(A) If any dog or cat shall have attacked or broken the skin of any person then such animal shall be voluntarily confined by the owner or custodian thereof for a period of ten days at a licensed veterinary pound. If such animal is not voluntarily confined, or if the owner or custodian of the animal attempts to remove the animal from the city, then the animal shall be impounded for a period of not to exceed ten days at the expense of the owner.
(B) The owner, keeper or person in charge of any animal that has rabies, or that has been exposed to rabies, or that has symptoms thereof, or that has bitten, scratched or otherwise attacked any person or other animal or that is in quarantine as a rabies suspect within the city shall, on demand, turn over the animal to the Animal Control Officer or his or her designee.
(C) No animal shall be released or removed from confinement until after the ten-day quarantine period, and then only after inspection of the animal has been made and its release approved by the Animal Control Officer or his or her designee.
(D) No animal confined or quarantined as a rabies suspect as required in this section shall be given a rabies vaccination until after the ten-day quarantine period.
(E) If a quarantined animal is found to be rabid or if in the opinion of a licensed veterinarian who suspects it to be rabid, the Animal Control Officer or his or her designee shall have the animal humanely destroyed and the brain submitted to the State Department of Health certified laboratory for rabies diagnosis.
(Ord. 2016-03, passed 3-17-2016; Ord. 2016-03-A1, passed 1-19-2017; Ord. 2016-03-A2, passed - -; Ord. 2016-03-A2, passed 9-19-2019; Ord. 2016-03; A3, passed 7-20-2023)