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Any person who shall have in his or her possession a dog that has contracted rabies, has been exposed to the same, is suspected of having rabies, or has bitten any person, shall, upon the demand of the Police Department, surrender such dog to the Police Department or Health Department, to be held for observation and treatment as hereinafter required. It shall be the duty of every person owning or harboring a dog that has been attacked or bitten by another dog or other animal showing the symptoms of rabies, to immediately notify the Police Department or Health Department that such person has such dog or other such animal in his or her possession. Whenever a dog is brought to the pound after having bitten a person, the Police Department may, if deemed necessary and advisable, after holding such a dog for a sufficient length of time to meet the requirements of the Health Department for investigation, cause such dog to be destroyed.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008) Penalty, see § 90.48
The Chief of Police or any other authorized representative shall provide and operate a pound in which shall be impounded all dogs that may be found running at large contrary to the provisions of this chapter. The Chief of Police or any other authorized representative shall give a receipt for each dog to the party delivering the same, describing the dog and stating the date of delivery. It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department and of every other person who may be appointed by village authority for that purpose, to promptly seize and place in the pound all dogs that my be found running at large contrary to the provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008)
No dog shall be released from the pound, unless the owner, or person entitled to demand the same, shall pay to the keeper of the pound a sum as shall be fixed by the keeper of the pound, and shall exhibit a license for such dog issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008)
The Chief of Police or any other authorized representative shall keep a record of all dogs received by him or her, with descriptions thereof, the date and hour received, and the disposition of the same. He or she shall also file with the Village Clerk, on the first day of each month, a report showing the number of dogs impounded during the previous month, the date received, and the disposition of the same.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008)
All dogs not claimed and released within 5 working days after being impounded shall be euthanized; or if, in the judgment of the Chief of Police or any other authorized representative, that a dog is valuable, the same will be sold at the pound by public auction to the highest bidder at noon on any day following the expiration of the 5-day period. Whenever a dog wearing a proper license shall have been impounded, the Chief of Police or any other authorized representative shall forthwith notify licensee,
by mail or otherwise, at the address appearing upon application for such license, of the fact that such dog has been impounded.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008)
The Village Manager is authorized to contract with a veterinarian or other person for the furnishing of impounding facilities, and the disposal of dogs euthanized pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the end that the Chief of Police may be relieved from operating a pound and this chapter may be economically enforced.
(Ord. 271, passed 12-15-2008)
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