For the purpose of this title, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise:
1. “Abandonment” means the owner has left the animal for a period of 24 hours without making effective provisions for its proper care.
2. “Adequate shelter” means a moisture proof and wind proof structure that allows the animal to turn around freely, sit easily, stand and lie normally, and that keeps the animal clean, dry and comfortable.
3. “Altered” means any spayed female or castrated male dog or cat.
4. “Animal” means any living vertebrate creature, including reptiles or birds, and excepting man, marine mammals, and fish.
5. “Animal control authority” means the department or officer of the city appointed by the city manager, or the person appointed by the city council to carry out the duties of an animal control authority or animal control officer under this title.
6. “Animal welfare organization” means any association or nonprofit corporation which routinely obtains unwanted dogs or cats, the primary goal of which is to place the dogs or cats into adoptive homes, as long as the dogs or cats are neutered.
7. “Animal shelter” means a licensed facility used to care for homeless or unwanted animals by a governmental entity, animal welfare society or other organization devoted to the welfare, protection and humane treatment of animals.
8. “At large” means a dog on public property or private property without permission of the property owner or lessor except:
a. In parks, on Bainbridge Island school district property, in Winslow in an area bounded by Eagle Harbor, Madison Avenue, High School Road and Ferncliff Avenue, and in the Lynwood Neighborhood Service Center unless the dog is on a leash or chain no longer than six feet in length or is within an area of a park during hours which the owner of the park has designated as available to off-leash dogs, if under its owner’s direct control and obedient to its owner’s commands.
b. Elsewhere on Bainbridge Island, unless the animal is under physical restraint adequate to the size and nature of the animal or is sufficiently near its owner to be under its owner’s direct control and is obedient to its owner’s commands.
9. “Boarding kennel/cattery” means a kennel or cattery where dogs or cats are boarded or trained for compensation, except a pet shop, animal shelter or veterinary hospital where the boarding is incidental to the primary purpose of the facility.
10. “Cat” means and includes female, spayed female, male and castrated male cats.
11. “Commercial kennel” means a kennel or cattery where adult dogs or cats are bred for compensation.
12. “Dangerous” means an animal that according to the records of the animal control authority: (a) has inflicted severe injury on a human without provocation while on public or private property; (b) has killed a domestic animal without provocation while off the owner’s property; or (c) has been previously found to be potentially dangerous, the owner has received notice of such potential and the animal subsequently aggressively bites, attacks or endangers the safety of humans or domestic animals. This definition shall not include a police dog as defined in RCW 4.24.410.
13. “Dog” means and includes female, spayed female, male and castrated male dogs.
14. “Foster home” means a temporary home with a permit approved by the animal control authority to house lost, abandoned or unwanted dogs and cats until an adoptive home is located.
15. “Grooming parlor” means a facility with the primary function to bathe, clip or comb animals for compensation for hygienic or aesthetic reasons.
16. “Hobby kennel” means a noncommercial kennel at or adjacent to a private residence where adult dogs or cats are maintained for purposes other than breeding.
17. “Impound” or “impoundment” means an authorized official taking control of any animal found to be in violation of this title pursuant to the terms of this title.
18. “Inhumane treatment” means every act, omission or neglect whereby unnecessary or unjustified physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted.
19. “Neglect” means the failure to provide proper food, potable water, adequate shelter, opportunity for exercise, or other care normal, usual, and proper for an animal’s health and well being.
20. “Owner” means any person owning, keeping, having an interest in, or having control, custody or possession of, an animal.
21. Repealed by Ord. 2003-22.
22. “Pet shop” means a commercial establishment which acquires animals by purchase for the purpose of resale, except farms.
23. “Provocation” means teasing, taunting, striking or other like action, or the unauthorized entry onto the premises where an animal is kept.
24. “Potentially dangerous” means an animal that when unprovoked: (a) chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any other public grounds in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack; (b) causes injury to or otherwise threatens the safety of a human or domestic animal; or (c) inflicts a bite upon a human or domestic animal either on public or private property.
25. “Public property” shall mean public rights-of-way, property owned by the city of Bainbridge Island, property owned by the Bainbridge Island metropolitan park and recreation district, and property owned by the Bainbridge Island school district.
26. “Secure enclosure” means a chain link enclosure consisting of secure sides and a secure top, or if without a top, having sides which are at least eight feet high, and with a floor permanently attached to the sides, or having sides which are embedded at least one foot into the ground, and which is constructed of such material and closed in such manner that the animal cannot exit on its own. (Ord. 2019-13 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2015-02 §§ 1, 2, 2015; Ord. 2009-21 § 29, 2009: Ord. 2003-24 §§ 18, 19, 2003; Ord. 2003-22 § 9, 2003; Ord. 91-41 § 2, 1991)