AMENDED
O-19-052
ORDINANCE
AMENDING NRO 93-6 IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS, CATS, FERRETS AND
CHICKENS
CITY OF NASHUA
fn the Year Two Thousand and Nineteen
The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 93 “Animals”,
Article I “Rules of Keeping Animals”, Section 96-6 “Impoundment of dogs, cats, ferrets and
chickens found at large”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended, be hereby further
amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new underlined language as
follows:
“§ 93-6. [mpoundment of dogs, cats, ferrets and chickens feund-at-large.”
A. The Animal Control Officer (ACO) or other authorized person shall take into
custody and impound:
(1) Any dog “at large” as defined in section 93-5 effthe-premises-efits-owner
which the Dos-Officer-or other authorized persen_has reason te behevet
astray dog;
(2) Any dog which the Animal Control Officer (ACO) or other authorized
person has reason to believe is a stray:
(23) Any dog off the premises of the owner of the dog without a current
registration tag on his collar;
(34) Any female dog in heat and off the premises of the owner; and
(45) Any chicken off the premises of the owner;:
(6) Any cat or ferret which is off the premises of the owner and either a) a
nuisance or b) suspected of being or which is diseased or injured: and
(7) Any cat or ferret which the Animal Control Officer (ACO) or other
authorized person has reason to believe is a stray.
This ordinance shall become effective upon passage.
