[R.O. 1993 § 210.010; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-1, 8-14-1990]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning, controlling, possessing or having the management or care, in whole or in part, of any dog or cat, whether licensed or not, to permit such dog or cat to run at large or to go off the premises of the owner or keeper thereof unless such dog is securely tied or led by a line or leash no more than ten (10) feet in length, or unless such dog or cat is accompanied by and under the direction, control and supervision of the owner or keeper or an authorized representative thereof.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.020; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-2, 8-14-1990]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess or keep within the corporate limits of the City of Charleston, Missouri, any dog or cat over the age of three (3) months unless such person shall obtain a license for such dog or cat. It shall be the duty of the City Collector to enter in a book to be kept for that purpose the name and address of each person to whom a license is issued, the date of such issuance, the license number, the name and sex of the dog or cat for which the license is issued, the date of the last inoculation against rabies of such animal, and the amount of the license fee paid. Upon making such entries and upon payment of the license fee if required by law, the City Collector shall then issue and furnish to the applicant a plastic or metallic plate or tag having plainly marked thereon the year for which said license is issued, and the license number corresponding with that which is entered in the City Collector's record book. The license plate or tag shall be securely attached by a collar to the neck of the dog for which the license shall be issued and shall not be attached to any other dog. A license issued for a cat shall be kept by the owner or keeper of such cat and shall be produced upon demand by any City Public Safety Officer, official or employee but it shall not be required that said license be attached to a collar to be worn by the cat.
B. 
Immunization Required. The City Collector shall not issue a license unless the applicant shall first exhibit a written certificate or statement signed by a licensed veterinarian declaring that the dog or cat for which the license is to be issued has been inoculated against rabies during the calendar year for which the license is to be issued.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.030; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-3, 8-14-1990]
A license tax for the issuance of a license for dogs hereby is assessed as follows: ten dollars ($10.00) for each dog, which tax shall be due and payable annually on the first day of July each year.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.040; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-4, 8-14-1990]
It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner of a dog or his/her duly authorized agent or representative to remove from said dog a license issued and required to be worn by said dog as required by Section 205.020 above.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.050; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-5, 8-14-1990]
Any person who obtained a license as provided by Section 205.020 hereof, may obtain, during the same calendar year and upon his or her written statement that such license has been lost or stolen, a replacement license for the same calendar year (in the case of dogs, upon payment of a fifty cents ($0.50) fee) and the City Collector shall make a note of the replacement license on the same page as the entries are made for the original license as set forth in Section 205.020 above.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.060; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-6, 8-14-1990]
No license issued under the provisions of this Article shall be transferred from one dog or cat to another.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.070]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Safety, all Public Safety Officers and the Animal Control Officer, to seize and impound any dog or cat found running at large when off the premises of the owner or keeper thereof. All dogs or cats seized pursuant to this Section shall be impounded at the City Pound for a period of five (5) days during which time the person having charge of such impounded dog or cat shall feed and water the same.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.080; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-8, 8-14-1990]
At any time within five (5) days after the impounding of any dog or cat, the owner or keeper thereof may recover the same by paying the Director of Public Safety or Animal Control Officer the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) plus the sum of five dollars ($5.00) per day or fraction thereof for the care of said dog or cat, provided, however, that any person seeking to recovery any dog or cat shall first be required to exhibit a current license for the same. All monies collected by the Director of Public Safety or Animal Control Officer shall be paid and delivered to the City Collector and deposited in the City General Revenue Fund.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.090; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-9, 8-14-1990]
Upon expiration of the five-day period of impoundment, all unclaimed dogs or cats shall be slain and buried under the direction of the Director of Public Safety or Animal Control Officer who shall report to the City Manager the number of dogs or cats so slain and buried and the number of dogs or cats so taken and recovered by their owners or keepers.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.100; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-11, 8-14-1990]
A. 
Whenever there is reason to suspect any dog, cat or other animal within or near the City of Charleston, Missouri, has become infected with rabies and that other animals within or near the City could become infected with said disease, then the City Manager, or the Mayor in the absence of the City Manager, shall have authority to issue a quarantine order requiring every owner, keeper or person in charge of any dog or cat within the City to either impound or kill his/her dog or cat or have his/her dog or cat immunized against rabies. The quarantine order shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Charleston, Missouri. The City Manager, or the Mayor in the absence of the City Manager, is authorized to terminate by proclamation any such quarantine order whenever in his/her judgment the necessity for said quarantine order no longer exists.
1. 
Duty Of Officials To Kill Unimmunized Animals Running At Large. Whenever any quarantine order is issued, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Safety, Animal Control Officer and all City Public Safety Officers to kill all dogs and cats running at large within the City except those which have been immunized against rabies.
2. 
Impounding And Examination Of Biting Dogs And Cats. Whenever a person shall be bitten by a dog or cat within the City limits of Charleston, Missouri, it shall be required that the person so bitten if such person be an adult, or the parents of the person so bitten if such person be a child, or any physician or surgeon who is requested to render medical services to a person so bitten, to report immediately and without delay all facts and circumstances of such biting to the Director of the Department of Public Safety or to any other Public Safety Officer of the City of Charleston, Missouri.
a. 
Seizure. Upon receipt of information concerning a person being bitten by a dog or cat as heretofore provided, the Director of Public Safety, the Animal Control Officer, or any other Public Safety Officer shall make an immediate and diligent effort to capture the responsible dog or cat and ascertain the identity of the owner thereof.
b. 
Custody Of Dog Or Cat. Any dog or cat captured after biting a person shall be either:
1) 
Given into the custody of any licensed veterinarian within the City limits of Charleston, Missouri, or, if no such veterinarian be found within the City,
2) 
Delivered to the City Pound, and thereafter said dog or cat shall be held, kept and retained for proper examination to determine whether said dog is in a rabid condition for whatever period of time necessary for such examination, provided, however, that said period of time shall not exceed twenty-one (21) days nor be less than ten (10) days.
c. 
Notice Of Rabid Condition. If the veterinarian shall determine that any dog or cat so impounded is in a rabid condition, then said veterinarian shall immediately inform the person bitten by the dog or cat or the physician or surgeon who is treating such person and thereafter the infected dog or cat shall be slain and its remains properly disposed of.
3. 
Owner To Pay Costs. The owner or keeper of a dog or cat seized and impounded or having bitten a person as herein provided, shall pay all costs for the impoundment, care and examination of said animal, including the services of the veterinarian.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.110; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-13, 8-14-1990]
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, resist, hinder or obstruct the Director of the Department of Public Safety, the Animal Control Officer or any Public Safety Officer of the City of Charleston, Missouri, or any physician or surgeon, or any veterinarian in the discharge of any duty imposed by this Article.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.120; Ord. No. 2163 § 4-14, 8-14-1990]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article, unless another penalty is provided, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment up to ninety (90) days in jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation thereof.
[R.O. 1993 § 210.130; Ord. No. 1357 §§ 1-2, 7-11-1967]
A. 
No person in the City of Charleston, Missouri, shall own, keep or harbor or allow to run at large, any dog or female dog which, by loud, frequent or habitual barking, howling, or yelping, shall annoy or disturb the comfort or repose of any neighborhood, or any person or persons in any office, dwelling, hotel, motel, or any other type of residence or abode, or of any person in the vicinity thereof, or which shall habitually jump upon or threaten persons upon the public streets of said City.
B. 
Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be deemed to be an ordinance violation and conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00), nor to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).