6.15.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
DOG. A member of the Canis familiaris family over the age of four months.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any person delegated by the City Manager or his or her designee who is responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and the regulations promulgated under this chapter.
IMPOUND FACILITY. Any establishment authorized for the confinement, maintenance, safekeeping and control of dogs and other animals that come into the custody of the Enforcement Officer in the performance of his or her official duties.
KENNEL. Either:
(1) Any premises in which seven to a maximum of 12 dogs of four months of age or older are kept; or
(2) Any premises where the business of buying, selling, breeding, grooming, training or boarding of dogs is conducted; does not include veterinary hospitals or humane societies.
SERVICE ANIMAL. As it is defined under the provisions of C.F.R. Title 28, Chapter 1, Part 35, relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in state and local government services at 28 C.F.R. § 35.104. Any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the individual’s disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to, assisting individuals who are blind or have low vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing nonviolent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting an individual during a seizure, alerting individuals to the presence of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone, providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability to individuals with mobility disabilities, and helping persons with psychiatric and neurological disabilities by preventing or interrupting impulsive or destructive behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of an animal’s presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition. (Ord. 358 § 1, passed 10-12-2016. Code 2012 § 95.03(A).)