(A) The owner of any dog, cat or other animal which bites any human being shall notify the city animal control officer and the County Rabies Control Officer within 24 hours; shall keep the dog, cat or other animal locked up in an enclosure for a period of ten days following the time the dog, cat or other animal has bitten a person; and shall have the dog, cat or other animal examined by a licensed veterinarian at the beginning and end of the ten-day period.
(B) When a person has been bitten by a police dog, the police dog may continue to perform its duties for the peace officer or law enforcement agency and any period of observation of the police dog may be under the supervision of a peace officer. The supervision shall consist of the dog being locked in a kennel, performing its official duties in a police vehicle, or remaining under the constant supervision of its police handler.
(C) If a dog or other animal without provocation, bites or injures any person who is peaceably conducting himself or herself in any place where he or she may lawfully be, the owner of such dog or other animal shall be in violation hereof and subject to a fine as provided in § 90.999 (B) of this chapter.
(1990 Code, § 4-18) (Ord. 84-935, passed 2-20-1984; Ord. 07-3173, passed 2-19-2007; Ord. 13-3429, passed 12-16-2013)
Statutory reference:
Animal bites, see ILCS Ch. 510, Act 5, § 13