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(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)
(A) Licensed dog. When any licensed dog is impounded, there shall be paid to the Police Department for the use of the town, by any person entitled to redeem such dog, an amount established by Council for impounding and for each day or fraction thereof for the keeping of such dog in the pound. No dog shall be released without sufficient documentary proof that the dog has been inoculated for rabies within the past 12 months from the day of impoundment.
(B) Unlicensed dogs. For every unlicensed dog taken up and impounded, there shall be paid by any person desiring to redeem such dog the same fees as those provided in division (A) of this section. However, no dog for which a license is required may be redeemed unless the current license tag has been procured and shown to the Police Department or any member thereof.
('80 Code, § 6.16.040) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to keep all dogs so impounded for a period of at least three days. If, at the expiration of three days from the day of notice to the owner in the case of a licensed dog found wearing the license tags attached to its collar, and if, at the expiration of three days from the date of its impounding in the case of any other dog, such dog is not claimed and redeemed, such dog may be disposed of, but without unnecessary cruelty.
('80 Code, § 6.16.050) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
If any dangerous, fierce or vicious dog, whether licensed or not, is found at large and cannot be taken up and impounded without danger or bodily injury to the Police Department or any member thereof, such dog may be destroyed forthwith by the Police Department or any member thereof. The power and authority given by this section shall be exercised only after all effort of persuasion and enticement and other means of capturing the dog have failed.
('80 Code, § 6.16.060) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
Any dog which causes a serious annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood or any of the residents therein by its loud, frequent, habitual or continued barking, howling or yelping is a nuisance.
('80 Code, § 6.20.010) (Ord. 10-1974, passed - -74)
Cross-reference:
Noise, see Ch. 95
Statutory provision:
Authority of the Town Council to declare, abate and remove nuisances, see IC 36-8-2-8
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