(a) Whenever any animal shall bite and/or scratch any person, the Animal Control Officer may order such animal quarantined for a period extending not longer than two weeks from the time of the injury.
(b) No owner or person in custody or possession of such animal shall fail to comply with such quarantine.
(c) All expenses incurred for the keeping of such animal or the necessary tests to determine whether rabies exists, shall be borne exclusively by the owner or keeper of such animal.
(d) No person having knowledge of the existence of any rabies, or the fact that any animal has bitten any other person, shall fail to immediately report such information to the police or Animal Control Officer.
(Ord. 1126. Passed 8-9-99.)
(Ord. 1126. Passed 8-9-99.)
(1) All owners or keepers of any animal shall maintain liability insurance sufficient to cover all damages and injuries caused by an animal.
(Ord. 1186. Passed 6-9-03.)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense.
(Ord. 1126. Passed 8-9-99.)