DIVISION 2. GENERAL REGULATIONS
Plain English: what this chapter covers
This chapter covers keeping animals in town: loose dogs and livestock, rabies shots and tags, reporting bites, cruelty and neglect, impoundment at the city's designated shelter, and the rules for dogs classified as dangerous or vicious. A word of caution: a lot of it is printed twice (rules from 2001 and again from 2011), and two different sets of dangerous-dog rules are still on the books, so it's worth asking the city which version they enforce.
What's in here
- Sec. 14-40 Rights of officials to enter premises
- Sec. 14-41 Rights of officials for emergency entry1
- Sec. 14-42 Interference with officials prohibited
- Sec. 14-43 Dead animals—Removal from public rights-of-way
- Sec. 14-44 Abandonment of dead animals upon public property or public rights-of way
- Sec. 14-45 Dead animals—Removal from private property
- Sec. 14-46 Abandonment of dead animals upon private property
- Sec. 14-47 Livestock on public rights-of-way
- Sec. 14-48 Abandonment of animals
- Sec. 14-49 Liability of owner or custodian for damages to livestock and poultry by an animal
- Sec. 14-50 Permitting animals in heat to roam or run free
- Secs. 14-51—14-59 Reserved
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH14AN_ARTIIDO_DIV2GERE
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH14AN_ARTIIDO_DIV2GERE
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