Saanich By-law 8556, s. 1 — In this bylaw
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AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR includes hostile barking, lunging, snapping, aggressively chasing and pursuing; AGGRESSIVE DOG means a dog which meets one or more of the following conditions: person or domestic animal based on repeated aggressive behaviour; animal while on public property or while on private property other than property owned or occupied by the person responsible for the dog; ANIMAL means any farm animal, dog, cat, rodent, fur-bearing animal or wild animal; ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER means: ARTERIAL HIGHWAY means any highway classified as an arterial highway under the Highway Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 188; BANTAM means any domestic fowl which is a miniature of a standard breed and which is raised primarily as a pet and not for food or egg production; BEE means any insect of the species Apis mellifera; BIRD means any bantam, ornamental bird, pigeon, show bird or poultry; BUILDING means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use of occupancy; Page 1 of 37 Animals Bylaw, 2004, No. 8556 CHICKEN means a domesticated fowl that is kept for egg or meat production or as a pet, but does not include a turkey, goose, duck, artificially reared grouse, partridge, quail, pheasant or ptarmigan; COUNCIL means the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the District of Saanich; COLLEGE GROUNDS means the lands held by a college as defined in the College and Institute Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 52 but does not include areas within buildings; COLLECTOR means the Manager of Collections of The Corporation of the District of Saanich or anyone designated to act on his/her behalf; COMMUNITY GARDEN means a portion of a park or other public land operated by volunteers for the production of produce for personal use by the members; DANGEROUS DOG means a dog that:
- a) has killed or caused a serious injury to a person; serious injury to a person, or; occupied by the person responsible for the dog, has killed or caused a serious injury to a domestic animal; DEER means a mammal of any species of the family Cervidae; DIRECTOR OF FINANCE means the Director of Finance of The Corporation of the District of Saanich or anyone designated to act on his/her behalf; DIRECTOR OF PARKS means the Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services of the Corporation of the District of Saanich or anyone designated to act on behalf of the Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. DOMESTIC ANIMAL means an animal that is tame or kept, or that has been or is being sufficiently tamed or kept, to serve some purpose for the use of people; FARM ANIMAL means any domesticated animal normally raised for food, milk or as a beast of burden and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes: cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, mules, donkeys, asses and oxen; but does not include poultry; FEED includes, without limiting the generality, leaving food in a location that a persons knows or ought to know will attract animals the feeding of which is prohibited under this bylaw; FENCED BASEBALL FIELD means a field designed and developed for playing baseball or softball which is completely enclosed by a fence; FERAL RABBIT means a rabbit that is not confined to a parcel of property; Page 2 of 37 Animals Bylaw, 2004, No. 8556 FUR BEARING ANIMAL means any animal kept or raised for the purpose of commercial fur production and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes: fox, mink, marten, nutria, skunk, chinchilla and fisher; GRADE means the plane of elevation calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section
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- 5.18 of Saanich Zoning Bylaw 8200; HEIGHT means the vertical distance of a building measured from grade to the highest point of a building or structure having a flat roof or a roof with a pitch less than 3:12, including a mansard roof, and to the highest midpoint between the eaves and ridge of any gable, hip, gambrel or other sloping roof on the building. In the case of a structure without a roof, height will be measured from grade to the highest point of the structure. Where a building or structure incorporates a roof exceeding a pitch of 12:12, height shall be measured to the highest point of the structure. Where buildings incorporate barrel vaulted roof structures, height shall also be measured to the highest point of the structure. The measurement of height shall exclude the projection of chimneys, vents, stacks, heating, ventilation, air conditioning equipment, stairwells, and elevator lifting devices which protrude above the surrounding roof line; HEN means a domesticated female chicken; HIGHWAY includes any street, road, lane, bridge, viaduct, and any other way open to the use of the public, but does not include a private right-of-way on private property; LEASH means a rope, chain, cord, leather strip or other physical tether which is used to restrain an animal and is a non-extendable leash; MIGRATORY BIRD SANCTUARY BEACH means all public beaches within the Victoria Migratory Bird Sanctuary as shown on the map attached hereto as Schedule “B”; MUNICIPAL POUND means the place designated as the Municipal Pound pursuant to
- 55 of this Bylaw; MUNICIPALITY means The Corporation of the District of Saanich and the area within its corporate boundaries; NON-EXTENDABLE LEASH means a fixed, non-extendable leash not more than 2.4 meters in length; NON-SERIOUS INJURY means a cut, bruise or abrasion but does not include a serious injury; ORNAMENTAL BIRD means any bird which is normally kept in a cage or aviary primarily as show or decorative bird and not for food or egg production and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes: canaries, budgies, mina birds, parrots, cockatoos and ornamental pheasants; PARK means all those lands in the District of Saanich reserved or dedicated as park by bylaw, dedicated as park by the deposit of a subdivision or reference plan, conveyed in trust to the District of Saanich for the purpose of park or used as park; PERSON includes any firm or corporation; Page 3 of 37 Animals Bylaw, 2004, No. 8556 PIGEON means any bird of the family Columbidae; PLAYGROUND means the playground equipment including the wood chips, rubber, sand or similar material surface area surrounding the playground equipment; PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT means swings, slides, rides, climbing apparatus, water park equipment and any other equipment installed in a Municipal or Regional Park and designed to be played with or played on by children; POULTRY means any bird normally raised for food or egg production, but does not include bantams and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes: chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, artificially reared grouse, partridge, quail, pheasant or ptarmigan; POLICE CANINE DOG means a dog that is being used to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties; POUND KEEPER means any person who has charge of a Municipal Pound; PUBLIC BEACH means the public land located within 15 meters of any lake or between the low water mark and 15 meters beyond the high water mark of any body of salt water within the boundaries of the District of Saanich but does not include any private lands or lands included in any highway; RABBIT means any of various long eared, short tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae; REAR YARD means the area of a lot between the principal building and the rear lot line extending across the full width of the lot; RODENT means any animal of the order Rodentia or any other small mammal kept as a pet and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes: white mice, guinea pigs and hamsters; ROYAL OAK BURIAL PARK means the lands described as
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