(A) Duty to report. Any person having knowledge of a dog bite shall immediately report the incident to the Police Department of the town or to the Public Health Veterinary Section of the State Department of Health.
(B) Quarantine of dogs. Any dog who has bitten a person shall be observed for a period of ten days, from the date of the bite. The procedure and place of observation shall be designated by the Town Manager. Confinement shall be in the town’s designated pound. Such confinement shall be at the expense of the owner. Stray dogs whose owners cannot be located shall be confined in the town’s designated pound. The owner of any dog that has been reported as having inflicted a bite on any person shall on demand produce said dog for quarantine as prescribed in this section. Refusal to produce said dog constitutes a violation of this section, and each day of such refusal shall constitute a separate and individual violation.
(C) Removal of dogs from quarantine. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove from any place of isolation or quarantine any dog which has been isolated or quarantined as authorized, without the consent of the impounding authority.
(Ord. 2014-7, passed 11-13-2014) Penalty, see § 90.99