23-1-102. DEFINITIONS.
(1) Adequate space means that when a dog is fixed to a tether, fastener, chain, tie, or other restraint, the dog is able to easily stand up, sit down, turn around, lie down, and make all normal bodily movements and interact safely with the environment and with other animals that may be in the immediate area.
(2) Animal means any of a kingdom of living being typically differing from plants in capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor response to stimulation.
(3) Animal At Large means any domesticated animal, whether or not licensed, not under restraint as defined below.
(4) Animal Boarding Establishment means any establishment that takes in animals for boarding for profit.
(5) Animal Control Administrator means the Animal Control Administrator of the Animal Control Division of West Valley City.
(6) Animal Control Division means the Animal Control Division of the West Valley City Community Preservation Department.
(7) Animal Grooming Parlor means any establishment maintained for the purpose of offering cosmetological services for animals for profit.
(8) Animal Shelter means a facility owned and/or operated by a governmental entity or any animal welfare organization that is incorporated within the State of Utah under Section 76-9-302, U.C.A., 1953 as amended, and used for the care and custody of seized, stray, homeless, quarantined, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, or other small domestic animals.
(9) Animal Subject to Licensing means a cat, dog, ferret, or pot-bellied pig.
(10) Animal Under Restraint means any animal under the control of its owner or person having charge, care, custody, or control; except that a dog shall not be considered under control of the owner unless on a leash or lead, confined within a vehicle, or within the real property limits of the owner.
(11) Bite means an actual puncture, tear, or abrasion of the skin inflicted by the teeth of an animal.
(12) Cat means any feline of the domesticated types of at least four months of age. Any feline of the domesticated types under four months of age is a kitten.
(13) Cattery means an establishment for boarding, breeding, buying, grooming, or selling cats for profit.
(14) Dog means any canis familiaris of at least four months of age. Any canis familiaris under four months of age is a puppy.
(15) Domesticated Animals means animals accustomed to live in or about the habitation of man, including, but not limited to, cats, dogs, fowl, horses, swine, and goats.
(16) Enclosure means a fence or structure of at least six feet in height, forming or causing an enclosure suitable to confine a vicious dog in conjunction with other measures which may be taken by the owner or keeper, such as tethering of the vicious dog.
(17) Ferret means a ferret not protected by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, bred and sold as a domesticated household pet. Domesticated ferrets must be spayed or neutered.
(18) Guard Dog means a working dog which must be kept in a fenced run or other suitable enclosure during business hours, or on a leash or under absolute control while working, so it cannot come into contact with the public.
(19) Health Department means the Salt Lake City/County Health Department.
(20) Holding Facility means any household pet shop, kennel, cattery, groomery, riding school, stable, animal shelter, veterinary hospital, humane establishment, or any other such facilities used for holding animals.
(21) Household Pet has the same meaning set forth in Sections 7-2-122 and 23-3-107.*
(22) Impound means taken into the possession and custody of an animal control agency, law enforcement agency, or an agent thereof.
(23) Kennel means any place where three or more animals over six months of age are kept for the primary purpose of sale or for the boarding, care, or breeding of which is a fee is charged or paid.
(24) Leash or Lead means any chain, rope, or device used to restrain an animal.
(25) Person means a natural person or any legal entity, including, but not limited to, a corporation, firm, partnership, or trust.
(26) Pet Shop means any establishment containing cages or exhibition pens, not part of a kennel or cattery, wherein dogs, cats, birds, or other household pets for sale are kept or displayed.
(27) Pot-Bellied Pig means a Vietnamese or Chinese pot-bellied pig, spayed or neutered, and kept as a household pet, not for livestock or food purposes. Pot-bellied pigs must be less than 150 pounds, and any tusks must either be removed or kept trimmed.
(28) Provoked means any deliberate act by a person towards a dog or any other animal done with the intent to tease, torment, abuse, assault, or otherwise cause a reaction by the dog or other animal; provided, however, that any act by a person done with the intent to discourage or prevent a dog or other animal from attacking shall not be considered to be a provocation.
(29) Quarantine means the isolation of an animal in a substantial enclosure so that the animal is not subject to contact with other animals or unauthorized persons.
(30) Riding School or Stable means an establishment which offers boarding and/or riding instruction for any horse, pony, donkey, mule, or burro, or which offers such animals for hire.
(31) Shelter means a structure which is substantial in construction and provides protection from moisture, wind and other factors of weather, and is of a size appropriate to the particular animal to ensure retention of body heat within the enclosure. Any shelter will be maintained to ensure a clean, dry, healthy environment for the animal being housed. Under this Title, a shelter ensuring retention of body heat is a shelter which is of a size sufficient to ensure adequate warmth for the animal, but which is large enough to allow the animal to enter a shelter and be able to easily stand up, sit down, turn around, lie down, and make all normal bodily movements.
(32) Stray means any animal at large, as defined herein.
(33) Tether means any chain, rope, cable, or device attached to a fixed object and used for restraining a dog. The tether must be of sufficient strength to restrain the dog and be appropriate to the breed, age, size, and weight of the dog. The tether must be attached to the dog by a properly applied collar, halter or harness configured so as to protect the dog from injury or entanglement with objects or other animals.
(34) Vicious Animal means any animal which is dangerously aggressive, including, but not limited to, any animal which has bitten or in any other manner attacked any person or animal.
(35) Vicious Dog means:
a. Any dog which, in a vicious or terrorizing manner, approaches any person in apparent attitude of attack upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds or places;
b. Any dog with a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack; to cause injury; or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or animals; or
c. Any dog which bites, inflicts injury, assaults, or otherwise attacks a human being or domestic animal on public or private property.
(36) Wild Animal means any animal of a species that in its natural life is wild, including those animals which, as a result of their natural or wild condition, cannot be vaccinated effectively for rabies. These animals, however domesticated, shall include but are not limited to:
a. Alligators and crocodiles.
b. Bears (ursidae). All bears, including grizzly bears, brown bears, black bears, etc.
c. Cat family (felidae). All members of the cat family except the commonly accepted domesticated cat, and including cheetah, cougar, leopard, lion, lynx, panther, mountain lion, tiger, wildcat, etc.
d. Dog family (canidae). All members of the dog family except the domesticated dog, and including wolf, part wolf, fox, part fox, coyote, part coyote, etc.
e. Porcupine (erethizontidae).
f. Primate (hominiddae). All subhuman primates.
g. Raccoon (prosynnidae). All raccoons, including easter raccoons, desert raccoons, ring-tailed cats, etc.
h. Skunks.
i. Venomous fish and all piranha.
j. Venomous snakes and lizards.
k. Weasels (mustelidae). All members of the weasel family, including weasels, martins, wolverines, wild ferrets, badgers, otters, ermine, mink, mongoose, etc., except that persons raising animals of this family for their pelts, as a business, shall not be prohibited by this Title from possessing the animals.