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The tag issued under the provisions of § 90.27 above shall be in a form as shall be determined by the Department of Agriculture.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-5)
At any reasonable time upon request of any member of the Police Department or village employee, the owner or keeper of any unmuzzled dog shall exhibit his or her certificate issued under the provisions of § 90.27 above, showing the inoculation against rabies of any dog owned or controlled by him or her.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-6)
(A) It shall be the duty of the employees and officers of the Police Department as shall be designated for that purpose by the Mayor to take up and impound in a place as may be designated and set apart for that purpose, any dog found running at large or unlicensed in the village, contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or other regulations of the village.
(B) When dogs are found running at large or unlicensed and their ownership is known to the designated employee(s), the dogs may be impounded at the discretion of the employee(s), but the employee(s) may cite the owner of the dogs to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
(C) Any dog permitted to run at large within the village is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(D) Any impounded dog which shall not be redeemed within seven days shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the pound keeper.
(E) The Village Board may establish a reasonable fee by motion for each day that a dog is housed in the pound.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-8)
In case of impounding and where the owner or keeper of the dog is disclosed by any tax or license tag worn by it or is otherwise known to the officers impounding the same, the designated official shall make reasonable attempts to contact the owner, informing him or her of the impounding of his or her dog and shall cite the owner or keeper of the dog to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-9)
Any person(s) who shall bring any dog into the village for the purpose of causing the same to be impounded or any person who shall resist, hinder or molest the Animal Control Warden or police officer while engaged upon the duties imposed upon them by this chapter or any person who shall break into the dog pound and release or deliver any dog therefrom without having first paid the fees herein specified, upon conviction of any part of this chapter shall be fined according to § 10.99.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-10)
(A) Any dog which shall have bitten or otherwise injured any person so as to cause an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken, impounded and kept separated from other dogs for ten days. If, during that period, the dog develops symptoms of illness, a veterinarian shall be called to diagnose its condition. If the symptoms disclosed are such as to indicate the presence of rabies, the dog shall be destroyed in such a manner, however, as to preserve intact the head, which shall thereupon be detached and immediately sent to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. In case the dog cannot be safely taken up and impounded, it may be shot, care being taken to preserve the head intact which shall thereupon be immediately detached and be delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture.
(B) If, at the expiration of the ten days, no symptoms of rabies have developed in the dog so impounded, the same may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the redemption fees and charges specified by this chapter; provided, however, that in case any dog so impounded for biting a person shall have previously bitten any person, the dog shall be humanely destroyed by the pound keeper. After having been notified that his or her dog has bitten or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall not, under any circumstances, permit the animal to be at large unless securely muzzled.
(2001 Code, § 3-2-11)
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