§ 90.18 ENFORCEMENT.

   (A)   It shall be the duty of any police officer of the city to keep this subchapter enforced and if any dog is found running at large within the corporate limits in violation of §§ 90.15 through 90.17, the police officers are hereby charged with the duty to pick up said dog which is in violation of this subchapter and hold said dog for a period not to exceed seven days.

   (B)   If said dog is not claimed by the person owning, controlling or harboring said dog within said seven-day period, said police officers or their designated agent shall immediately transfer the dog to a shelter.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.07) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 501, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 947, passed 5-4-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99

§ 90.19 CLAIMING OF DOG(S).

   In the event a dog is claimed as provided for in § 90.18, said person owning, controlling or harboring the dog shall pay the sum of $3 per day, or a fraction thereof, to the city for the cost of keeping said animal.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.08) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)

§ 90.20 IMPOUNDING OF DOG(S).

   No dog of fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities, and no female dog in heat, whether licensed or not, shall run at large or upon the premises of any person other than the owner. If any such animal is found running at large, it shall be taken up and impounded and shall not be released except on the approval of the Chief of Police after payment of the fees provided in § 90.19; provided, however, that if any dangerous, fierce or vicious dog so found at large can not safely be taken up and impounded such dog may be immediately slain by any police officer. A dog is declared to be FIERCE, DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS within the meaning of this section when it shall have bitten any person or when the propensity to attack or bite human beings shall exist and is known or ought reasonably to be known to the owner or any member of the owner’s family over 16 years of age.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.09) (Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99

§ 90.21 VACCINATION OF DOG(S).

   All animals which may be immunized by rabies shots, and located within the corporate limits or within one mile of the corporate limits, must be so vaccinated for rabies and such vaccination must be current. In the event that any animal is picked up in violation of any of the provisions of this section and shall be found to not have been vaccinated for rabies shall be held for a period of not less than 14 days and then destroyed.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.10) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)

§ 90.22 ANIMALS INFECTED WITH RABIES.

   Any person who shall suspect that any animal in the city is infected with rabies or hydrophobia, shall report such to the police of health authorities, describing the animal and giving the name of the owner, if known. If, upon examination by the health authorities, the dog shall prove in fact to be infected with said disease, the animal may be killed. When the health authorities have determined that an animal found in the city is infected with rabies or hydrophobia, the Mayor may, upon written advice from the health authorities that the public safety and general welfare require it, order by proclamation that all animals be muzzled when off the premises of the owner, and that all unmanned animals when found off the premises of the owner be immediately seized and impounded, and may further order that, after the proclamation has been published for 48 hours, either by posting or printing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, all animals found off the premises of the owner unmuzzled shall be seized, impounded and killed, except that an officer may immediately kill any such unmuzzled animal, if with reasonable effort it cannot be first seized or impounded. All animals seized and impounded during the first 48 hours after the publishing of any such proclamation, shall, if claimed within 14 days, be returned to the owner thereof without any impounding charge or cost, if not infected with hydrophobia or rabies, or any animal known to have been bitten by an animal known to be infected with rabies or hydrophobia.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.11) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)

§ 90.23 DISTURBANCE OF PEACE.

   The owner of any animal shall not suffer or allow the same to disturb the peace and quiet of the city.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.12) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 90.99

§ 90.24 PUBLIC POUND.

   The Council shall establish and maintain a public pound upon property owned by the city. Such public pound shall be under the charge and direction of the Chief of Police.

(Prior Code, § 11.02.13) (Ord. 367, passed - -; Ord. 709, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -)