the decision to a Court. 
(ii) The owner of an animal which has been declared a fierce or 
dangerous animal by the Protective Services Committee shall 
ensure that: 
(a) such animal is licensed with the Town as a fierce or 
dangerous animal in accordance with Section III; 
(b) such animal is spayed or neutered; 
(c) such animal comply with the owners’ responsibilities as 
outlined in this by-law; 
(d)  such animal shall be muzzled at all times when the 
animal is off the owner’s property; 
(e) at all times when off the owner’s property, the animal 
shall be on a leash not longer than one (1) metre and 
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(f) when such animal is on the property of the owner, it shall 
be either securely confined indoors or in a securely 
enclosed and locked pen or structure, suitable to prevent 
the escape of the fierce or dangerous animal and capable 
of preventing the entry of any person not in control of the 
animal.  Such pen or structure must have minimum 
dimensions of two (2) metres by four (4) metres and must 
have secure sides and a secure top.  If it has no bottom 
secured to the sides, the sides must be embedded into the 
ground no less than thirty (30) centimeters deep.  The 
enclosure must also provide protection from the elements 
for the animal.  The pen or structure shall not be within 
one (1) metre of the property line or within three (3) 
metres of a neighbouring dwelling unit.  Such animal may 
not be chained as a means of confinement; and 
(g) a sign, as depicted below with minimum dimensions of 
two hundred fifty by hundred (250 X 100) millimeters, is 
displayed at each entrance to the property and building in 
which the animal is kept warning in writing, as well as 
with a symbol, that there is a dangerous animal on the 
property.  This sign shall be visible and legible from the 
nearest road or thoroughfare. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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X. IMPOUNDING 
(i) The Council may establish one or more animal pounds or 
designate one or more animal shelters to take possession of and 
properly care and provide for impounded animals. 
(ii) The Animal Control Officer or a Peace Officer may capture and 
impound any animal on private, (other than in a private 
dwelling), or public property, that is: 
(a) not registered or licensed as required under this by-law; 
(b) not wearing a collar or a tag attached to a collar as 
required under this by-law other than when the animal is 
in a kennel or is in the owner’s residence; 
(c) running at large; 
(d) actually or suspected to be affected with rabies or any 
other contagious disease; 
(e) housed in a kennel which is not licensed as required 
under this by-law or the license for which has been 
suspended; 
(f) alleged to be barking, baying or making other noise for 
such a period of time or in such a manner as to be a 
nuisance which is annoying and disturbing to the owners 
of land in the neighbourhood; 
(g) abandoned or appears to the Animal Control Officer to 
have been abandoned; 
(h) alleged to have bitten or attempted to bite a person; 
(i) alleged to have bitten or attempted to bite a domestic 
animal; 
(j) a female dog or cat in a public place while in heat; 
(k) a fierce or dangerous animal and is not muzzled and off 
the owner’s private property; 
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(m) a fierce or dangerous animal and its owner has not 
complied with the provisions of Section IX. 
(iii) The Animal Control Officer may capture and impound any 
animal in a private dwelling for violations of the by-law 
provided that a search warrant has been applied for and 
obtained pursuant to the Entry Warrants Act.  The Animal 
Control Officer shall be accompanied by a Police Officer in the 
execution of the search warrant. 
(iv) A Provincial Court Judge may issue a search warrant if  
satisfied that an Animal Control Officer or Police Officer has 
reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence has 
been committed under this by-law involving an animal or its 
owner and that such animal is in or upon a private dwelling, 
business or any place whatsoever. 
(v) Where an Animal Control Officer impounds an animal, he or she 
shall within 24 hours, make reasonable efforts to notify the 
owner of the animal. 
(vi) Subject to subsection X(vii) and Section XI, the owner of an 
animal which has been impounded, upon proving ownership 
thereof, may reclaim the animal during the regular business 
hours of the animal shelter upon payment of the following to 
the Clerk, or other person(s) so designated by Council, unless 
the animal has been impounded as a result of having bitten a 
person or the animal is actually or suspected to be affected with 
rabies or any other contagious disease: 
(a) the registration and license fee if the animal is a dog or 
cat which is not registered and licensed; 
(b) expenses, (including veterinarian fees), costs and legal 
fees relating to the capturing, impounding and legal 
proceedings incurred by the Town; 
(c) impounding and other applicable fees shall be as set out 
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(d) if an offence under this by-law has been committed, a 
voluntary fine as set out pursuant to Section XIV of this 
by-law. 
(vii) The owner of any animal which has been impounded three  
(3) times within any twenty-four (24) month period or for which 
the owner has received a municipal ticket or official warning 
concerning animal control three (3) times within any twenty-
four (24) month period or for which the total number of 
impounds, tickets and warnings total three (3) within any 
twenty-four (24) month period, shall not be permitted to reclaim 
such animal unless so authorized, upon appeal of the owner, to 
the Protective Services Committee. 
(viii) An animal, which has not been reclaimed within a period of 
seventy-two (72) hours after being impounded, exclusive of 
Statutory Holidays and Sundays, may be sold by the animal 
shelter for the best price that can be obtained and the monies 
derived from such sale be paid to the Treasurer, or other 
person(s) so designated by the Treasurer. 
(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, fierce or dangerous 
animals may not be offered for sale or adoption, but must 
be humanely euthanized by an animal shelter, animal 
control agency or licensed veterinarian. 
(ix) An animal which is impounded and cannot be sold for any  
reason, including the fact that the animal is infected with rabies 
or any other contagious disease, may be destroyed in such 
manner as may be directed by the Animal Control Officer or in a 
manner deemed most humane by the New Brunswick Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or a licensed veterinarian 
and the owner shall pay the costs and expenses referred to in 
subsection X(vi)(b) and subsection X(vi)(c). 
 

