Caledon By-law 2019-43, s. 1.1 — In this By-law

In this By-law:

• “Animal ” means any member of the animal kingdom, other than a human; “Animal product ” means meat, fibre, fur, milk, eggs, or other products derived from an animal; “Animal Shelter ” means a facility operated by the Town for the care, keeping and impounding of animals and may include any Town Staff thereof where the context permits; “At large ” means where an animal is in any place other than its owner’s lot and is not physically restrained by a capable person by means of a leash or otherwise; “Attractants ” means any food or similar substance which could reasonably be expected to attract or be consumed by a wild animal but does not include materials used for landscaping purposes, compost or food being grown for human consumption such as a vegetable garden; “Cat ” means any felidae which is commonly domesticated including those which are or appear to have become feral; “Dangerous dog ” means any dog that, in the absence of a mitigating factor, has demonstrated the propensity to act in a significantly menacing or aggressive fashion or displayed an apparent attitude of attack towards any person or an owner’s animal or has bitten, attacked or caused injury to any person or an owner’s animal; “Designate ” means an employee of the Town who has been selected by the Director to administer or enforce all or part of this By-law on their behalf; “Director ” means the Manager, Regulatory Services for the Town, a designate or, in the event of any organizational changes, a successor or equivalent position; “Dog ” means a canidae which is commonly domesticated; “Doghouse ” means an exterior building or structure that is used, or designed to be used, to provide shelter to one or more dogs; “Dog run ” means a pen that is exclusively used, or designed to be used, to provide one or more dogs access to an outside area while remaining within; “Feed ” or “ feeding ” means to intentionally furnish or make food available; “Feeding device ” means any device that may be used to attract or is intended to attract wild animals for the purposes of feeding; “Hen ” means a domesticated female chicken; “Hen coop ” means a fully enclosed, locking and weatherproof structure in which hens are kept; “Hen run ” means a fully enclosed pen that permits hens access to an outside area while remaining within; “Landowner ” means a person holding registered title to a lot and includes a lessee, tenant, occupant or a mortgagee in possession thereof; “Leash ” means a strap, cord or similar device designed to restrain an animal but shall not include any device where used for tethering; “Leash free park ” means a park, designated pursuant to this By -law, in which dogs are permitted to run freely; “Lot ” means a parcel of land, or contiguous parcels of land in one ownership, which is capable of being legally conveyed in accordance with the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, or is described in accordance with a registered plan of condominium; “Lot line ” means any boundary of a lot or the vertical projection thereof; “Lot line, exterior side ” means any lot line other than a front lot line which also abuts a street; in the case where a lot line abuts a 0.3 metre reserve block, which in turn abuts a street, such lot line shall be considered an exterior side lot line; “Lot line, front ” means, in the case of an interior lot, the lot line dividing the lot from the street; in the case of a corner lot, the shorter lot line abutting a street shall be deemed to be the front lot line except, where the lot lines abutting a street are the same length, the lot line used for the principal entrance to the lot shall be deemed to be the front lot line; “Lot line, interior side ” means, except for corner lots, a lot line which intersects a front lot line; for corner lots, interior side lot line means a lot line, other than an exterior side lot line, which intersects the front lot line; “Lot line, rear ” means any lot line which is not a front lot line, an exterior side lot line or an interior side lot line; “Microchip ” means a standard identification device implanted into an animal, which contains a unique code that permits or facilitates access to owner information, including the name and address of an owner of the animal; “Mitigating factor ” means a circumstance which excuses the aggressive behavior of an animal and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may include circumstances where such animal was, at the time of the aggressive behavior, acting in defence of an attack by a person or other animal, acting in defence of its young, reacting to a person or animal trespassing on the lot of its owner or being teased, tormented or similarly provoked; “Municipal Act, 2001 ” means the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended; “Municipal boundary ” means the geographic boundary encompassing the Town of Caledon; “Muzzle ” means a humane fastening or covering device that is of sufficient strength and design to prevent any dog wearing it over its mouth from biting and which shall not be able to be removed by the dog but which does not interfere with the breathing, panting or vision of the dog; “Normal farm practice ” means a practice that is conducted in a manner consistent with proper and acceptable customs and standards as established and followed by similar agricultural operations under similar circumstances; “Owner ” means any person who keeps, possesses, harbours or has custody, guardianship or control of an animal and, where the owner is a minor, any person responsible for the custody of the minor shall be deemed to be the owner of the animal; “Person ” means an individual, association, firm, partnership, corporation, trust, incorporated company, organization and includes the directors and officers of a corporation, a corporation created under the Condominium Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 19, as amended, and the trustees, agents, heirs, executors or other legal representatives of

a person to whom the context can apply according to law; “Pigeon loft ” means a fully enclosed, locking and weatherproof structure in which pigeons are kept and which shall have a fully enclosed pen attached thereto that allows pigeons access to an outdoor area while remaining within; “Police dog ” means a dog trained for and actively engaged in law enforcement activities on behalf of a police force; “Protective care ” means the temporary keeping of an animal by the Animal Shelter for the purposes of protecting its health and safety; “Public authority ” means any department or appointed agency of the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, Region of Peel, the Town, conservation authority or other governmental body; “Recognized pigeon club ” means a club, association or organization which, at the discretion of the Town, has as its main purpose the exhibition or racing of pigeons; “Service dog ” means a dog trained by a recognized organization to provide service to the visually-impaired, hearing-impaired or to persons with other disabilities; “Street ” means a public thoroughfare under the jurisdiction of either the Town, the Region of Peel or the Province of Ontario, but does not include a private lane, a private right-of- way or a private road; “Town ” means The Corporation of the Town of Caledon; “Town designate ” means an individual that is an employee of the Town who has been appointed pursuant to a Town By-law as a Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer and shall include the Director; “Trap, Neuter and Return program ” means any operation where feral cats are trapped in order to be sterilized and then returned to the outdoors; “Unsafe weather ” means weather conditions including but not limited to extreme heat and cold, snow storms, freezing or heavy rain and strong winds; “Wild animal ” means any animals which are not domesticated and which live outside in their natural habitat; “Yard ” means an open, uncovered space on a lot, appurtenant to a building and unoccupied by buildings except as specifically permitted under the Zoning By-law; “Yard, exterior side ” means the yard extending from the exterior side lot line to the nearest wall of the main building on the lot; an exterior side yard does not include any portion of the front yard but shall extend to the rear lot line and incorporate any portion of the rear yard between the exterior side lot line and where the two yards initially intersect; “Yard, front ” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest front wall of the main building located on the lot; “Yard, interior side ” means a yard extending from the interior side lot line to the nearest side wall of the main building on the lot but does not include any portion of the front yard or rear yard; “Yard, rear ” means a yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest rear wall of the main building located on the lot; “Zone ” or “ zoned ” means a designated area of land use in accordance with the Zoning By-law; “Zoning By-law ” means the Town’s Zoning By-law, as amended.