[Amended 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-09-01]
The terms used in this article shall comply with § 3-1-2 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 § 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 or off the premises of the property of the owner or keeper, unless the dog is under complete control as defined in § 3-1-2.
(A)
It shall be the duty of such Village employees and appropriate law
enforcement officers designated 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 or unlicensed in the Village contrary
to any of the provisions of this Code or other regulations of the
Village or state.
(B)
When dogs are found running at large or unlicensed and their ownership
is known to the designated employee(s), such dogs may be impounded
at the discretion of such employee(s), and the employee(s) shall cite
the owner of such dog to answer charges of violation of this chapter.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(C)
Any dog permitted to run at large within the Village is hereby declared
to be a nuisance.
(D)
Any impounded dog which shall not be redeemed within seven days shall
be humanely destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the poundkeeper.
(E)
The Village may establish a reasonable fee by motion for each day
that a dog is housed in the pound.
In case of impounding and where the owner or keeper of such
dog is disclosed by any tag 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 within the corporate limits of the Village, upon conviction of any part of this chapter, shall be fined according to Chapter 1, Administration, of this Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
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. The confinement shall
be for 10 days or such shorter period of time as may be permitted
by the Department. During said impoundment the provisions of 510 ILCS
5/13 shall be complied with. 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 (into the care of) 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any vicious or dangerous dog as defined in § 3-1-2 or of any female dog, while in heat, to permit said dog to run at large within the limits of this Village.
No owner, keeper or 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.
