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As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

ABANDONED OR STRAYED: An animal whose owner cannot be immediately identified through reasonable diligence.

ADEQUATE HOME: Existing facilities to meet the physical and emotional needs of the adopted animal, including food, water, shelter and companionship.

ANIMAL SHELTER: A facility owned and/or operated by a governmental entity or any society incorporated in the state of Utah for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals and used for the care and custody of seized, stray, homeless, quarantined, abandoned or unwanted dogs, cats or other small domestic animals.

AT LARGE: Any domesticated animal off the premises of the owner or custodian of the animal, and not under immediate control of the owner or custodian. In the case of a dog, immediate control shall mean on a leash, cord, chain or confined within a vehicle.

BITE: An actual puncture, tear or abrasion of the skin inflicted by the teeth of an animal.

CATTERY: An establishment for boarding, breeding, buying, grooming or selling cats for profit.

DOMESTICATED ANIMALS: Animals accustomed to living in or about the habitation of man.

GROOMERY: Any establishment maintained for the purpose of offering cosmetic services for animals for profit.

KENNEL1: An establishment having three (3) or more dogs for the purpose of boarding, breeding, buying, grooming, letting for hire, training for fee or selling, except where such establishment shall be licensed as having sportsman’s privileges as provided in section 5-2-5 of this chapter.

PET SHOP: Any establishment containing cages or exhibition pens, not part of a kennel or cattery, wherein dogs, cats, birds or other pets for sale are kept or displayed.

QUARANTINE: The isolation of an animal in a substantial enclosure so that the animal is not subject to contact with other animals or unauthorized persons.

RESPONSIBLE ADULT: A person eighteen (18) years of age or older, who is employed or otherwise capable of providing the physical, medical and emotional needs of the adopted animal. A person found guilty or who pled no contest to violating the provisions of this chapter or any other federal, state or local law concerning the abuse of or cruelty to animals, within five (5) years of the animal adoption application, is not a “responsible adult” for the purposes of this chapter.

RIDING SCHOOL OR STABLE: An establishment which offers boarding and/or riding instruction for any horse, pony, donkey, mule or burro, or which offers such animals for hire.

VICIOUS ANIMAL: Any animal which has bitten a person or other animal without provocation or has a known propensity to attack or bite human beings or other animals.

WILD ANIMAL: Any animal of a species that in their natural life are wild.

1See also subsection 5-2-4A6 of this chapter for limitations.

(Ord. 81-11-2, 11-5-1981; amd. Ord. 6-1-1988, 6-2-1988; Ord. 2001-08-002, 8-2-2001; 2003 Code)