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(A) Any person required in this chapter to register and procure a license for any dog shall apply therefore to the Clerk-Treasurer on the form supplied by the Clerk-Treasurer and shall pay the required fee as prescribed in § 92.03. Upon giving of all of the information called for by the form and upon payment of the required fee, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the applicant a tag of metal or suitable substance, the style of which shall be changed every year, on which shall be stamped the license number issued for such dogs. However, no such license number shall be issued to any applicant unless and until such applicant produces sufficient documentary proof that such animal sought to be licensed has been inoculated for hydrophobia [i.e., rabies]. It shall be the duty of the Clerk-Treasurer to have in his or her possession a dog license register in which shall be set forth for each dog for which a license has been issued the following information:
(1) The number of the license issued;
(2) The name and address of the owner of the dog;
(3) A brief description of the dog, showing sex, color, breed and name;
(4) The date of the issuing of the license and date of expiration.
(B) Each license shall be valid only for the calendar year in which it is issued and shall expire on the last day of such year. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar to which the license tag must be affixed, and the owner shall see that the collar and tag are constantly worn. In case a license tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate may be issued by the Clerk-Treasurer upon satisfactory proof, under oath, of such loss or destruction and proof of the payment of the license fee for the current year, together with the payment of a fee as established by Council for such duplicate. Each license fee shall cover only one animal. License tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee because of the death of the dog or other owner leaving the town before the expiration of the license period.
('80 Code, § 6.08.030) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
It is unlawful for any person or persons to remove either the collar or the license tag from any licensed dog, except with the consent of or upon the order of the owner of such dog or the party to whom the license was issued.
('80 Code, § 6.08.040) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Whenever the Town Council determines that there is danger of the existence or spread of hydrophobia [i.e., rabies] within or near the town, they shall, by resolution, direct the President of the Council to issue a proclamation ordering and requiring all persons owning, possessing, harboring or having the care or custody of any dog or dogs within the limits of the town either to confine or, in the alternative, to confine or to muzzle the same by good and substantial means, in and upon the premises where such persons may reside or in any other suitable place, for a period of time not less than 30 days nor more than 180 days following the date of such proclamation.
(B) Upon the issuance of the proclamation, it shall be the duty of any or all persons owning, possessing, harboring or having the care or custody of any dog or dogs to confine the same securely and by substantial means upon his or her premises so as to prevent the dog or dogs from running-at-large or biting or being bitten by other animals; or it shall be the duty of such persons to cause the dog to be securely and carefully muzzled by a good and sufficient muzzle during such periods No muzzle shall be deemed sufficient unless it is of such size and strength and fastened in such manner as will effectually prevent such animal from biting any person or persons or any other animal or animals.
(C) During the period of time any such proclamation by its terms is in effect, any dog found running-at-large within the town is a nuisance.
('80 Code, § 6.12.010)
(D) Upon the issuance of any proclamation as provided for in divisions (A) through © of this section, it is lawful for the Police Department to dispose of any dog found running-at-large within the limits of the town during any time the proclamation is in effect.
('80 Code, § 6.12.020) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of town to restrain animals to prevent them from running- at-large, see IC 36-8-2-6
(A) If a dog is believed to have rabies, or has been bitten by a dog suspected of having rabies, such dog shall be confined by a leach or a chain on the premises of the owner and shall be placed under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of two weeks. The owner shall immediately notify the police department of the fact that the dog has been exposed to rabies, and the Police Department is empowered to remove the dog from the premises of the owner to a veterinary hospital, and there placed under observation for a period of two weeks at the expense of the owner or keeper.
(B) Every owner, upon ascertaining that the dog is rabid, shall immediately notify the Police Department, such shall either remove the dog to the pound or summarily destroy it.
('80 Code, § 6.12.030) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) It is unlawful for the owner of any dog to suffer or permit such animal to run at large at any time. The issuance of a license shall be on the condition that the dog for which the license is issued shall not be allowed to run at large. All dogs shall be confined to the owner's property except at such time when under the proper and personal supervision of the owner, a member of his family, or person delegated by him. (This division has been revised to apply to all dogs within the corporate boundaries rather than only those with licenses.) ('80 Code, § 6.16.010) (Ord. 1982-28, passed 12-28-92)
(B) In every case in which it is brought to the attention of the Police Department that any licensed dog is running-at-large, it shall be the Department's duty to investigate the matter and obtain all pertinent information including names and addresses of witnesses, if any. The Police Department shall then record, in a registry book kept for such purpose, the license tag number, the name, breed and sex of the dog, the name and address of the owner, the date, and a brief statement of the pertinent information disclosed by the Department's investigation. The Police Department shall thereupon notify the owner thereof of the fact that his dog was at large. ('80 Code, § 6.16.020) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority of town to restrain animals to prevent them from running-at- large, see IC 36-8-2-6
When any licensed dog is impounded, notice thereof shall be given forthwith by the Police Department to the Clerk-Treasurer, and the Clerk-Treasurer forthwith by mail to the owner thereof, as shown by the dog license register in possession of the Clerk-Treasurer, of the impounding of such dog and that if not redeemed within three days of the date of the mailing of such notice, such dog shall be otherwise disposed of.
('80 Code, § 6.16.030) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
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