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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> BILL NO. 4 <br /> Draft 4 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), <br /> ANIMALS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to amend Chapter 4, Animals, by increasing the <br /> fines and permitting an animal care center to contract with the county to provide services for animal <br /> control and care. <br /> SECTION 2. Chapter 4, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended to read as <br /> follows <br /> ~-`Chapter 4 <br /> ANIMALS <br /> Article 1. Definitions. <br /> <br /> Section 4-1. Definitions. <br /> <br /> As used in this chapter: <br /> <br /> (a) "Animals," unless provided otherwise, include but are not limited to those animals that are customary and <br /> usual pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, honeybees and other beasts which are maintained on the premises <br /> of a dwelling unit and kept by the resident of a dwelling unit solely for personal enjoyment and <br /> companionship, such as, without limitation, for a hobby, for legal sporting activities and for guarding of <br /> property; animals exclude aviary game birds and fish as defined in Hawaii Revised Statutes. Animal shall <br /> further mean any "animal,"'`farm animal" or "poultry" as those terms are defined in section 4.31. <br /> <br /> (b) "Animal care center" means an eleemosynary organization formed for the purpose of prevention of cruelty to <br /> animals. <br /> ~ "At large'' means on the premises of a person other than the owner of the dog,[eF} other small <br /> domesticated animal or farm animal without the consent of the occupant of the premises, or on a <br /> ]roadway, or in any public place except when under the control of a responsible person <br /> or an authorized representative of the owner. <br /> <br />