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505.05 VICIOUS ANIMALS.
   In addition to other penalties applicable to this chapter, the Municipal Court may order the owner or person in custody or possession of any animal which is determined by the Court to be vicious, or a perennial and continued nuisance, or which constitutes a serious threat to the health or safety of the public, to forthwith remove such animal from the City. If such animal is not removed from the City in compliance with such order, the Court may order the Chief of Police to cause the animal to be impounded and destroyed.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
505.06 IMPOUNDING.
   In addition to other penalties applicable to violations of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the Police Department to take up and impound every dog or cat found in violation of Sections 505.01 to 505.05. If a dog is not wearing a valid license tag, the Police Department may turn it over to an officer charged by law with the custody and disposal of such dogs. If such dog is wearing such a tag, the Police Department shall immediately give the licensee, if he can be found, written notice that the dog has been taken up. The dog or cat shall not be released except upon payment of five dollars ($5.00) to cover the cost of taking it up, plus such additional costs as may be incurred by the City for impounding in an amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00). Any dog or cat not reclaimed within five days of receipt of notice by the licensee or within five days of taking it up, if the licensee cannot be found, shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
505.07 QUARANTINE OF ANIMALS.
   Whenever any animal has bitten any person, the Chief of Police may order such animal quarantined in the County dog kennels or in a veterinarian’s kennels for a period not longer than ten days from the time of the biting. No owner or person in custody or possession of such an animal shall fail to cause an animal to be quarantined in conformity with such order.
(Ord. 74-36. Passed 5-6-74.)
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