Burlington By-law 060-2005, s. 1(a) — Animal Control By-law

"aid dog" means a dog that has been trained or is being trained to assist a person with a disability as defined in the Human Rights Code R.S.O. 1990 c. H.19 by an organization operating a program to train dogs for this purpose.

• (b) "allow" includes but is not limited to "suffer", "permit", "acquiesce in", "cause" and "fail to prevent", and each is interchangeable with the other as context permits;
• (c) "animal" means any member of the animal kingdom other than a Human;
• (d) "Animal Control Officer" means any person designated by Council for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this By-law;
• (e) "be at large" and "being at large" means found in any place other than the premises of

the owner of the animal and not under the direct control of any person, and for greater certainty, includes any case where an animal has strayed from its permanent or temporary City of Burlington By-law No. 60-2005 Page 2

owner or their premises onto a public place or onto private property without the consent of the property owner, and "running at large" shall have the same meaning;

• (f) "cat" means a male or female domestic cat;
• (g) "cattery" means any establishment for the breeding or boarding, or the breeding and boarding of cats;
• (h) "City" means the Corporation of the City of Burlington, either in the sense of the geographic area or the municipality or the identity of the municipal corporation as the context requires;
• (i) "control" means restrained by a leash;
• G) "Council" means the council of the Corporation of the City of Burlington;
• (k) "Director" means the Director of Roads and Parks Maintenance for the City of Burlington, or his or her designate or successor;