For the purposes of this chapter, the following definition applies:
"Animal" includes but is not limited to all of the following:
A. All
animals, whether wild or tame, including, but not limited to, the
dog, cat, horse, mule, cattle, sheep, hog;
B. All
reptiles, including, but not limited to, the snake;
C. All
aquatic animals, including, but not limited to, fish; and
D. All
birds, and all fowl, including, but not limited to, the chicken, turkey,
duck.
(Prior code § 62.801)
No dead animals shall be deposited or allowed to remain upon
any premises within a quarter of a mile of any park, city highway,
county highway, state highway, or any public highway, road or alley,
or any dwelling or other structure used or occupied by a person or
persons, or in any standing or running water or in any open excavation,
and any animal deposited or allowed to remain upon such premises is
declared to be a public nuisance.
(Prior code § 62.802)
It shall be the duty of the owner of a dead animal to dispose
of such dead animal in a manner authorized by law.
(Prior code § 62.803)
It shall be the duty of the owner, the occupant and any person having control of the premises referred to in Section
6.08.020 on which there is a dead animal to remove the dead animal from the premises, or otherwise dispose of the dead animal in a manner authorized by law.
(Prior code § 62.804)
In the event a dead animal is deposited or allowed to remain
upon premises in violation of Section 608.020 and the director of
public health determines that, in the interest of protecting the public
health, the city should forthwith remove and dispose of the dead animal,
the director of public health or any department of the city, at the
request of the director, may remove and dispose of the animal.
(Prior code § 62.805)
In the event a dead animal is deposited or allowed to remain upon premises in violation of Section
6.08.020, the owner of the dead animal, the owner of such premises, the occupant of such premises and any other person having control of such premises who has knowledge of the existence of said dead animal or who has received notice from the director of public health requiring the removal of the dead animal shall be liable to the city for the cost of the removal and disposal of such dead animal by the city. Said cost may be recovered by a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Prior code § 62.806)
Vehicles used by a permittee to transport dead animals shall
have watertight metal bodies and any dead animals therein shall be
covered with a tarpaulin or other cover approved by the director of
public works. Such vehicles shall be cleaned and disinfected immediately
after dead animals are transported in such vehicle.
(Prior code § 62.809)