(a) Whenever any animal bites any person, the City Manager may order such animal quarantined for a period extending not longer than ten days from the time of the biting. Any owner or person in custody or possession of such animal who fails to comply with such quarantine order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Quarantine of the animal shall be held at the County Humane Society building or at the office of a licensed veterinarian of the choice of the owner involved. All expenses incurred for the keeping of such animal or the necessary tests to determine whether rabies exists shall be borne exclusively by the owner or keeper of such animal. No person, having knowledge of the existence of any rabies, or the fact that any animal has bitten any other person, shall fail to immediately report such information to the City Manager.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 73-92. Passed 12-18-73.)