Ordinance - #12-11 - 07/24/2012 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Sec. 10 -63. - Abandonment. No person shall abandon or release any dog, cat, or other animal with the boundaries of the city. Sec. 10 -64. — Potentially dangerous dogs. (a) The animal control officer will provide the owner of a dog that has been deemed potentially dangerous, per Section 10 -52, with a Potentially Dangerous Dog Incident Report. (b) If the dog has inflicted bites on a human or domestic animal on public or private property, a Quarantine Notice will also be provided to the owner advising of a ten (10) day quarantine period. (c) If a proper enclosure cannot be provided for the dog, the animal control officer can seize the dog for the quarantine period. All costs of the care, keeping, and disposition of the dog are the responsibility of the person claiming an interest in the dog. (d) Any person knowing of a human being bitten by a dog shall immediately notify the animal control officer or the police department and said dog shall then be confined and kept under observation for a period of ten (10) days before being removed from owner's property or disposed of. Sec. 10 -65. - Dangerous dogs. (a) The animal control officer will provide the owner of a dog that has been deemed dangerous, per Section 10 -52, with a Dangerous Dog Incident Report. (b) If the dog has inflicted bites on a human or domestic animal on public or private property, a Quarantine Notice will also be provided to the owner advising of a ten (10) day quarantine period. (c) An owner of a dangerous dog shall keep the dog, while on the owner's property, in a proper enclosure. If the dog is outside the proper enclosure, the dog must be muzzled and restrained by a substantial chain or leash and under the physical restraint of a responsible person. The muzzle must be made in a manner that will prevent the dog from biting any person or animal but that will not cause injury to the dog or interfere with its vision or respiration. (d) An owner of a dangerous dog must renew the registration of the dog annually until the dog is deceased. If the dog is removed from the jurisdiction, it must be registered as a dangerous dog in its new jurisdiction. (e) An owner of a dangerous dog must notify the animal control authority in writing of the death of the dog or its transfer to a new location where the dog will reside within 30 days of the death or transfer, and must, if requested by the animal control authority, execute an affidavit under oath setting forth either the circumstances of the dog's death and disposition or the complete name, address, and telephone number of the person to whom the dog has been transferred or the address where the dog has been relocated. (f) An animal control authority shall require a dangerous dog to be sterilized at the owner's expense. If the owner does not have the animal sterilized within 30 days, the animal control authority shall seize the dog and have it sterilized at the owner's expense.