A. Authority To Impound Animals And Enter Onto Private Property:
1. Authority To Impound: It shall be the duty of the animal control officer and officers of the police department as shall be designated for that purpose by the chief of police to take up and impound in the Sangamon County animal pound, or other place as designated by the chief of police, any animal found at large or any dog or cat found in the village without identification, inoculation or licensing tags contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter, or statutes of the state of Illinois.
2. Authority To Enter: The animal control officer and officers of the police department are authorized to go upon private property in order to enforce this chapter or to take up any animal which is found at large or take up any dog or cat found without required inoculation, licensing or identification tags; however such persons may not enter a private dwelling house for this purpose without a valid warrant or the consent of an occupant.
B. Impoundment Of Animals Which Have Bitten Persons:
1. Impoundment: Any animal, whether under restraint or not, 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 animals for ten (10) days.
2. Notice Of Bite: The victim of such bite and the animal control unit shall notify the Sangamon County department of public health of the bite within twenty four (24) hours.
3. Development Of Symptoms: If during that period such animal develops symptoms of illness, a veterinarian shall diagnose its condition.
4. Destruction Of Animal: If the symptoms disclose or are such as to indicate the presence of rabies, such animal shall be destroyed in such 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.
5. Unable To Safely Impound: In case such animal cannot be safely taken up and impounded, it may be killed, care being taken to preserve the head intact which shall thereupon be detached and immediately delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the department of agriculture.
6. Redemption From Pound: If at the expiration of the period of ten (10) days, no symptoms of rabies have developed in such animal so impounded, the same may be redeemed by the owner or keeper upon payment of the redemption fees and charges specified in this chapter.
7. Impoundment By Owner: After having been notified that his animal has bitten or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall not, under any circumstances, permit such animal to be outside of his premises except on a leash with a responsible adult until the procedures prescribed in subsections B1 and B2 of this section have been completed. Failure of the owner or keeper of an animal impounded or to be impounded in accordance with this section or comparable section of state law to adhere strictly to the provisions of this subsection shall be punished as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code.
C. Notice To Owners Or Keepers Of Impoundment And Violation: The Sangamon County animal pound shall notify the owners or keepers of animals impounded pursuant to this chapter, if known to them, of the fact of impoundment.
D. Fees:
1. Impoundment: Any animal impounded under the provisions of this chapter, except such as may have bitten any person, shall, unless sooner redeemed, be held until it may be disposed of pursuant to subsection E of this section in order to afford opportunity to the owner or keeper thereof to the same. Any such owner or keeper desiring to redeem an impounded animal shall pay an impounding fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per animal to the village and, in addition, to Sangamon County the cost of keeping such animal while impounded; provided, however, that forty dollars ($40.00) of the village's impoundment fee shall be waived for the first time a dog of a particular owner is redeemed. For the purpose of this subsection, the owner of an animal shall be entitled to the reduced impoundment fee once during every three (3) year period. The impounding fee shall be paid by the owner or keeper at the village bookkeeper office, the fees for the cost of keeping the animal, and any additional fee such as a fee for inoculation, shall be paid at the Sangamon County animal pound.
2. Inoculation: In case any dog or cat has not been inoculated against rabies for the current calendar year, such owner shall also advance the fee required to have such dog inoculated by the duly licensed veterinarian and the administrator of the pound shall forthwith cause the dog to be inoculated for the current calendar year, or in accordance with the requirements of the department of agriculture.
E. Disposition Of Animals: Any dog or other animal, except animals bearing owner identification or inoculation tags, impounded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which shall not be redeemed within three (3) working days shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the director of the Sangamon County animal pound. Any dog validly licensed or with owner identification tags and impounded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which shall not be redeemed within seven (7) working days shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the director of the Sangamon County animal pound. (Ord., 5-22-1985)