§ 92.036 INJURY BY.

   Any dog or cat which bites, as defined in the Illinois Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/2.12, as from time to time amended, a person or so injures any person as to cause an abrasion of the skin is hereby declared to be a nuisance; provided, however, that the injured person must substantiate the injury with a professional medical report. The owner or keeper of any dog or cat, when notified that such dog or cat has so injured any person, shall not sell or give away such dog or cat or permit such dog or cat to be taken beyond the limits of the city without authorization from the Chief of Police. It shall be the duty of such owner or keeper, upon receiving such notice, to place such dog or cat in a licensed animal hospital in Ogle County within 24 hours of such notification. Such dog or cat shall be so confined for a period of ten days. The owner or keeper shall notify the Police Department of the name and location of such animal hospital. If any dog or cat which has injured a person is not voluntarily impounded by the owner or keeper, such dog or cat shall be taken up and impounded by the Police Department for a period of ten days. All costs shall be paid by the owner or keeper.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.037 DOGS ON LEASH.

   All dogs, while on any street, public way or private premises other than the premises of the owner, agent or keeper, shall be under restraint and led by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length in such a manner as to prevent such dog from biting or otherwise injuring any person or animal.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.038 CONTROL OF DEFECATION.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, keeps, maintains, harbors or walks a dog or cat, to cause or permit such dog or cat to be on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person unless such dog or cat is accompanied by a person who has in his possession a device for the removal of excrement and a depository for the transmission of excrement to a receptacle located upon property owned or possessed by such person.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, keeps, maintains, harbors or walks a dog or cat to immediately fail to remove excrement left by such dog or cat on property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person. The excrement shall be removed to a proper receptacle located on property owned or possessed by such person.

   (C)   No person shall allow cat or dog excreta to accumulate in any yard, pen, or premises in or upon which a cat or dog shall be confined or kept to the extent that the stench becomes offensive to those residing in the vicinity, or results in a health hazard or nuisance.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

DOGS AND CATS; LICENSE

§ 92.060 REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.

   (A)   No person shall own, keep, maintain or harbor any dog within the city without a license therefor.

   (B)   The provisions of this subchapter relating to the licensing of dogs shall not apply to dogs of nonresidents remaining temporarily in or passing through the city.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.061 APPLICATION.

   Application for a dog license shall be made to the Polo City Clerk upon such printed forms as shall be provided and shall include the following information: The owner of the dog proposed to be licensed; the residence of such owner; and the age, sex, breed and description of the dog proposed to be licensed. Each application for a dog license shall be accompanied by a certificate of rabies vaccination signed by a veterinarian that the dog proposed to be licensed has been properly vaccinated against rabies within the preceding 12-month period.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.062 FEES.

   The annual license fee under this subchapter shall be $10 for the first animal licensed to a household and $10 for each additional animal license issued to the same household.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)