Aurora : Règlement no 6197-19, art. 1.1(a) — Animal Services By-law

"adult" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years;

• (b) "animal" means any member of the animal kingdom, other than a human;
• (c) "Animal Services Officer" means:
• (i) any Municipal Law Enforcement Officer or Property Standards Officer appointed by the Town;
• (ii) any police officer; and
• (iii) any person or corporation contracting with the Town to control dogs, cats or other animals, and any servants or agents of such person or corporation;
• (d) "at large" means an animal found in any place, other than the lands, premises or a vehicle of the animal owner or person keeping such animal while:
• (i) the animal is not leashed, or
• (ii) the animal is leashed and no person has the leash in hand;
• (e) "attack" means an act of aggression towards a person or domestic animal; By-law Number 6197-19
• (f) "bite" means any contact with an animal's teeth that causes puncturing of the skin of a human or a domestic animal;
• (g) "Clerk" means the Town Clerk of the Town as appointed by by-law;
• (h) "Dangerous Act" means any bite, attack or a combination thereof; "Dangerous Dog" means a dog that has been determined to be a dangerous dog pursuant to section 14, which determination has not been otherwise rescinded pursuant to this by-law;
• (j) "Dangerous Dog Order" means an order to comply with the requirements for owners of a Dangerous Dog pursuant to section 14 of this by-law;
• (k) "Director" means the Director for the Town overseeing the Bylaw Services Division or his or her designate; "domestic animal" means a dog or a cat kept by a person;
• (m) "dwelling unit" means a room or suite of two (2) or more rooms designed or intended for residential use by a person or persons in which culinary and sanitary conveniences are provided for the exclusive use of such person or persons, and having a private entrance from outside or from a common hallway or stairway;
• (n) "Foster Animal" means a dog, a cat, a litter of puppies that originate from the same female dog or a litter of kittens that originate from the same female cat that is owned, kept, cared for, possessed or harboured by a person as part of a foster care program administrated by a Municipal Pound, registered rescue group or a registered humane society;
• (o) "Guide Dog" means a guide dog as defined in section 1 of the Blind Persons' Rights Act, R.S.0. 1990, c. B.7, as amended or successor legislation thereto;
• (p) "impound" means to seize and take legal custody of an animal by an Animal Services Officer because of an infringement of a law or regulation or at the direction of emergency personal;
• (q) "keep" means to have temporary or permanent control, possession or ownership of an animal, and "keeping" has the same meaning;
• (r) "kennel" means a shelter for a dog or cat or an establishment for the breeding or boarding of dogs or cats;
• (s) "Law Enforcement Dog" means a dog trained to assist law enforcement officers and used by such officers in the execution of their duties; "leash" shall mean a suitable restraining device physically connecting an animal to a natural person (human being) that is at all times no more than three (3) meters or 9.84 feet in length, and the word "leashed" has a similar meaning;
• (u) "license" means a license issued pursuant to this by-law in the form of an identification tag issued by the Town, or a designate; By-law Number 6197-19
• (V) "lot" means a property, lot or parcel of land described in a deed or other document legally capable of conveying land or shown as a lot or block on

a registered plan of subdivision;

• (w) "Manager" means the Manager of Bylaw Services for the Town or his/her designate;
• (x) "Medical Officer" means the Medical Officer of Health for the Region of York or his/her designate;
• (y) "microchip" means an encoded identification device, which is compliant with any applicable standards, implanted into a dog or cat, which contains

a unique code that permits or facilitates access to an owner's name and address, which is stored in a central data base;

• (z) "Municipal Act" means the MunicipalAct, 2001, s.o. 2001, c.25, as amended or successor legislation thereto;
• (aa) "Municipality" or "Municipalities" means, separately or collectively, the municipalities of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora, The Corporation of the Town of Newmarket, and The Corporation of the Town of Georgina;
• (bb) "Municipal Pound" means a shelter or place, operated by a Municipality, where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals are kept;
• (cc) "muzzle" a humane fastening or covering device that is strong enough and well fitted enough to prevent the dog from biting without interfering with the breathing, panting or vision of the dog or with the dog's ability to drink, and "muzzling" has a similar meaning;
• (dd) "Notice to Muzzle" means a notice containing muzzling requirements, pursuant to section 13 of this by-law;
• (ee) "owner" means any person who possesses or harbours or attends to the shelter, care or feeding of an animal and, where the owner is a minor, includes the person responsible for the custody of the minor, and "owns" and "owned" have similar meaning with respect to an animal;
• (ff) "person" includes an individual, a corporation, association and a partnership;
• (gg) "Pet Retailer" means a business establishment that carries on the business of:
• (i) transferring ownership of animals, and/or
• (ii) providing goods and services for animals;
• (hh) "private property" shall include property owned by a person other than the municipality or other government agency but shall not include a property jointly owned as part of a condominium or co-operative;
• (ii) "property owner" means any legal registered owner of a property, or a lot, or any occupier of a property; By-law Number 6197-19 "Service Animal" means an animal that is required by a person with a disability for assistance and is certified, in writing, as having been trained by a professional service animal institution to assist a person with a disability;
• (kk) "seize" means take possession and control of any animal or thing for the purposes of enforcing this by-law;
• (II) "temperature" means the temperature as issued by Environment Canada;
• (mm) "tether" means a rope or chain or similar restraining device that is not connected to a person, that prevents an animal from moving beyond a localized area, and the words "tethered" or "tethering" have a similar meaning;
• (nn) "Town" means The Corporation of the Town of Aurora;
• (oo) "Training Order" means an order containing training requirements, pursuant to section 5 of this by-law;
• (pp) "vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a bus, streetcar or train used for public transportation;
• (qq) "zone" means a zone under to the Zoning By-law;
• (rr) "Zoning By-law" means The Zoning By-law of the Town of Aurora, as amended or successor thereof.