A.
It shall be the duty of such employees and officers
of the Williamsville Police Department as shall be designated for
that purpose by the Chief of Police to take up and impound in the
Sangamon County Animal Pound, or other place as designated by the
Chief of Police, any animal found at large or any dog found in the
Village without identification, inoculation or licensing tags contrary
to any of the provisions of this chapter or statutes of the State
of Illinois.
B.
The employees and officers of the Williamsville Police
Department are authorized to go upon private property in order to
enforce this chapter or to take up any animal which is found at large
or take up any dog found without required inoculation, licensing or
identification tags; however, such persons may not enter a private
dwelling house for this purpose without a valid warrant or the consent
of an occupant.
A.
Any animal, whether under restraint or not, which
shall have bitten or otherwise injured any persons so as to cause
an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken and impounded by
the Village or county and kept separated from other animals or restricted
to the property of the owner or keeper and kept separated from other
animals for 10 days. The victim of such bite and the Williamsville
Police Department shall notify the Village Board of the bite within
24 hours. If during that period such animal develops symptoms of illness,
a veterinarian shall diagnose its condition. If the symptoms disclose
or are such as to indicate the presence of rabies, such animal shall
be destroyed in such manner, however, as to preserve intact the head,
which shall thereupon be detached and immediately sent to the diagnostic
laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. In case such animal cannot
be safely taken up and impounded, it may be killed, care being taken
to preserve the head intact which shall thereupon be detached and
immediately delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department
of Agriculture.[1]
B.
If, at the expiration of the period of 10 days, no
symptoms of rabies have developed in such animal so impounded, the
same may be redeemed by the owner or keeper upon payment of the redemption
fees and charges specified in this chapter.
C.
After having been notified that his animal has bitten
or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall
not, under any circumstances, permit such animal to be outside of
his premises except on a leash with a responsible adult until the
procedures prescribed in Subsections A and B of this section have
been completed. Failure of the owner or keeper of an animal impounded
or to be impounded in accordance with this section or comparable section
of state law to adhere strictly to the provisions of this subsection
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
The Sangamon County Animal Pound shall notify
the owners or keepers of animals impounded pursuant to this chapter,
if known to them, of the fact of impoundment as soon as possible.
A.
Any animal impounded under the provisions of this
chapter, except such as may have bitten any person, shall, unless
sooner redeemed, be held until it may be disposed of pursuant to this
chapter in order to afford opportunity to the owner or keeper thereof
to redeem the same. Any such owner or keeper desiring to redeem an
impounded animal shall pay an impounding fee as set forth in Chapter
155, Fees, and, in addition, to Sangamon County the cost of keeping
such animal while impounded. The impounding fee shall be paid by the
owner or keeper at the Village of Williamsville Treasurer's Office,
the fees for the cost of keeping the animal, plus any additional fee
for inoculation, shall be paid at the Sangamon County Animal Pound.
[Amended 6-26-2006 by CY Ord. No. 2006-05[1]]
B.
In case any dog has not been inoculated against rabies
for the current calendar year, such owner shall also advance the fee
required to have such dog inoculated by the duly licensed veterinarian,
and the administrator of the pound shall forthwith cause the dog to
be inoculated for the current calendar year or in accordance with
the requirements of the Department of Agriculture.
Any dog or other animal, except animals bearing
owner identification or inoculation tags, impounded pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter which shall not be redeemed within three
working days of notification shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise
disposed of by the Director of the Sangamon County Animal Pound. Any
dog validly licensed or with owner identification tags and impounded
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which shall not be redeemed
within seven business days of notification shall be humanely destroyed
or otherwise disposed of by the Director of the Sangamon County Animal
Pound.
A.
Williamsville police officers and others specifically
designated by the Chief of Police are hereby authorized to issue citations
upon a reasonable belief that any person has violated any provisions
of this chapter.
B.
Such citations shall be issued on terms approved by
the Chief of Police.
C.
Such citations shall be issued personally to the violator,
left with a responsible family member of at least 13 years of age
at the home of the violator, or mailed to the residence of the violator.
D.
Persons issuing citations shall ensure that a copy
of the citation is filed at the Village Treasurer's office as soon
as practical after issuance of such citation.
[Amended 6-26-2006 by CY Ord. No. 2006-05[1]]
Within 10 business days of the issuance of a
citation, the full fine applicable to the violation must be paid to
avoid prosecution.
After 10 business days have elapsed from the
date of the issuance of a citation authorized by this chapter, action
may be taken by the Village Counsel to file a complaint and prosecute
the alleged violation in the Circuit Court if the recipient has failed
to appear or if the recipient fails to comply with any portion of
the hearing procedure.
Any person convicted by the Circuit Court of
violating any sections of this chapter shall be fined not less than
$75 nor more than $500, unless a different fine is provided in the
particular section.
