(A) (1) Whenever it becomes necessary to safeguard the public from the dangers of hydrophobia, the Mayor, if he or she deems it necessary, shall issue a proclamation ordering every person owning or keeping a dog to confine it securely on his or her premises unless such dog shall have a muzzle of sufficient strength to prevent it from biting any person.
(2) Any unmuzzled dog running at large during the time of the proclamation shall be seized and impounded, unless noticeably infected with rabies and displaying vicious propensities, shall be killed by the pound master without notice to the owner.
(3) Dogs impounded during the first two days of such proclamation shall, if claimed within five days, be released to the owner, unless infected with rabies, upon payment of impounding charges provided for in § 90.020 of this chapter. If unclaimed after that period, such dog may be summarily destroyed.
(B) Vicious dogs and any dogs required to be confined under the provisions of this subchapter shall be kept upon the premises of the owner of such place as to be least dangerous to persons lawfully upon said premises.
(Prior Code, § 531.22) (Ord. 398, passed 6-6-1996; Ord. 473, passed 6-6-2002; Ord. 520, passed 9-6-2007; Ord. 576, passed 7-10-2014; Ord. 580, passed 2-5-2015) Penalty, see § 90.999