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How
can you license your dog?
Download
the Dog License Application,
mail the application and all of the required
paperwork along with a check/money order to:
Everett City
Hall
City Clerk's Office - Room 10
Everett, MA 02149
Go to the City
Clerk's Office located in City Hall, Room
10 with all the required paperwork, fee and
the application.
Unspayed and/or
unneutered dogs $10
Requirements: Proof of current rabies vaccination
Spayed and/or
neutered dogs $6
Requirements: Proof of current rabies vaccination
and proof of spay/neuter.
Animal
Control
617-389-3367
The Animal Control department, established
under Massachusetts general law chapter 140,
sections 136 – 174, responds to all
calls relating to wild and domestic animals
that may be sick, injured or considered dangerous,
providing transportation to the MSPCA or a
veterinarian as necessary. The department
enforces all aspects of the City ordinance
regarding cruelty to animals, as well as any
instance involving an animal that may be abandoned
or unclaimed. The Animal Control Officer,
acting as the state appointed animal inspector
for the City, oversees the containment of
any unclaimed or dangerous animal while in
the custody of the City.
Leash
Law
Section 3-24. Restraint of dogs.
No person shall own, keep or harbor in the
city, outside the confines of the owner's
property, any dog, which is not held firmly
on a leash by a person who shall have control
of such a dog. (Ord. of 10-11-77, § 5(4))
Pooper
Scooper Law
Section 3-33. Dog soiling prohibited.
(a) It shall be the duty of each person who
owns, possesses or controls a dog to remove
and dispose of any feces left by his-her dog
on any sidewalk, street or other public area
in the city, or on any private property neither
owned nor occupied by said person, under the
following conditions:
(1) Duty to dispose. It shall be the duty of
each person who owns, possesses or controls
a dog to remove and dispose of any feces left
by his-her dog.
(2) Duty to possess means of removal. No persons
who owns, possesses or controls such dog shall
appear with such dog on any sidewalk, street,
park or other public area without the means
of removal of any feces left by such dog. Furthermore,
no person who owns, possesses or controls such
dog shall appear with such dog on any private
property neither owned nor occupied by said
person without the means of removal of any feces
left by said dog.
a. Method of removal and disposal. For the purposes
of this regulation, the means of removal shall
be any tool, implement or other device carried
for the purpose of picking up and containing
such feces, unexposed to said person or the
public.
b. Disposal shall be accomplished by transporting
such feces to a place suitable and regularly
reserved for the disposal of canine feces, or
as otherwise designated as appropriate by the
board of health.
(b) Enforcement. Violation of this by-law shall
be enforced in accordance with law, provided,
however, that, if simultaneously with the issuance
of a complaint hereunder, a complaint is issued
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 40, s. 21D, and that complaint
if disposed of pursuant to said act, the complaint
issued hereunder shall be deemed disposed of.
(c) Exemption. This regulation shall not apply
to a dog accompanying any handicapped person
who, by reason of his-her handicap, is physically
unable to comply with the requirements of this
section, or to any individual who utilizes a
guide dog.
(d) Severability. The
provisions of this section are severable; and
if any of the provisions of this section shall
be held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
decision of such court shall not affect or impair
any of the remaining provisions. (Ord. of 10-11-77,
§ 5(12); Ord. of 4-22-96)
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