Richmond Hill : Règlement no 22-25, art. 1.2 — Definitions In this By-law, the following words shall have the following meanings

Definitions In this By-law, the following words shall have the following meanings:

• "Administrative Penalty By-law" means the Administrative Penalty By-law No. 69-16, as amended or superseded, establishing a system of administrative penalties; "Animal" means any member of the animal kingdom, other than human; "Attack" means an assault resulting in physical harm; "Attractant" means any food, substance, scents, sounds, or any other items that may reasonably entice or attract Animals; "Bite" or "Bitten" means the breaking, puncturing or bruising of the skin by a tooth or teeth of a Dog; "Care and Control" means the act of preventing an Animal from inflicting harm on another Person, Animal, or damage to Property, trespassing or being at-large; "Cat" means a feline of the species Felis catus; "Commissioner'' means the individual from time to time occupying the office of Commissioner of Community Services of the Corporation or a successor office as the case may be; "Corporation" means the Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill; "Council" means the Council of the Corporation; "Dangerous Dog" means a Dog that, in the absence of any Mitigating Factor, has Attacked, Bitten, or Menaced a Person or Domestic Animal and shall not include a Police Service Dog in active duty; "Dangerous Dog Notice" means a notice containing restrictions, provisions and muzzling requirements pursuant to Article 5 of this By-law; "Director'' means the individual from time to time occupying the office of Director of Community Standards of the Corporation or a successor office as the case may be; "Distress" means the state of being in need of proper care, water, food or shelter, as a result of and not limited to being injured, sick, in pain, suffering, abused, or subject to undue or unnecessary hardship, deprivation or neglect; ----·----····-·-··-·--·-··--·-· - ·- ··--------·------- -- -- ------·- ·------ ---- --~·- --~-------------'---- The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill "Disturb" means to intentionally or unintentionally change the conditions which interfere with the normal living of Wildlife, and for greater certainty shall include Harassment and any other actions that may interfere with the normal living behaviour patterns and habitat of Wildlife; "Dog" means a canine of the species Canis lupus famillaris; "Domestic Animal" means an Animal Kept by or living with a Person(s), and shall not include Livestock or Wildlife; "Dwelling Unit" means a place of residence with one or more habitable rooms containing separate kitchen and bathroom facilities for private use as a single housekeeping unit; "Enclosure" means any pen, cage, tank, garage, loft or other enclosed structure used for the purposes of keeping Animals; "Extreme Weather'' means a weather warning alert issued by Environment Canada for weather including but not limited to, extreme cold or hot temperatures, snowstorms, freezing rain or ice accumulation, heavy rainfall, hurricanes, tornadoes and/or strong winds; "Guide Dog" means a Dog as defined in Section 1( 1) of the Blind Persons' Rights Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter B. 7, or a Dog trained in accordance with the Act to assist the visually impaired person, or deaf or hearing impaired person as prescribed by a member of the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario; "Harass or Harassment" means to engage in any act which demonstrates a disregard for the well-being of, creates the likelihood of injury to, or disrupts normal behavior patterns of any Animal; "Hearing Officer" means a Person appointed for the purpose of adjudicating appeals of administrative penalties and to conduct hearings in accordance with the Screening and Hearing Officer By-law No. 70-16, as amended; "Keep or Kept" means to have temporary or permanent Care and Control, custody or possession of an Animal; "Kennel" means a place whether enclosed or not, where more than four (4) Animals are kept for the purpose of Keeping, breeding or boarding for commercial purposes; "Kennel By-law" means the Kennel Licensing By-law No. 188-05, as amended or superseded, establishing licensing and regulating requirements of Kennels; ------------------------- --- ------ ··------·------------------ The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill "Livestock" means farm Animals kept for use, propagation or profit and includes, without restricting the generality of this definition, dairy and beef cattle, horses, swine, sheep, laying hens, chicken, turkeys, goats, geese, ducks, mink, rabbits and includes game birds where they are kept pursuant to a license under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, 80 1997, C 41; "Menace" means any intimidating, aggressive or threatening behavior, in the absence of

a Mitigating Factor, including but not limited to aggressively approaching, chasing, snapping or snarling; "Mitigating Factor" in reference to a Dog or Dangerous Dog, means a circumstance which explains a Dog Attack, Bite or Menacing behaviour, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes circumstances where:

• a) the Dog was acting in defence of an Attack by a Person or Animal;
• b) the Dog was acting in defence of its young; or
• c) the Dog was being teased, provoked, tormented, abused, or in Distress. "Municipal Act, 2001" means the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, as amended; "Municipal Animal Shelter" means an animal shelter that is maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation which houses Animals for the purposes of impoundment, Protective Care or adoption; "Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer" means any individual or Person appointed for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this By-law or any by-law of the Corporation, and may include an Animal Control Officer or Provincial Offences Officer that has been designated by the Commissioner, or a police officer; "Muzzle" means a fastening or covering device of adequate strength and design suitable to the breed of Dog that is placed over the mouth of a Dog that cannot be removed by a Dog, to prevent it from Biting, without interfering with the breathing, panting or vision of the Dog or the Dog's ability to drink; "Neutered" means any male Animal that has been sterilized by a veterinary surgeon licensed pursuant to the Veterinarians Act, R.S. 0. 1990, c. V.3; "Order" means an order issued by a Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer to a Person pursuant to this By-law requiring such Person to remedy a contravention of this By-law or adhere to a regulation of this By-law; "Owner" includes any Person who Keeps an Animal, and shall include a Person who temporarily Keeps or has Care and Control of an Animal, and where the Owner is a minor, the person responsible for the custody of the minor; "Penalty Notice" means a notice given to a Person pursuant to Part 4 of the -------------------~- The Corporation of the City of Richmond Hill Administrative Penalty Bylaw; "Person" means any individual, corporation, or partnership and includes an agent or employee of any of them; "Police Service Dog" means a Dog trained for and actually engaged in law enforcement; "Proof' shall include documentation such as municipal licensing, original purchase documents identifying the Animal, the name and address of the pet store or Person from whom the Animal was purchased, the date the Animal was purchased, the purchase price, and the name and address of the purchaser, or in the case of medical records, identification of the Animal, age, name and address of the qualified veterinarian administering medical services including sterilization, vaccination and microchipping procedures, and the dates such services were administered. "Property" includes lands, buildings, structures including those appurtenant thereto, and all mobile homes, mobile buildings, mobile structures, outbuildings, fences and erections thereon; whether heretofore or hereafter erected, and includes vacant property; "Protective Care" means the temporary custody of an Animal by the Corporation because of an eviction, incarceration, medical or fire emergency or any other situation that the Commissioner deems appropriate; "Rear Yard" means a yard extending across the full width of a Property between the rear Property line and the main wall nearest to the rear yard Property line of the main building or structure on that Property; "Service Animal" means an Animal described in subsection 80.45(4) of O.Reg. 191/11 pursuant to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005, S. 0. 2005, c. 11 and shall include a Guide Dog; "Spayed" means any a female Animal that has been sterilized by a veterinary surgeon licensed pursuant to the Veterinarians Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. V.3; "Tag" means a registration disc or other shape of metal or plastic issued by the Corporation and is suitable to be securely fixed on a Dog or Cat containing the licence number, issuing municipality and dates of validity/expiry; "Tariff of Fees By-law" means the Corporation's by-law(s) made pursuant to