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RE: REGULATING THE RUNNING AT-LARGE OF DOGS, PROVIDING FOR
SEIZURE, IMPOUNDING, AND OTHER DISPOSITION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the Board
of County Commissioners of Weld County, that a serious problem
exists in Weld County pertaining to the running at-large of
numerous dogs, and
WHEREAS, the Board has authority under the provisions of
Section 30-15-101 et seq. , CRS 1973, as amended, to pass a dog
restraint resolution as hereinafter set forth, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County
hereby finds and determines that an urgent need exists for the
following resolution to be passed for the health, safety, and
welfare of the people of Weld County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Resolution entitled "Resolution Regulating The
Running At-Large Of Dogs, Providing For Seizure, Impounding,
And Other Disposition Thereof" and dated March 28 , 1977 is hereby
rescinded and in its place the following Resolution is enacted :
1. That it shall be unlawful for the owner or any other
person having control of any dog to allow, suffer,
permit or sanction the running at-large of said dog
without the accompaniment of said owner or person having
control of the dog within the County of Weld, except
said portions of said County which are within the city
limits of any incorporated municipality within said
County.
A. A dog shall be deemed to be running at-large when
off of or away from the premises or property of its
owner and not under the control of such owner.
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B. Control is defined as the use of a containing device
on a dog such as a pen, cage , or motor vehicle, or a
restraining device such as a leash, not exceeding
six (6) feet in length. Control also includes a cir-
cumstance whereby a dog immediately responds to a
voice or sound command by its accompanying owner.
C. Owner is defined as any person, partnership, corpora-
tion, or other legal entity who has a right of property
in a dog, or who keeps or harbors a dog or who has a
dog in his care or who acts as its custodian.
D. It shall be deemed that a dog is not under the control
of its owner when the dog inflicts damage or injury
to the person or property of another or by harassing,
chasing, or attacking people, livestock, or wildlife,
except in the defense of the owner, his family or
property.
E. The control provisions of this Resolution shall not
apply to dogs while actually working livestock,
locating or retrieving wild geese in season for a
licensed hunter, or assisting law enforcement officers
or while actually being trained for any of these
pursuits.
2. The Weld County Humane Society shall have the responsi-
bility, under this Resolution, and in accordance with a
contract which shall be entered into between the Board.
of County Commissioners and the Humane Society, for
picking up dogs running at-large and impounding them.
3 . Upon the execution of a contract between Weld County and
the Weld County Humane Society, it shall be the duty of
the Weld County Humane Society to seize and impound any
and all dogs found running at-large without accompaniment
of owner or any other person having control of the dog
within any part of Weld County, Colorado, except within
the city limits of any incorporated municipality in said
County.
4. When any dog has been picked up for impoundment, notice
of such impoundment shall be given to the owner, if known,
who may thereupon recover possession of such dog on pay-
ment of the cost of impoundment. The basic cost of
impoundment shall be Ten Dollars ($10. 00) for the first
three days or a portion thereof during which a dog is
impounded and an additional Four Dollars ($4. 00) for each
day thereafter. However, if the same owner, or members
of his immediate family, has redeemed the same dog from
the designated impounding facility within the preceding
twelve (12) months , the redemption fee shall be Twenty
Dollars ($20. 00) . No owner may recover possession of
such dog until payment of the cost of impoundment is made.
5. Any dog which shall have not been redeemed within seventy-
two (72) hours from the time of such impoundment, may at
once be put up for adoption in accordance with the normal
procedure of the director of the impounding facility. Any
owner or keeper of a dog who does not claim or redeem said
dog within the seventy-two (72) hours impounding period
shall forfeit all right, title, and interest in said dog.
Any dog which has not been redeemed or adopted as herein
provided, may be humanely destroyed under the direction
of the director of the impounding facility and removed and
buried or cremated, provided that no dog shall be put up
for adoption or destroyed until the owner has been noti-
fied either orally or in writing, if the whereabouts of
such owner is known or can be ascertained from a license
tag or other indentification found on the dog.
6. The Board of County Commissioners, their assistants and
employees, the Weld County Humane Society, and staff
thereof, and any person enforcing the provisions of this
resolution shall not be held responsible for any acci-
dent or subsequent disease that may occur in connection
with the administration of this Resolution.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 7th day of
March , A.D. , 1979.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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� /Leonard Roe ABSENT
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Weld County Clerk and Recorder
erk to the Boar
puty County
AP OV D AS TO FOPM: 47
County Attorney
DATE PRESENTED: MARCH 7, 1979
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