[R.O. 2009 §205.010; Ord. No. 58 §2, 5-15-1951]
A.
The
owner or keeper of any dog or cat in the City of Pasadena Hills is
hereby required to have such animals vaccinated against rabies by
a licensed veterinarian and to procure a certificate of such vaccination
from the veterinarian and to present such certificate to the City
Clerk annually; and the City Clerk shall register such certificate,
which registration shall remain in force for one (1) year, and upon
registration, the City Clerk shall issue a license for every dog evidencing
the registration and certificate of vaccination. The owner or keeper
shall securely attach the tag procured from the vet upon vaccination
to a collar to be worn continuously by the animal for which the tag
was issued. It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog
or cat to permit such animal to remain in the City of Pasadena Hills
unless wearing the tag above provided for herein.
B.
The
transfer of ownership or custody of any dog shall be reported to the
City Clerk by transferee within ten (10) days after such transfer,
by written notice on forms supplied by the Clerk at which time the
transferee shall pay to the Clerk the transfer fee of twenty-five
cents ($.25).
[R.O. 2009 §205.020; Ord. No. 58 §3, 5-15-1951]
A.
The
City Clerk shall issue a dog license to any person upon proper application
for which he/she shall charge a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each
dog, provided that no such license shall issue unless such applicant
shall produce a certificate from a competent licensed veterinarian
that such dog has been inoculated against hydrophobia or rabies, such
certificate to be dated within one (1) year prior to such application.
Applications for a dog license shall be made and the license obtained
on or before the first (1st) day of June of each year. A license shall
be obtained within sixty (60) days after the birth of any such animal
after June first (1st), the license procurement date. All fees collected
by the City Clerk shall be reported and certified in writing to the
Board of Aldermen and paid into the City Treasury on the first (1st)
day of each month.
B.
There
shall be no charge for a license for any dog duly and properly trained
to assist blind persons when any such dog is actually being used by
a blind person for the purpose of aiding or assisting such blind person
in going from place to place.
[R.O. 2009 §205.030; Ord. No. 58 §3, 5-15-1951]
Any owner of a dog who suffers the loss of his/her dog license
tag shall report said loss promptly to the licensing official and
exhibit the original license at which time he/she shall be issued
a new license tag at a cost of twenty-five cents ($.25).
[R.O. 2009 §205.040; Ord. No. 58 §4, 5-15-1951]
The City Clerk shall have prepared dog license tags made of
metal or other suitable material to be issued to applicants securing
a license. Such license tags shall be numbered and the numbers thereon
shall correspond to the numbers appearing on the license and on the
application for such license. Such license tags shall be securely
fastened on the collar or harness of the dog for which the license
is issued and shall be worn at all times.
[R.O. 2009 §205.080; Ord. No. 58 §7, 5-15-1951; Ord. No. 246 §1, 11-12-1979]
A.
The
Chief of Police and his/her deputies or the Public Health Commissioner
or other persons designated by the Public Health Commissioner, when
authorized by contract or ordinance of St. Louis County or of the
City of Pasadena Hills, are hereby empowered, authorized and directed:
1.
To catch, confine and impound all unlicensed dogs running at large
within the City of Pasadena Hills and also all dogs which are required
to have licenses and which are without a license displayed in the
manner provided herein.
2.
To catch, confine and impound all female dogs, licensed or unlicensed,
not securely confined in an enclosed place during the copulating season.
3.
During the time any quarantine order hereinafter enacted shall be
in force, to catch, confine and impound in a suitable place all dogs,
either licensed or unlicensed, found on any public street, sidewalk,
alleyway or place or upon private property other than that belonging
to the owner of such dog, unless said dog is on a leash not over six
(6) feet long.
4.
To catch, confine and impound in a suitable place all dogs whether
running at large or on a leash suspected of being rabid whether they
manifest such symptoms or not or affected with rabies or infected
with any other disease transmissible to humans or any dog disclosing
vicious propensities running at large.
5.
To take into custody and impound and isolate for examination any
dog known or suspected of having been exposed to rabies; provided
however, that the power to impound diseased animals disclosing vicious
propensities shall not be exercised when the owner or custodian of
any dog affected by rabies, suspected of rabies or having been exposed
to rabies or of any dog disclosing vicious propensities shall confine
and isolate such animal under the supervision of and in a manner satisfactory
to the Chief of Police or his/her deputies or the Commissioner of
Public Health and his/her deputies.
6.
Carefully examine any dog bitten by or exposed to any dog affected
with rabies or suspected of being rabid and shall have the power in
their discretion to dispose of such animal; provided however, that
such animal shall not be disposed of if the owner thereof shall confine
and isolate such animal under the supervision of and in a manner satisfactory
to the Chief of Police or his/her deputies or of the County Health
Commissioner.
[R.O. 2009 §205.150; Ord. No. 58 §13, 5-15-1951]
Any person who unlawfully conceals an animal or who interferes
with the Chief of Police or his/her deputies or any duly authorized
representative of the City of Pasadena Hills in the performance of
their legal duties as provided in these regulations shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties
herein provided.
[R.O. 2009 §205.090; Ord. No. 94 §§2 — 5, 5-3-1960]
A.
Running At Large Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any
owner, owning, controlling, possessing or having the management or
care in whole or in part of any dog to permit the same to run at large
or go off the premises of the owner or keeper thereof, unless such
dog is securely tied and led by a line or leash not exceeding eight
(8) feet in length so as to effectively prevent the dog from biting,
molesting, being with or approaching any other animal or person.
B.
Presumption In Reference To Dogs Running Off Owner's Premises. In any prosecution charging a violation of this Section, proof that
a dog was running at large, together with proof that the defendant
named in the complaint was, at the time described in the complaint,
the owner or keeper of such dog, shall constitute a prima facie presumption
that said owner or keeper was the person who permitted said dog to
go off the premises of said owner or keeper.
[R.O. 2009 §205.100; Ord. No. 58 §8, 5-15-1951]
Any dog captured and impounded as provided herein may be redeemed
to the custody of the owner or other person having the right of possession
of such animal upon the presentation of a proper license and upon
payment of a redemption fee as may be fixed by the County of St. Louis
or the County Health Commissioner. If such animal shall not be redeemed
in this manner provided herein one (1) week after his/her capture,
such animal shall, in the discretion of the Health Commissioner of
St. Louis County or of the Chief of Police, be disposed of. Provided
however, that such animal may be redeemed by any other person before
its disposal upon securing a license for such animal and paying the
redemption fee provided herein.
[R.O. 2009 §205.140; Ord. No. 58 §9, 5-15-1951]
Fees shall be charged for confining and isolating any animal,
including domestic animals, under the provision of these regulations
and no person shall be exempt from the payment thereof and the custody
of any such animal shall be retained until the owner or persons having
had custody of such animal shall have paid the fees charged for confining
the same. Such fees shall be paid within five (5) days after the owner
or person having had custody of such animal shall have received notice
thereof. Failure to pay such fees shall authorize the disposal of
such animal in the discretion of the Chief of Police or Health Commissioner.
Provided however, that the disposal of or destruction of any such
animal during the period of observation shall not exempt the owner
or person having had custody thereof from the fees to be charged hereunder.
