HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD08278 B ILL NO.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON REPEALING ORDINANCE, 6729 AND
AMENDING ORDINANCE 7809, RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION AND DUTIES OF
THE HUMANE OFFICER AND THE CONTROL OF DOGS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY -COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1. Supervision of Humane Officer. Ordinance No. 672
is hereby repealed. The Humane Officer and all Assistant Humane
Officers are hereby placed under the direction and supervision of
the Public Health Officer.
Section 2 . Amend Section 14 of Ordinance 7809 to read as
follows:
"Leashing Requirement. It shall be unlawful for
any person or persons owning, controlling, harboring,
possessing, or having the management or care, in whole
or in part, of any dog to permit such dog or dogs to run
at large. For the purpose of this Ordinance, every dog,
when on any street, alley or any other public place in
the City, which is not attached to a leash, the other
end of which is securely held, or when on private property
within said City, which is either not attached to a leash,
the other end of which is securely held, or which is not
so confined as to prevent its straying; from the premises ,
shall be deemed running-at-large; provided, however, that
a dog bearing an identification tag containing its name
and the name and address of its owner may remain on the
property of its owner without leash or other_ confinement. "
Section 3. The Humane Officer shall impound all dogs found
in this City in violation of this Ordinance, except where the dog F `
is in violation of Section 14 of Ordinance 7809. The Humane
Officer may return the dog to its owner and may issue a summons to
the owner to appear in Police Court for violation of this
Ordinance.
Section 4. Amend Section 24 of Ordinance 7809 to read as
follows:
"The owner of any dog or cat which bites any
person, regardless of the circumstances or whether the
animal is vaccinated or not, shall be required to place
the animal in a veterinary hospital maintained by a
licensed veterinarian or in the city dog pound, for a
period of fourteen (14) days following the evening of
the day of the bite for clinical observation. All
expenses shall be borne by the owner of the animal. If
such animal develops symptoms of rabies, it shall be
allowed to die a natural death, or, if the animal shall
die while within confinement for any reason, the head
of such animal shall be removed 'and submitted to any
qualified official laboratory. If at the end of said
fourteen (14) day period the animal is alive and healthy
it may be released to its owner, if said dog fulfills
all other conditions of this ordinance prior to said
release, but said animal shall not be permitted to run
at large thereafter."
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Section 5. Public Health Officer. The City Public Health
Officer shall prescribe the duties and hours of work for all
Humane Officer employees, shall prescribe the rates and hours of
the dog pound, and shall make such other regulations so as to
implement this Ordinance.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its. passage and approval.
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Passed Approved
/ resident of the ncil Mayor
Attest
City Clerk
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