Animal Regulations

The City of Eaton Rapids has regulations regarding animals within the City Limits.  All of the regulations can be viewed in its entirety by viewing the Eaton Rapids City Code.

Pet regulations per the City Code, Chapter 5, Chapter 8.49, Chapter 14.54 and Chapter 15.26, are as follows

Section 5-5.  Dogs at Large

• An owner or person responsible for any dog shall not permit the dog to run at large within the incorporated boundaries of the city.  A dog shall be deemed running at large if it is not confined within a pen or fenced enclosure, or is not on a leash or tether of sufficient construction and material so that the dog is under control of the owner or person responsible for the dog.
• This section shall not apply to trained leader dogs for the blind when being used by a blind person for the purpose for which the dog was trained or to a trained police dog working under direction of a sworn police officer in the performance of duties for which the dog has been trained.
• A violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor.

Section 8-49.  Animals prohibited

• No person shall allow any domestic animal on city cemetery grounds.  A person who violates this section is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, subject to payment of a civil fine as set forth in section 2-132.  Repeat offenses shall be subject to increased fines as set forth in section 2-132.

Section 14-54.  Riding of horses on sidewalks prohibited

• Horses shall not be ridden or walked on a sidewalk located within the city.  Violation of this section shall be processed as a civil infraction, and any person found to have committed a civil infraction shall be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs.

Section 15-26.  Loud noises prohibited; enumeration of prohibited noises; exceptions

• Animal and bird noises.  The keeping of any animal or bird which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person.