(A) Every animal which has bitten any person or which shows symptoms of rabies shall be confined immediately and shall be promptly reported to the Animal Control Department, and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the Animal Control Department, for a period of ten days, and shall not be released from such quarantine except by written permission from the Animal Control Department.
(B) Animals quarantined under this section shall be confined in a veterinary hospital or at the county animal shelter, at the expense of the owner, if an animal control officer shall authorize the animal to be confined on such premises. The animal control officer may not authorize the animal to be confined on the owner’s premises unless the owner has a fenced-in area in his yard and the fenced-in area has no entrances or exits that are not locked. If the animal is confined on the owner’s premises, the animal control officer shall revisit the premises for inspection purposes at approximately the middle of the confinement and again at the conclusion of the confinement period.
(C) In the case of stray animals whose ownership is not known, the supervised quarantine required by this section shall be at the county animal shelter.
(D) If rabies does not develop within ten days after an animal is quarantined under this section, the animal may be released from quarantine with the written permission of the Animal Control Department. If the animal has been confined in the animal shelter, the owner shall pay a sum equal to $2 for each day of confinement to defray the cost of feeding, upon reclaiming the animal.
(Ord. passed 7-1-84) Penalty, see § 90.99