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PRESENTED
March 25, 1987
ORDINANCE NO. 87-0-12
ADOPTED
March 25, 1987
AN ORDINANCE: A~NDING THE TOWN CODE REGARDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
OF SECTION 4-19
WHEREAS, this Council by Ordinance No. 87-0-8 amended the Town Code
to require leash control for dogs when not on the property of the owner
or custodian; and
WHEREAS, this Council desires to establish a penalty for violation
of this law that is consistent with the Loudoun County penalty for the
same offense in densely populated unincorporated parts of the county:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia
as follows:
SECTION I. Section 4-19 of the Town Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 4-19. Running at Large.
A dog's owner or custodian shall not permit it to run at large,
roam or self hunt in the town off the property of the owner or custodian
while not under leash control. Any person who owns a dog which runs
at large or remains unconfined, unrestricted or not penned up and
off the property of the owner or custodian, shall be deemed in violation
of this section. Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of
the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor
and shall be fined not more than $100.00 for each offense.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in effect on or after April 1,
1987, and all ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are repealed.
PASSED this 25th day of March
ATTE ST:
Clerk of ~uncil
, 1987.
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Charles J.V Williams, Vice-Mayor
Town of Leesburg