Mount Clemens, Michigan

35.216 – Sec 6. HUMANE TREATMENT, ETC., REQUIRED.

SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS. It shall be unlawFul for any person to leave any animal outside and unattended during any period in which any severe weather warning has been issued for the City of Mount Clemens, Michigan, by the National or Local Weather Service for an unreasonable amount of time, if the temperature during such period remains entirely below 32° F, or above 90° F.

TETHERING. It shall be unlawful for any person to attach chains or tethers, restrains or implements directly to an animal without the proper use of a collar, harness or other device designed for that purpose and made from a material that prevents injury to the animal. In addition, no person shall:

a. Tether an animal without the continuous presence of an adult on the premises at all times that the animal is restrained; or

b. Leave an animal outdoors without the continuous presence of an adult on the premises at all times; or

c. Tether an animal unless the tether is a coated steel cable specifically designed for restraining animals and is at least three times the length of the animal as measured from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail and is attached to a harness or non-choke collar specifically designed for tethering, with a swivel attached to both ends, done in such a manner as to not cause injury strangulation or entanglement of the animal on fences, trees, another tethered animal, or any other manmade or natural objects; or

d. Tether more than one animal to a single tether or tether one animal to a single tether that would allow the animal to come within three (3) feet of another tethered animal or a property line; or

e. Continuously tether an animal for more than two continuous hours, except that tethering of the same animal may resume after a hiatus of three continuous hours, for up to three hours total time on tether per day; or

f. Use a tether or any assembly or attachments thereto to tether an animal that shall weigh more than one-eighth of the animal’s body weight, or due to weight, inhibit the free movement for the animal within the area tethered; or

g. Tether an animal on a choke chain or in such a manner as to cause injury, strangulation, or entanglement of the animal on fences, trees, or other manmade or natural obstacles; or

h. Tether an animal without access to shade when sunlight is likely to cause overheating; or appropriate shelter to provide insulation and protection against cold and dampness when the atmospheric temperature falls below 40° F, or to tether an animal without securing its water supply so that it cannot be tipped over by the tether; or

i. Tether an animal in an open area where it can be teased by persons or an open area that does not provide the animal protection from attack by other animals; or

j. Tether an animal in an area where bare earth is present and no steps have been taken to prevent the surface from becoming wet and muddy in the event or precipitation.