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(x) The Pound Keeper may continue to keep the animal in the 
pound longer than the period specified in subsection X(viii) 
when the owner: 
(a) requests the animal, which is not a fierce or dangerous 
animal, be kept for a longer period, or 
(b) advised the Pound Keeper of his/her ownership but does 
not pick up the animal from the pound within the time 
provided in subsection X(viii), and when, 
♦ there is sufficient room in the pound to continue to 
keep the animal; 
♦ the animal is not vicious, rabid, suffering from a 
communicable disease, ill or injured; 
♦ the animal is not required to be destroyed under this 
by-law; and 
♦ the Pound Keeper is satisfied that the owner or anyone 
acting on his/her behalf will pay all fees and charges 
for which the owner is or becomes liable. 
(xi) No person authorized by this by-law to capture and impound or 
destroy an animal shall be liable in damages for any injury or 
damage to such animal while the same is being captured and 
impounded or destroyed. 
 
 
XI. DESTRUCTION 
(i) Any animal impounded under this by-law may be destroyed, 
provided that the Protective Services Committee, on the 
recommendation of the Animal Control Officer, is satisfied that 
it is necessary for the protection of persons and/or property, and 
the animal: 
(a) has been or is determined to be running at large; 
(b) has bitten or attempted to bite a person; 
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(d) has suffered injuries and a doctor of veterinary medicine 
has determined that the animal will not recover and 
should be destroyed; 
(e) has attacked, bitten or attempted to bite, or caused injury 
to a domestic animal; or 
(f) has been declared a fierce or dangerous animal. 
(ii) A Judge of the Provincial Court to whom a complaint has been 
made, alleging that an animal has: 
(a) attacked, bitten, attempted to bite, or cause injury to a 
person; 
(b) attacked, bitten, attempted to bite, or cause injury to a 
domestic animal; 
(c) while running at large, has aggressively pursued or 
harassed a person; or 
(d) while running at large, has aggressively pursued or 
harassed a domestic animal; 
may summon the owner of the animal to appear and to show 
cause why the animal should not be destroyed and may make 
an order directing: 
(a) that the animal be destroyed, or 
(b) that the owner or keeper of the animal keep the animal 
under control. 
(iii) The Animal Control Officer or a Police Officer may kill on site an 
animal which a person is unable to seize if they have sufficient 
evidence to believe that the animal has attacked, chased, bitten 
or injured another person or domestic animal, or poses an 
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(iv) If the owner, of an animal that has been designated as fierce or 
dangerous, is unwilling or unable to comply with the 
requirements of Section IX, the said animal shall t hen be 
humanely euthanized by an animal shelter, animal control 
agency or licensed veterinarian, after a fourteen (14) day 
holding period.  Any animal that has been designated as fierce 
or dangerous under this by-law may not be offered for adoption. 
 
