BYLAW NO. 881: Animal Control Bylaw Amendment (Exotic Animals)
An amendment to the Animal Control Bylaw regulating the keeping of chickens and prohibiting the feeding of wild or exotic animals.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL BYLAW NO. 881
A BYLAW TO AMEND THE ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW WITH REGARD TO THE PROVISION OF FEEDING WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
This Bylaw may be cited as "Animal Control Bylaw No. 614, 2005, Amendment Bylaw No. 881, 2014".
Part 8 of said Bylaw No. 614 is hereby amended by deleting section 8.0 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
8.0 The keeping of chickens is permitted on properties within the R-1, R-1A, R-1B zones with the following restrictions:
a) No more than four (4) hens may be kept on a property, all of which must be over the age of 4 months; b) Roosters are prohibited in all residential zones; c) The sale of eggs and meat is prohibited in all residential zones; d) The slaughter of chickens is prohibited in all residential zones; e) Henhouses shall be located in the rear yard of a residential property and must be set back a minimum of 3.0m from the rear, side and flanking lot lines; f) Chickens must be contained in the rear yard at all times.
Part 8 of said Bylaw No. 614 is hereby amended by adding the following sections:
8.7 A person must not intentionally feed or leave food out for the purposes of feeding wild or exotic animals.
8.8 Section 8.7 does not apply to a person who is engaged in hunting or trapping wildlife in accordance with the Wildlife Act and its regulations.
By deleting Schedule "D" in its entirety and replacing it with the attached Schedule "D" – Wild or Exotic Animals.
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ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS DAY OF , 2014.
MAYOR
CLERK
SCHEDULE "D" WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS
"Wild or Exotic Animals"
The following list of animals constitutes "wild or exotic animals" for the purposes of this Bylaw. The common or familiar names of animals preceding the words in parentheses are intended to act as examples only, and are not to be construed as limiting the generality of the group specified by the words in the parentheses.
- alligators, caimans, crocodiles (crocodilian);
- apes, lemurs, gorillas and monkeys (primates); excludes humans;
- anteaters, armadillos, and sloths (edentate);
- badgers, polecats, otters, wolverines, weasels (mustelidae); excludes descented skunks and domestic ferrets, minks and ermines;
- bats (chiroptera);
- bears (carnivore);
- beavers, porcupines, squirrels, muskrat, marmots, and gophers (rodentia); excludes domestic hamsters, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rats and mice;
- cassowaries, ostriches, emus, rheas (struthioniformes);
- cats, including lions, jaguars, cheetah, tigers, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, ocelot and leopard (feloidea); excludes domestic non-feral cats;
- civets, genets, meerkat, mongooses (viverrids);
- camel, hippopotamus, tapir, rhinoceros or hyrax (ungulate); excludes domestic goats, sheep, pigs, cattle, horses, llamas, alpacas, mules, donkeys, elk and deer;
- dogs, including bush dogs, dingos, racoon dogs, African wild dogs, coyotes, jackals, hyenas and wolves; excludes domestic non-feral dogs;
- dolphins, porpoises and whales (cetaceans);
- elephants, including Asian and African (proboscidae);
- hares, pikas and rabbits; excludes domestic non-feral rabbits (lagomorpha);
- hedgehogs, moles and shrews (insectivore); excludes African Pygmy Hedgehogs;
- kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums (marsupialia); excludes sugar gliders;
- owls (strigiformes);
- raccoons and coatimundi (procyonids);
- seals and walrus (pinnipedia);
- venomous or poisonous frogs, toads and salamanders (amphibian);
- venomous or poisonous lizards (sauria);
- venomous or poisonous turtles, green and Hawksbill (Australia), tortoises and terrapins (chelonian);
- venomous or poisonous snakes, (serpentia);
- venomous or poisonous spiders, insects, fish and scorpions;
- python;
- boidae;
- rock doves (pigeons), crows and gulls.