§ 3-19. Running at large prohibited within certain zoned areas; "at large" defined; responsibility of owners or custodians.

(a)

For the purposes of section, "at large" shall be taken to mean off the premises of the owner and not under the immediate control of the owner, his agent or the custodian of the dog, by a leash, cord or chain; provided that, a dog shall not be considered "at large" if, during the hunting season, it is on a bona fide hunt, in the company of a licensed hunter or during field trials of training periods when accompanied by its owner or custodian.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any dog to allow such dog to run at large at any time within any area in the county other than those districts zoned Rural Agricultural Conservation. This exception does not apply to designated mobile home parks and/or trailer parks in Rural Agricultural Conservation Districts nor in the Rushmere Shores Subdivision. It is further, unlawful, for the owner or custodian of any dog to allow such dog to run at large on any garbage collection sites or any other publicly owned property in the County of Isle of Wight.

(c)

It shall be the responsibility of owners or custodians of dogs residing within the Rural Agricultural Conservation Districts of the county to control such dogs to prohibit them from roaming in the other areas covered by this section.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for the owner of any livestock, poultry or fowl to permit the same to run at large beyond the limits of the boundaries of the lot or tract of land where such animal is normally or regularly confined. For purposes of this subsection, the boundary lines of each lot or tract of land within the county shall be a lawful fence as to livestock, poultry, and fowl domesticated by man. (6-18-15; 10-15-15.)

(STATE LAW REFERENCE—Sec. 3.2-6538 and Sec. 55-310 et seq. of the Code of Virginia (1950, as amended).)