Whenever any person owning, possessing or harboring any dog within the corporate limits of the City shall learn that such dog has bitten any human being, such person shall immediately impound said dog in a place of confinement where it cannot escape or have access to any human being or other animal and shall also immediately notify the Chief of Police. Whenever the Chief of Police shall learn that any human being has been bitten by any dog within said City, he/she shall ascertain the identity of such dog and the person owning, possessing or harboring it and shall immediately direct such person to forthwith impound such dog as herein required. Any dog so impounded shall be kept continuously so confined for a period of fourteen (14) days from the day the dog bit a human being.
Upon learning that a dog has bitten a human being, the Chief of Police shall immediately notify the Health Officer and inform him/her of the place where the dog is impounded. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to inspect the said dog from time to time during its period of fourteen (14) days' confinement and to determine whether such dog is infected with rabies. For this purpose he/she shall have access to the premises where such dog is kept at all reasonable hours and may take possession of the dog and confine it in the City dog pound or other suitable place at the expense of the owner. The owner or person in possession or harboring such dog shall immediately notify the Health Officer of any evidence of sickness or disease in the dog during the period of confinement and shall promptly deliver its carcass to the Health Officer in case of its death during said period. (Ord. 019-746, 5-20-2019)