The terms used in this article shall comply with Section 3-1-1 of this chapter unless otherwise provided in this article.
(A) 
Each calendar year or at such intervals as may hereafter be promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, every owner or keeper of a dog four months or more of age shall cause such dog to be inoculated against rabies. Such owner or keeper of such dog shall cause a serially numbered tag evidencing such inoculation to be attached to a collar or harness worn by the dog.
(B) 
Every owner or keeper of a dog, regardless of age, shall cause the dog to wear a collar or harness and shall affix thereto a metallic or other suitable tag inscribed with the name, address and phone number, if any, of the owner or keeper of the dog.
The inoculation of dogs required by Section 3-2-2(A) shall be performed by a veterinarian duly licensed to practice his profession in this state. Upon performing such inoculation, such veterinarian shall issue to the owner or keeper a certificate showing such fact and shall also deliver to the owner or keeper a metallic or other suitable tag to be attached to the collar or harness of the dog, which tag shall also certify to the fact of the inoculation against rabies.
The inoculation performed under the provisions of Section 3-2-3 shall be effective until the expiration of the calendar year in which the vaccination was performed or the expiration of such period of time as may be promulgated by the Department of Agriculture.
The tag issued under the provisions of Section 3-2-3 shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Department of Agriculture.
At any reasonable time upon request of any member of the Police Department or Village employee, the owner or keeper of any unmuzzled dog shall exhibit his certificate issued under the provisions of Section 3-2-3, showing the inoculation against rabies of any dog owned or controlled by him.
The owner or keeper of a dog shall keep the dog under restraint at all times and shall not permit such dog to be at large, off the premises of the property of the owner or keeper, unless the dog is under complete control as defined in Section 3-1-1. (See 65 ILCS 5/11-20-9.)
[Ord. No. 01-06, 5-30-2001]
(A) 
It shall be the duty of such employees and officers of the Police Department as shall be designated for that purpose by the Mayor to take up and impound in such place as may be designated and set apart for that purpose, any dog found running at large, unlicensed or deemed a nuisance in the Village, contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter or other regulations of the Village.
(B) 
When dogs are found running at large or unlicensed or deemed a nuisance and their ownership is known to the designated employee(s), such dogs may be impounded at the discretion of such employee(s), but the employee(s) may cite the owner of such dog to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
(C) 
Any dog permitted to run at large within the Village or any dog which may, in any manner, continually disturb the quiet of any person or neighborhood or shall destroy or in any manner injure any animal, plant, shrub or other property not on the premises of its owner or keeper is hereby declared a nuisance.
(D) 
The keeping of an unlimited number of dogs and cats is declared to be a public nuisance pursuant to Section 3-1-8 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of Harristown.
(E) 
Any impounded dog which shall not be redeemed within seven days shall be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the poundkeeper.
(F) 
Any dog impounded by the Village dogcatcher may be reclaimed upon payment to the Village of Harristown of a fee of $35 for the first offense and $50 for each offense thereafter upon presentment of a receipt to the Macon County Animal Control. Further payment of Macon County Animal Control charges within the period prescribed by Macon County Animal Control is required. (See 510 ILCS 5/10.)
In case of impounding and where the owner or keeper of such dog is disclosed by any tax or license tag worn by it or is otherwise known to the officers impounding the same, the designated official shall make reasonable attempts to contact the owner, informing him of the impounding of his dog and shall cite the owner or keeper of such dog to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
Any person(s) who shall bring any dog into the Village for the purpose of causing the same to be impounded or any person who shall resist, hinder or molest the poundmaster or dogcatcher or police officer while engaged upon the duties imposed upon them by this chapter or any person who shall break into the dog pound and release or deliver any dog therefrom without having first paid the fees herein specified, or any owner or keeper of any dog who shall permit any dog to run at large shall be in violation of this chapter.
Any dog which shall have bitten or otherwise injured any person so as to cause an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken, impounded and kept separated from other dogs for 10 days. If, during that period, such dog develops symptoms of illness, a veterinarian shall be called to diagnose its condition. If the symptoms disclosed are such as to indicate the presence of rabies, such dog shall be destroyed in such a 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 dog cannot be safely taken up and impounded, it may be shot, care being taken to preserve the head intact which shall thereupon be immediately detached and be delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture.
If, at the expiration of the 10 days no symptoms of rabies have developed in such dog so impounded, the same may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the redemption fees and charges specified by this chapter; provided, however, that in case any dog so impounded for biting a person shall have previously bitten any person, such dog shall be humanely destroyed by the poundkeeper. After having been notified that his dog has bitten or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall not, under any circumstances, permit such animal to be at large unless securely muzzled.
Those persons charged with the duty of enforcing this chapter may employ any method found practical and humane in capturing and impounding any dog found running at large.
The owner of any animal impounded under this chapter may redeem the same by paying all the costs and charges assessed, if any, that have accrued up to the time of making redemption and on paying the same; it shall be the duty of the authorities to release the animal from the pound and deliver it to its owner, or certify the release thereof to any county authority having possession of the animal.
The Village Board shall designate a Village pound.
Any dog which may, in any manner, continually disturb the quiet of any person or neighborhood or shall destroy or in any manner injure any animal, plant, shrub or other property not on the premises of its owner or keeper is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and such dog shall be taken up and impounded and may be redeemed or disposed of in the manner provided for under this Code.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any fierce or dangerous dog or of any female dog, while in heat, to run at large within the limits of this Village.
No person in control or possession of a female dog or permitting the same to remain upon his or her premises shall permit any such female dog, while in heat, to consort with any other dog or dogs in an indecent manner in any place of public view, whether upon his own or any other premises.
(See 65 ILCS 5/11-1-1 and 5/11-20-9.)