(A) Female dogs in heat and dogs of vicious habits likely to cause injury to any person shall be kept confined on the premises of the owner. The police officers of the city shall take up and impound any dog found off the owner’s premises in violation of this provision. Any dog that has bitten a person shall be taken up and impounded and shall be locked up for at least 14 days separate and apart from other dogs and under the supervision of a veterinarian until it is determined whether the dog had or has rabies. The cost incurred by the city in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid to the city by the owner of the impounded dog.
(B) Any dog known to have been bitten or exposed to rabies shall be picked up and destroyed; provided, however, that the dog may be immediately killed if with reasonable effort it cannot first be taken and impounded. If so picked up and impounded, the dog shall not be destroyed if the owner thereof makes provisions for a suitable quarantine for a period of not less than six months or proof of immunization is furnished and booster injections are given by a licensed veterinarian at the expense of the owner of the dog.
(1997 Code, § 36.08)