When any dog, cat, or other animal displays symptoms commonly
associated with rabid dogs, cats, or other animals, such condition
of the animal shall constitute good cause for the animal warden or
his deputies or any police officer to reduce such animal to possession
or cause the same to be done for observation.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-41)
Whenever any person has been bitten by any dog, cat, or other
animal, the animal warden or the chief of police is fully authorized
to order such animal to be impounded and/or quarantined for observation
at such place as may be selected by the animal warden or chief of
police.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-42)
When any animal suspected of being rabid has been impounded
by the animal warden or the chief of police, the animal warden or
the chief of police or any person designated by them shall make such
observations as are deemed necessary to determine whether such animal
is infected with rabies. Domestic dogs, cats or domestic ferrets shall
be kept for the purpose of observation for a period of not less than
ten (10) days from the date of confinement. Other animals shall be
quarantined or confined for a thirty-day observation period.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-43; Ordinance
adopting 2004 Code; Ordinance adopting 2013 Code)
If any animal impounded or reduced to the supervision of the
animal warden or the chief of police or any person designated by them
under the provisions of this article, becomes restless, irritable,
or shows signs of paralysis, it shall be killed under the direction
of the animal warden, chief of police, or any person designated by
them and the head sent to a proper laboratory for diagnosis.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-44)
If, at the end of the period for observation and/or quarantine, any animal impounded under the provisions of this article is normal and healthy, it shall be returned to any known claimant thereof when there has been paid to the city by the owner or claimant a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) plus the cost of boarding the animal while so impounded; provided, however, that, when any dog or cat is impounded or otherwise retained for observation and tests for rabies or other diseases, and such dog or cat is currently not licensed or is not vaccinated, such dog or cat shall be returned to owner or claimant at the end of the observation period in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 2.03.009.
(Ordinance 2012-01, sec. 2, adopted 1/10/12)
Whenever the animal warden or his deputies or any police officer
has good reason to believe that any dog or cat or other animal is
infected with rabies, he shall notify the keeper, harborer, or person
claiming any such animal of his belief. It shall thereafter be unlawful
for any person having such notice to in any manner interfere with
such officer or his authorized representative in taking possession
of the animal for the purpose of examination to determine if such
animal is in fact infected with rabies or any other disease.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-46)
When any person has been notified by the animal warden or his
deputies or any police officer that any dog, cat, or animal in such
person’s possession or custody or control is infected with rabies
or is reasonably suspected of being infected with rabies or any other
disease, it shall be the duty of such person to immediately deliver
such animal to the animal warden or to any person designated by him
for the purpose of quarantining and observing such animal.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-47)
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly keep, harbor,
or maintain any dog, cat, or other animal within the corporate limits
of the city which is infected with rabies, or to keep, harbor, or
maintain any dog, cat, or other animal after having been notified
by the animal warden or his deputies or any police officer that such
animal is infected with rabies, unless the animal is kept under directions
and conditions required by the animal warden or the chief of police.
(1977 Code, sec. 2-48)
