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There shall be named and appointed by the Chief of Police, with the consent of the City Council, a Public Service Officer who shall be responsible for enforcement of this article and for the feed and care of those animals captured. Such Public Service Officer shall be supplied with all insignia of office and equipment required for the enforcement of this article. He or she shall superintend and care for all dogs and cats impounded, provide, keep and maintain records showing the date of impoundment, the date of notification of the owner, harborer or custodian of such cat or dog impounded, the name of the owner, harborer or custodian of any cat or dog impounded, if the identity of such owner, harborer or custodian of any cat or dog impounded can be ascertained. The Public Service Officer shall supervise the proper care and feeding of all animals impounded, and in the event such animals are not redeemed, shall humanely destroy such animals as set forth in section 5-4B-5 of this article. (1983 Code § 2-207; amd. 1998 Code)
A. Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, harbor or shelter, or permit to be owned, kept, harbored or sheltered within the corporate limits of the City, any dogs for which a License Tax shall not first have been paid, and a license tag secured therefor from the City Clerk.
B. Immunization Certificate: As a requisite to the procurance of a license for a dog, the owner, custodian or harborer of such dog, shall be required to submit to the City Clerk the immunization certificate or other satisfactory evidence, issued by a competent and recognized veterinarian, certifying that the dog for which the license is sought has been vaccinated or immunized against rabies within a period of twenty four (24) months last past.
C. Tax For License: There shall be levied a License Tax of one dollar ($1.00) on each neutered dog, and a License Tax of three dollars ($3.00) on each unneutered dog owned, kept, harbored or sheltered within the confines of the City, for each calendar year. Such license fee shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time application is made for such license. A receipt therefor shall be issued by the City Clerk as well as a metal tag bearing the words "20 City of Scott City, Kansas Animal License No. " or other appropriate inscription stamped thereon. Each metal tag so issued shall be by the owner, custodian or harborer, affixed to a collar and the collar with the current tax tag shall be worn by the dog so licensed. The absence of such a collar with metal tag attached on any dog shall establish the presumption that such dog is not licensed.
D. Records Maintenance: The City Clerk shall keep and maintain a record of all license tags issued, together with record of name of owners, custodian or harborer of the dog so licensed, the number of the tag issued, a description of the dog so licensed, the date of issuance of the tag, the expiration date of the license, the amount of tax collected and the date and by whom the vaccination or immunization record was issued.
E. Restrictions On The Number Of Dogs: Not more than three (3) dogs shall be allowed in the residence or apartment of the owner or the person who has custody of a dog except the owner or person who has custody of a dog may retain the puppies born of said dog exceeding the permissible number for twelve (12) weeks after birth of the animals. If after that time, there are more than three (3) dogs in any one residence or apartment the owner or person in custody of the dogs will be in violation of this section. (Ord. 1190, 8-6-2018)
A. It shall be unlawful for the owner, custodian or harborer of any dog or cat to permit such dog or cat to run at large within the corporate limits of the City. The term "at large", as used in this section, shall mean any dog or cat out of doors in any place unless the dog or cat is on a leash held by a person able to control the dog or cat. A dog or cat may be left unattended out of doors in a yard with a fence adequate to prevent the dog or cat from leaving the yard, or fastened to a leash, chain or rope in such a manner that the dog or cat cannot reach any spot or area within ten feet (10') of a public street, alley, public place or within six feet (6') of any other boundary of the property upon which the dog or cat is so fastened.
B. Running At Large; Fee: The owner, custodian or harborer of such dog or cat running at large shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) upon the first instance said dog or cat running at large; in the instance of a second instance of the same dog or cat running at large, the fine shall be the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00); in the instance of a third or any subsequent instance of the same dog or cat running at large, the fine shall be the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00). Additionally, any animals running at large caught by the police department are subject to fees associated with the impoundment of the animal. (Ord. 1221, 9-20-2021)
A. Duty To Impound: It shall be the duty of the Public Service Officer and the Police Department to arrest and impound all dogs or cats found running at large in the streets, alleys and public places of the City, whether the dog is provided with a license tag or not, and it shall be the duty of the Public Service Officer and the Police Department to arrest, catch and impound such dogs and cats which are running at large or which have not been licensed as provided by this article. (1983 Code § 2-208)
B. Notice Of Impoundment: Upon the catching, arresting and taking into custody of any dog or cat running at large, such animal shall forthwith be impounded in the animal shelter owned by the City. The catching and arresting officer shall forthwith cause the owner, custodian or harborer to be notified of the arrest of such animal. The arresting officer shall likewise prepare a listing of all dogs and cats impounded, which list, together with the description of the dog or cat so arrested, shall be placed on the bulletin board of the City Clerk in the City Hall and no dog or cat shall be destroyed until the listing has remained on such bulletin board for a period of seventy two (72) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, such period to commence with the time listing is made and not before. In those instances where the owner, custodian or harborer of the impounded animal cannot be determined, the posting of the listing as hereinabove described shall be considered notice to the owner, custodian or harborer, even though he be unknown. (1983 Code § 2-209)
C. Release From Impoundment; Fee:
1. During the seventy two (72) hour period immediately subsequent to the listing of the impounded animals as provided in subsection B of this section, the owner, custodian or harborer of such impounded animal may procure the release of such animal from the Public Service Officer by paying to the City Clerk the License Tax on such animal, plus costs of the arrest and impoundment of such animal, particularly the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) upon the first instance that any one animal is impounded; in the instance of a second impoundment of the same animal, the fee is the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); in the instance of a third or any subsequent impoundment of the same animal, the fee is one-hundred dollars ($100.00). The number of instances of impoundment shall reset every year on the first day of January for that year. Additionally, the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each additional day or part thereof shall be paid by the owner, custodian or harborer of such animal for the care of the same, plus any cost of vaccinating or immunizing the animal against rabies. Said immunization cost forthwith paid to the City Clerk who will in turn deliver the same to the person administering said vaccination or immunization, upon presentation to the City Clerk of the immunization certificate indicating vaccination or immunization from rabies. The City Clerk shall then issue to the owner, custodian or harborer of such animal, if it be a dog, the license tag for the year in which impoundment occurs. On receipt of such fees by the City Clerk, he or she shall issue his or her receipt therefor to the owner, custodian or harborer of such animal, if the identity thereof can be ascertained.
D. Unclaimed; Destruction: In the event a period of seventy two (72) hours shall elapse from and after the posting of the list of impounded animals and the License Tax fees, costs of impoundment and care are not paid, the Public Service Officer shall humanely destroy such impounded animal. (1983 Code § 2-211; amd. 1998 Code; Ord. 1220, 9-20-2021)
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