 
XII. REPTILES 
(i) No person shall have, keep or possess a reptile in a public place 
or on any property in the Town which is not the property of its 
owner unless it is in a case or cage or other container designed 
in such a fashion that it will completely confine such snake or 
reptile. 
 
 
XIII. OFFENCES 
(i) The owner or any person who violates or breaches any provision 
of this by-law is guilty of an offence. 
(ii) Any person commits an offence under this by-law if: 
(a) he or she interferes or attempts to interfere with the  
Animal Control Officer while he or she is exercising his or 
her functions under this by-law; or 
(b) he or she, not being the owner, removes a collar or license 
tag from an animal. 
 
 
XIV. PENALTY 
 
A person, who fails to comply with the provisions of an order made by 
a Judge of the Provincial Court under this by-law, commits an offence 
punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a 
Category F offence. 

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XV. ENFORCEMENT 
 
This by-law shall be enforced by the Animal Control Officer and/or 
Police Officer. 
 
 
XVI. PLURAL OR FEMININE TERMS 
 
Plural or feminine terms may apply whenever the singular, masculine 
or feminine is used in this By-law.  It shall be considered as if the 
plural, feminine or masculine has been used where t he context of the 
party or parties hereto so requires. 
 
 
XVII. VALIDITY 
 
The invalidity of any section, subsection, clause, sentence or provision 
of this by-law shall not affect the validity of any other section, 
subsection, clause, sentence or provision of this by-law which can be 
given effect without such parts. 
 
 
XVIII. REPEAL  
 
(a) The repeal of “A By-Law Respecting Animal Control,  
By-Law # 250-04, enacted on December 20, 2004, and all 
amendments thereto, shall not affect any penalty, forfeiture or 
liability incurred before such repeal or any proceeding for 
enforcing same, completed or pending, at the time of repeal; or 
shall it repeal, defeat, disturb, invalidate or prejudicially affect 
any manner or thing whatsoever completed, existing or pending, 
at the time of repeal. 
 
 
 
 

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(b)  The by-law entitled “A By-Law Respecting Animal Control,  
By-Law # 250-04, enacted on December 20, 2004, and all 
amendments thereto is hereby repealed.  
 
 
 
 
READ FIRST TIME BY TITLE  MAY 16, 2011    
 
READ SECOND TIME BY TITLE  MAY 16, 2011    
 
READ IN ENTIRETY    MAY 24, 2011    
 
THIRD READING BY TITLE  
AND ENACTED     JUNE 20, 2011    
 
 
 
 
 
  RALPH A. CARR    PAUL I. MAGUIRE   
     MAYOR     TOWN CLERK 
 
 

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SCHEDULE “A” - SCHEDULE OF FEES 
 
A. LICENSE FEE 
Spayed female or neutered male dog   $  11.00/dog 
Non-spayed female or non-neutered dog   $  22.00/dog 
 
Spayed female or neutered male cat   $     6.00/cat  
Non-spayed female or non-neutered cat   $   12.00/cat 
 
B. BREEDER’S LICENSE FEE 
Breeder’s License       $400.00/Year 
 
C. KENNEL LICENSE FEE 
Kennel License       $200.00/Year 
 
D. REPLACEMENT TAG FEE 
Replacement Tag       $    4.00/Tag 
 
E. ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER 
MAINTENANCE FEE 
Each Animal       $  15.00/Day 
 
F. ANIMAL SEIZING AND IMPOUNDING FEE 
(i) For the first occasion during any 
 calendar year      $   22.00 
 
(ii) For the second occasion during any 
 calendar year      $   77.00 
 
(iii) For the third and any subsequent 
 offenses during any calendar year   $ 127.00 
       
G. FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL TAXES ARE IN ADDITION TO  
THE FEE CHARGES UNDER SCHEDULE “A” WHERE AFORESAID 
TAXES ARE APPLICABLE