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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 4 OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE - ANIMAL CONTROL
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
Title 8, Chapter 4 of the Orland Park Village Code is hereby amended to change the title by deleting the words “Penalty of Violation” after 8-4-20 and substituting the word “Hunting” and by adding a new Section “8-4-21: Penalty for Violation.”
SECTION 2
Title 8, Chapter 4, Section 8-4-1, of the Orland Park Village Code is hereby amended to delete and repeal in its entirety the present wording and substitute therefor the following:
“8-4-1: DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERED ANIMAL: An animal which has been spayed or neutered by a licensed veterinarian and which has thereby been rendered incapable of reproduction.
ANIMAL: Any live vertebrate creature except man.
CATS: All members of the classification, Felidae.
COMPETENT PERSON: A person who is physically and mentally capable of managing and controlling a dog which is his/her responsibility while off the premises of the owner or keeper thereof.
DOGS: All members of the classification, Canidae.
EXOTIC ANIMAL: An animal that is not indigenous to the State of Illinois.
FIERCE, VICIOUS OR DANGEROUS DOG: Any dog is hereby declared fierce, vicious, or dangerous that, without provocation, attacks or bites humans or animals. Dogs may be deemed dangerous based on any single incident that results in injury to a person or animal.
HUNTING: The act of a person possessing a weapon or being accompanied by a dog for the purpose of taking species protected by the Illinois Wildlife Code in any location such species may inhabit.
KENNEL: Any establishment engaged in the commercial business of breeding, showing, buying, selling,...
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