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(a) Whenever it is established that any dog or other animal has rabies infection or shows signs of being infected with rabies, the owner or person having custody or possession of the animal, upon order of the Director of Public Safety and/or the Chief of Police, shall quarantine such animal in the County Dog Kennels or in a veterinarian's kennel for a period of ten days from the date of the order, at the cost and expense of the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal.
(b) In the event that the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal fails to comply with the order provided for in division (a) hereof within six hours after the order has been issued and served upon the owner or person having custody or possession, any police officer or the Dog Warden of the City may take such animal into custody and place the same in quarantine at the expense of the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal.
(1982 Code, § 505.15) (Ord. 44-46. Passed 12-4-1944.)
(a) No person shall keep or harbor any animal in the City so as to create offensive odors, excessive noise or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(b) Digging, urinating or defecating by any dog on any public or private property in the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance. No owner, keeper or person having custody or charge of any dog shall permit such dog to commit such nuisance on any public or private property other than the lot and land where such owner, keeper or person having custody or charge of such dog resides, provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to private property onto which such owner, keeper or person having custody or charge of any dog has permission of the owner or resident to walk such dog. The owner, keeper or person having custody, charge or control of such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog and dispose of the same in a sanitary manner.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1982 Code, § 505.08) (Ord. 72-10. Passed 2-7-1972.)
(a) Animal Pound. The Dog Warden shall provide a suitable place; either within or outside the corporate limits, for the keeping of impounded dogs in a humane manner and the making of proper provision for the feeding and care of such dogs.
(b) Duty to Impound: Registry. The Dog Warden or any police officer shall apprehend any dog found running at large and shall impound or cause to be impounded such dog in the City pound or other suitable place. The Dog Warden, upon receiving any dog, shall make a complete registry, entering the breed, color and sex of the dog and whether licensed. If licensed he or she shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the license tag.
(Ord. 55-35. Passed 5-2-1955.)
(c) Notice to Owner and Redemption. Not later than two days after the impounding of any dog, the owner shall be notified, or if the owner of the dog is unknown, written notice shall be posted for three days on the bulletin board in the main lobby of the Police Building in the City, describing the dog and the time and place of taking. The owner of any dog so impounded may reclaim such dog upon presentation of a dog license or tag if the dog was unlicensed or untagged, and upon the payment of an impounding fee of $20.00 ($50.00 on a subsequent impounding of the same dog) plus boarding charges at the rate of $10.00 per day.
(Ord. 81-5. Passed 1-5-1981; Ord. 2009-03. Passed 1-5-2009.)
(d) Disposition of Dogs. Any dog which has been seized by the Dog Warden and impounded shall be kept, housed and fed for three days. At the expiration of such time, unless previously redeemed by the owner thereof, such animal shall be surrendered to the County Dog Pound.
(e) Records and Receipts. A record of all dogs impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner's name and address, where known, and a statement of impounding fees and costs assessed against such dogs shall be kept by the Dog Warden and he or she shall furnish a copy thereof to the Director of Finance of the City and shall turn over all moneys received by him or her to the Director of Finance.
(f) Confinement of Certain Dogs. Any dog of fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities found running at large shall be taken up and impounded and shall not be released except upon approval of the Mayor, after payment of the impounding fee and costs as provided in division (c) hereof. However, if any dangerous, fierce or vicious dog so found at large cannot be safely taken up and impounded, such dog may be slain by any police officer.
(1982 Code, § 505.02) (Ord. 55-35. Passed 5-2-1955.)
(a) No person shall engage in or be employed at dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, pitting an animal against another, or cruelty to animals, nor receive money for the admission of another to a place kept for such purpose, nor use, train or possess a dog or other animal for seizing, detaining or maltreating a domestic animal. Any person who knowingly purchases a ticket of admission to such place, or is present thereat, or witnesses such spectacle, is an aider and abettor.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1982 Code, § 505.13) (Ord. 77-27. Passed 5-2-1977.)
(a) When a blind person is accompanied by a dog which serves as a guide or leader for him or her, and he or she can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog leading him or her has been trained for that purpose by some special agency engaged in such work, the person is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, hotels and lodging places, all places of public accommodation, amusement or resort, and other places to which the general public is invited, and may take the dog into such conveyances and places, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so accompanied, except that:
(1) The dog shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance.
(2) The dog shall be upon a leash while using the facilities of a common carrier.
(b) No person shall deprive a blind person of any of the advantages, facilities or privileges provided in division (a) hereof, nor charge the blind person a fee or charge for the dog.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(1982 Code, § 505.16) (Ord. 77-27. Passed 5-2-1977.)
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