6.04.020 - Definitions.
"Adequate care" means a sufficient quantity of good quality, wholesome food and water, shelter and sanitary conditions, exercise, and licensed veterinarian care necessary to maintain each animal in a state of good health.
"Animal" does not include the human race, but includes every other living creature.
"Animal hoarding" means to keep or possess a number of animals in a quantity such that the person fails or is unable to provide the animals with adequate care, and due to that person or owner's failure or inability to provide adequate care, the condition of the animal's living environment adversely impacts the animal's health or well-being.
"Animal protection officer" means any person employed by the City of North Las Vegas and responsible for the enforcement of this title and State Statutes pertaining to animals. Further, an animal protection officer is any person referred to as "animal control officer" in State Statutes.
"Animal Protection Services Manager" means the person employed as the Animal Protection Services Manager of the North Las Vegas Police Department or his or her designee.
"Animal shelter" means any place designated by the Animal Protection Services Manager for the confinement of animals in the custody of the City pursuant to the provisions of this title.
"Bite" means a puncture or tear of the skin inflicted by the teeth of an animal.
"Cat" means any domestic cat (felis sylvestris catus).
"Chief of Police" means the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the City of North Las Vegas or his or her designee.
"Dog" means any male or female dog (canis familiaris).
"Ferret" means any domestic ferret (mustela furo).
"Health Officer" means the Chief Health Officer of the Southern Nevada Health District or his or her designee.
"Microchip" means a radio frequency transponder that has a permanent and unique numeric or alphanumeric identifier programmed into it and implanted in an animal for positive identification.
"Owner" means any person owning, keeping, harboring, or having care, custody and control over any animal.
"Restraint" or "restrained" means an animal secured by a leash, cable, cord, chain or similar device or restrained within the property limits of its owner or keeper by way of a fence, cage or other device.
"Sanitary conditions" means space free from health hazards including unwholesome air, excessive animal waste, overcrowding of animals, or other conditions that endanger the animal's health and well-being. This definition does not include any condition resulting from a customary and reasonable practice pursuant to farming or animal husbandry.
"Shade" means that in addition to providing adequate shelter, an owner of an animal shall provide shade by means of other structures, trees, or awnings, when the temperature is expected to rise above eighty-five (85) degrees Fahrenheit to protect the animal from direct sunlight that is likely to cause overheating or discomfort.
"Shelter" means a properly ventilated structure for the animal's protection from the elements and weather conditions suitable for the age, species, and physical condition of the animal so as to maintain the animal in a state of good health. The shelter size must comply with the definition provided in Section 6.13.060.
"State of good health" means freedom from illness or disease, and in a condition of proper body weight and temperature for the age and species of the animal, unless the animal is undergoing proper treatment by a licensed veterinarian.
"Stray animal" means any animal not restrained by a leash, cable, cord, chain or similar device or restrained within the property limits of its owner or keeper by way of a fence, cage, or other device.
"Torture" and "cruelty" mean every act or omission whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused to an animal.
"Water" means wholesome potable water that is suitable for the age and species of animal that is made regularly available unless otherwise directed by a licensed veterinarian.
(Ord. No. 3053, § 1, 12-16-2020)
