(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal, when notified that such animal has bitten any person or has so injured any person as to cause an abrasion of the skin, to sell or give away such animal or to permit or allow such animal to be taken beyond the limits of the city, except to a veterinary hospital within the county, but it shall be the duty of such owner, upon receiving notice thereof, to immediately place such animal in a duly licensed veterinary hospital within the county, where such animal shall be confined for a period of at least ten days or to deliver such animal to an Animal Welfare Officer for such placement.
(B) Upon delivery of such animal to a veterinary hospital, notice of the name and location of such hospital shall immediately be furnished to the Chief of Police by the owner of such animal. The veterinary hospital shall submit to the Animal Control and Welfare Officer of the city a certificate stating that such animal shows no symptoms of rabies or does show symptoms of rabies.
(C) At the expiration of ten days of confinement in such veterinary hospital, the veterinary hospital shall submit to the Animal Control and Welfare Officer of the city a second certificate stating that the animal does or does not have rabies. Any such animal free of rabies may then be released and the Animal Control and Welfare Officer of the city so advised, with payment of costs by owner to the city.
(Prior Code, § 90.046) (Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017) Penalty, see § 10.99