"Adult cat" means any member of the cat family past the age of six months or which has acquired a permanent set of canine teeth.

"Adult dog" means any member of the dog family past the age of six months or which has acquired a permanent set of canine teeth.

“Agent” means any public or private establishment authorized by the city or the city’s designated animal control agent to issue pet licenses.

"Animal" means any nonhuman member of the classes' mammal and any reptile or bird.

"Animal shelter" means a facility which is used to house or contain stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals, and which is owned, operated or maintained by a public body, an established humane society, animal welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or other nonprofit organization devoted to the welfare, protection, and humane treatment of animals.

"City" means the City of Vancouver, Washington.

"Community cat" means a feral or free-roaming cat, without owner identification of any kind, who spends the majority of their time living outdoors. Community cats may be routinely fed by one or more community members, while some survive with human intervention.

"Community cat program" means a program sponsored by the animal control department or its designated agent, pursuant to which feral and community cats may be sterilized, vaccinated against rabies, ear-tipped, and returned to the location where they congregate.

"County" means the County of Clark, Washington.

"Dog Day Care" means any premises where dogs are groomed, trained, exercised and socialized, but not kept or boarded overnight, bred, sold, or let for hire. The hours of operation shall be limited daily from 6.a.m. to 9 p.m. in the medium and high density residential district and 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the commercial and industrial districts.

“Domestic animal" or “pet” means any animal other than livestock which lives and breeds in a tame condition. This generally refers to dogs, cats and some birds.

“Facility” means any premises used to conduct an animal shelter or animal-related business such as grooming, breeding, boarding, sale or training of domestic, exotic and/or guard animals, but excluding animal hospitals or clinics where animals are kept only for treatment by licensed veterinarians.

“Feral” means any animal, normally classified as domestic, which has escaped domestication and become wild.

“Food and Drug Administration” or “FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the federal Health and Human Services Agency.

“Food establishment” shall have the meaning prescribed by RCW 49.60.218, as it may be amended.

"Grooming parlor" means any establishment where animals are bathed, clipped or combed for a valuable consideration for the purpose of enhancing their aesthetic value.

“Hybrid animal” is a cross between a wild animal and domestic or subspecies animal. For the purpose of this chapter, a hybrid animal which has not been certified as effectively vaccinated for rabies by a veterinarian licensed in the state of Washington will be considered a wild animal.

"Kennel" means (a) any premises used to conduct a commercial business involving the breeding, buying, selling or letting dogs for hire, boarding or training dogs; (b) any premises at which four or more adult dogs are kept for any purpose, including animal shelters but excluding animal hospitals where animals are kept only for treatment by licensed veterinarians (c) any premises where offspring puppies or adult dogs are sold to commercial outlets or are sold for research or experimental purposes; (d) any premises where offspring from two or more litters per twelve month period are sold or traded, exchanged, or bartered for a valuable consideration or joint ownership purpose; or (e) any premises used as the location for training dogs for obedience, hunting, protection, etc. (if the address is different from the office address,) or the premises are used as a combination of office/training location, provided, that this subsection shall not apply if the training site is property belonging to a recognized school district, municipal body, or not-for-profit organization.

“Lawful” in regard to herding hunting, competition, or training means to be engaged in such activity on the property of another by permission, or, on public land that is set aside and/or open for such use.

"Leash" means a cord, rope or chain not more than nine feet long by which an animal is physically controlled by the person accompanying it.

“License tag” or “tag” means a prenumbered identification license issued by or through the city of the city’s designated animal control agent to an owner/custodian for a specific pet animal.

"Livestock" means any equine, sheep, beef or dairy cattle, mule, jack, jennet, burro, goat, pig, domesticated hare, rabbit, camelid and poultry.

"Owner" means any person possessing, harboring, keeping, having an interest in, caring for or having control or custody of an animal. In a household setting, the owner is presumed to be the head of the household.

“Pack of dogs” or “dogs running in packs” means a group of three (3) or more dogs running upon lands, either public or private, not that of their owner, when such dogs are not restrained or under control.

"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or other legal entity.

"Pet shop" means an establishment where animals bred elsewhere are offered for sale to the public.

"Police dog shall have the meaning prescribed by RCW 4.24.410, as it may be subsequently amended or recodified.

"Poultry" means all domesticated fowl and all game birds which are legally held in captivity.

"Running at large" means to be off the premises of the owner and not under the physical control of either the owner or a person authorized by the owner. There is a rebuttable presumption that the animal has not been under control if injury, damage or trespassing has occurred.

“Service animal” shall have the meaning prescribed by RCW 49.60.218, as it may be subsequently amended or recodified.

“Under control” means the voice, signal or physical control so as to be restrained from approaching a bystander, from entering private property, and from causing damage to property; provided that an animal is presumed not to have been under control if injury, damage or trespass has occurred.

"Vicious behavior" means showing a propensity, without sufficient provocation, to do any act which causes injury or endangers the safety of persons, animals or property.

“Wild animal" means any animal except livestock and domesticated animals which due to its size, habits, natural propensities, instinct, handling or training presents a danger or potential danger to human beings, animals or property, including any hybrid animal or any living vertebrate animal normally found in the wild state and for which hybrid or living vertebrate animal there is no FDA-approved anti-rabies vaccination. (Ord. M-3667 § 2004: Ord. M-2727 § 1, 1987: Ord. M-2656 § 1, 1986: Ord. M-2584 § 1, 1985: Ord. M-2397 § 2, 1983; Ord. M-4188, Amended, 12/19/2016, Sec 1-Effective 1/19/2017; Ord. M-4043, Amended, 02/25/2013, Sec 1 - Effective 03/29/2013; Ord. M-3667, Amended, 09/13/2004, Sec 8)