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2017 Docket Enabling Ordinance January 2, 2018 <br />Ord. # 2018-001 <br />Page 81 <br /> <br /> Such dogs must be located so as to not interfere with the public's legal access to the <br /> owner's property. Whenever that dog is not physically restrained or confined or is <br /> off the animal owner's premises, it must be on a chain leash under the actual <br /> control of a capable person. In addition, the department may require the animal <br /> owner to put up warnings signs and obtain and maintain proof of public liability <br /> insurance as required in Kittitas County Code 6.01.350(2). <br />(c) Dogs which have exhibited Level 4 or Level 5 behavior shall be confined within a <br /> secure enclosure whenever the dog is not inside the home of the owner. The secure <br /> enclosure must be located so as not to interfere with the public's legal access to the <br /> dog owner's property, and the dog owner shall conspicuously post warning signs, <br /> which must be approved by the department, on the property where the dog is kept. <br /> In addition, the department may require the dog owner to obtain and maintain proof <br /> of public liability insurance as required in Kittitas County Code 6.01.350(2). <br /> The dog owner shall not permit the dog to be outside of the secure enclosure unless <br /> the dog is muzzled, on a chain leash and under the control of a capable person. <br />(d) Dogs which have exhibited Level 6 behavior shall be euthanized at the owner's <br /> expense. <br />2. All potentially dangerous dogs may be required by the department to be micro chipped at the owner's expense. <br />3. If a dog which is declared to be a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog is destroyed <br />or dies, the owner must present to the animal control authority sufficient evidence of that fact. <br /> <br />06.01.200 Dog in estrus at large prohibited. <br /> <br /> It is unlawful for any person to permit a female dog in estrus, also known as being in season or in heat, to be <br />accessible to any male dog not owned by the female dog's owner, except by the agreement of the owners of both the <br />male and female dogs for the purpose of controlled breeding for the betterment of the breed. Any person found guilty <br />of a violation of this Section shall be fined two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) for each violation. <br /> <br />06.01.210 Restraint within quarantine area. <br /> <br /> It is unlawful for any person to permit any dog to leave the confines of any quarantine area. Any person found <br />guilty of a violation of this Section shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. <br /> <br />6.01.220 Abuse of dogs prohibited. <br /> <br /> It is unlawful for any person to physically abuse any dog or to fail to furnish adequate care, including without <br />limitation water, food, shelter, sanitation, ventilation, rest and medical attention, or to confine a dog with any <br />dangerous dog. Any person found guilty of a violation of this Section shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) for <br />each violation. <br /> <br />6.01.230 Abandonment of dogs prohibited. <br /> <br /> It is unlawful for any person to leave any dog unattended for more than twenty-four hours without adequate care, <br />including without limitation water, food, shelter, sanitation, ventilation, rest, medical attention. Any person found <br />guilty of a violation of this Section shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. <br /> <br />6.01.240 Dog Health and Safety <br /> <br /> It is unlawful for any person with an ownership or possessory interest in a dog to: