Dogs Running at Large
If you have lost your dog you may notify the City. Impounded dogs are taken to the City Pound and kept for 7 business days. After that we will utilize the services of the Human Society or other area animal shelters. To find out if we have your dog you may call City Hall at 883-5840 or the Battlefield Police Department, 890-9876. Information is also posted on the bulletin board at City Hall, 5434 S. Tower Drive.
Dogs are regulated by the Municipal Code of the City of Battlefield, Section 205. The following are excerpts from 205.030:
- It shall be unlawful for any person owning, controlling, harboring, possessing, or having the management or care of any dog to permit such dog to run at large on or from the premises of such person. Every dog when on any street, alley, park, school ground, or any other public place in the City which is not attached to a leash, the other end of which is securely held, shall be deemed running at large. Every dog, when on private property within said City, which is either not attached to a leash, the other end of which is securely held, or which is not so confined by fences or other enclosures so as to prevent its straying from the premises, shall be deemed running at large
- Any dog found running at large regardless of registered vaccination shall be impounded. A dog running at large is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and it shall be the duty of employees of the City's Police Department to abate the nuisance. Employees of the City's Police Department or such other City employees designated by the Mayor shall have authority to enter upon private property in pursuing a dog which is running at large and they shall have authority to open gates, cross fences and take whatever steps that are necessary to abate the nuisance so as to impound the dog that is running at large, except nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize the City employee to enter into a dwelling of a person.