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§ 90.36 RABID DOG OR CAT.
   (A)   When it has been charged that a dog or cat is rabid, or has been bitten by a rabid dog or cat, the judge of the appropriate court shall hear proof in order to determine whether or not there is reason to believe that the dog or cat so charged or so bitten is actually rabid, and the Judge may, in his or her discretion, have the dog or cat impounded for observation or order such dog or cat killed. However, the owner or keeper of the dog or cat may make a request in writing that the dog or cat be held by some reliable veterinarian for the proper period of observation, in which event the owner shall agree in writing to pay all charges for holding and observing the dog or cat, the court costs, and all other fees incidental thereto.
   (B)   The court will thereupon deliver the dog or cat to a veterinarian, and the veterinarian will, at the termination of the observation period, make his or her professional report to the court, whereupon the judge shall return his or her findings. Any dog or cat adjudged rabid shall be destroyed immediately by the Chief of Police, or at his or her direction.
(1992 Code, § 91.31) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974)
§ 90.37 CONCEALING RABID DOG OR CAT.
   It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to conceal a dog or cat knowing that there is reasonable grounds to believe that the dog or cat is rabid, or has been bitten by a rabid dog or cat; or to conceal a dog or cat ordered to be impounded or killed; or in any manner to prevent, or attempt to prevent the execution of the orders of the Police Court concerning rabid dogs or cats or dogs or cats bitten by a rabid dog or cat.
(1992 Code, § 91.32) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.38 EXEMPTIONS.
   This subchapter shall not apply to dogs or cats kept by regularly chartered medical colleges, or other educational or scientific institutions, wherein such dogs or cats are used for scientific purposes; and to dogs or cats, brought to the city temporarily for exhibition or show purposes.
(1992 Code, § 91.33) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974)
VICIOUS DOGS
§ 90.50 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   UNCONFINED. A vicious dog is UNCONFINED as defined in §§ 90.51 through 90.53 if such dog is not securely confined indoors or confined in a securely enclosed and locked pen or structure upon the premises of the person or persons described in §§ 90.51 through 90.53. Such pen or structure must have secure sides and a secure top. If the pen or structure has no bottom secured to the sides, then the sides must be embedded two feet in the ground and secured by concrete anchors to a depth of three feet at each corner.
   VICIOUS DOG. As described in §§ 90.51 through 90.53 means:
      (1)   Any dog with a propensity, tendency or disposition to attack, to cause injury or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or other domestic animals; or
      (2)   Any dog that attacks a human being or other domestic animal one or more times.
(1992 Code, § 91.45) (Ord. 830.3, passed 8-8-1984; Ord. 01-98, passed 1-20-1998)
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