(A) Any person owning or keeping a dog or cat or other animal which bites or attacks or approaches a person on a street, sidewalk or public place in an apparent attitude of attack shall immediately report the same in writing to the Police Department.
(B) Any person who has been bitten or so attacked or approached by a dog, cat or other animal shall file a written report of such event with the Police Department within 24 hours after such event occurred.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the owner or harborer of an animal involved in a biting incident to euthanize, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of such animal until a full release on the incident has been issued by the Chief of Police. Animals, other than dogs and cats, must be examined by a veterinarian on the first and tenth day following a bite.
(D) Vaccinated animal procedures.
(1) The owner or harborer of a properly vaccinated biter animal shall have the dog or cat examined by a licensed veterinarian who shall submit a report to the Chief of Police within 24 hours of the incident.
(2) The biter animal may be impounded upon the premises by the owner or harborer. Impoundment shall mean within a structure or secure enclosure or upon leash only upon the premises of the owner or harborer. The period of impoundment shall be ten days.
(3) The owner or harborer of a properly vaccinated biter animal shall have the animal examined by a licensed veterinarian again on the tenth day of impoundment. A written report by the veterinarian that the biter animal is not affected by rabies, filed with the Chief of Police, shall terminate the impoundment.
(E) Unvaccinated animal procedures.
(1) The owner or harborer of a biter animal which has not been vaccinated shall have it examined immediately by a licensed veterinarian who shall submit a report to the Chief of Police within 24 hours of the incident.
(2) The owner or harborer will then impound the biter animal in a licensed animal hospital or with a licensed veterinarian for the required ten-day confinement period. If said animal tests negative for rabies, said animal shall not be released from confinement until such time as the animal has been vaccinated.
(F) The owner or harborer of any dog or cat requiring veterinarian, impounding, licensing, destruction or disposition services as a result of any violations of this chapter shall be responsible for all such expenses. Failure to assume such expenses shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and an act of disclaiming and the dog or cat involved shall be considered a stray animal.
(Ord. 3584, passed 8-11-08) Penalty, see § 91.18