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§ 90.08 IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE OR UNLICENSED DOGS; CITATION OF OWNER OR KEEPER.
   It shall be the duty of such employees and officers of the Police Department as shall be designated for that purpose by the Chief of Police to take up and impound in such place as may be designated and set apart for that purpose, any dog found running at large or unlicensed in the village contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances of the village.
(Prior Code, § 14-108)
§ 90.09 NOTICE AND CITATION TO OWNER OR KEEPER OF IMPOUNDMENT.
   In case of impounding and where the owner or keeper of such dog is disclosed by any license tag worn by it, or is otherwise known to the officers impounding same, the Police Department shall, at once, give notice by mail to such owner or keeper, informing him or her of the impounding of his or her dog and may cite the owner or keeper of such dog to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 14-109)
§ 90.10 REDEMPTION OF IMPOUNDED DOGS.
   (A)   Any dog impounded under the provisions of this chapter, except such as may have bitten any person as specified in § 90.11 of this chapter, shall, unless sooner redeemed, shall be taken to the St. Clair County Animal Control.
   (B)   In case such dog has not been inoculated against rabies for the current year, such owner shall also advance the fee required to have such dog inoculated by a duly-licensed veterinarian as he or she shall elect and the pound keeper shall forthwith cause the dog to be duly-inoculated against rabies. No dog shall be released without having been inoculated for the current calendar year, or in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Agriculture. Upon payment of the required charges, the dog shall thereon be released to the owner or keeper.
(Prior Code, § 14-110)
§ 90.11 IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS WHICH HAVE BITTEN PERSONS.
   Any dog which shall have bitten or otherwise injured any person so as to cause an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken to St. Clair County Animal Control.
(Prior Code, § 14-112)
§ 90.12 POUND DESIGNATED.
   The County Animal Services Department is hereby designated as the village pound.
(Prior Code, § 14-113)
§ 90.13 DISPOSITION OF DOGS DEEMED NUISANCES.
   Any dog which may, in any manner, continually disturb the quiet of any person’s or neighborhood’s property, or shall destroy or in any manner injure any animal, plant, shrub or other property not on the premises of its owner or keeper, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and such dog shall be taken up and impounded and may be redeemed.
(Prior Code, § 14-114)
Cross-reference:
   Keeping barking dogs and crying cats, see § 90.32
§ 90.14 ANIMAL SERVICES WARDEN.
   The President, with the advice and consent of the Village Board of Trustees, may appoint an Animal Services Warden, the salary of whom shall be established in the annual municipal budget.
(Prior Code, § 14-117)
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