HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD08852 I
I'SUBSTITUTE
BILL N0.
Amok ��INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN
�I
ORDINANC/ NO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 88133, RELATING TO THE KEEPING OF DOGS, CATS AND
OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SAME SUBJECT, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
` Section 1. Definitions. As used in this ordinance, the
following terms shall mean:
(a) "Public Health Director" - That person appointed or
acting as Public Health Director, and/or his agents
or employees .
(b) "Owner" - Any person, persons , firm, corporation or
authorized agent, owning, keeping or harboring an
animal.
(c) "Dog" - Any member of canine (genus canis) family
over six (6) months of age.
(d) "Pup" - Any member of. canine (genus canis) family
under six (6) months of age.
(e) "Cat" - Any member of the feline (genus felts)
family over six (6) months of age.
(f) "Kitten" - Any member of the feline (genus felis)
family under six (6) months of age.
(g) "Animal" - All animals , domesticated or
undomesticated.
" " _
® (h) Expose d to Rabies Any animal, whether vaccinated
for rabies or not, which has had any physical
contact with a rabid animal.
(i) "Impound" - To take into custody any animal, by any
means, for the purpose of confinement.
(j) "Euthanize" - To put to death in a humane way.
(k) "Vaccination-Registration" - The vaccination for
rabies and issuance of an appropriate certificate.
(1) "Tag" - Any object, regardless of shape or size,
bearing registration number and the words
"registered and vaccinated for rabies" , issued by
a practicing licensed veterinarian.
(in) "At large" - Any dog or pup shall be at large when
off the premises of the owner and not under
reasonable control.
(n) "Reasonable Control", - Any dog or pup shall be under)
reasonable control when on the premises of the owners
or, when off the premises of the owner, the animal
is with and obedient to the owner.
I'
i
(o) "Reasonable Control, Cats or Kittens" - A cat or
kitten shall be deemed to be under reasonable
control when on the premises of the owner or under
the observation of the owner, and does not deface
or damage the property or disturb the peace of any
person,o� �u � rl�tmagfpZ?ert7�
rc� a�es orWhen an a�ma defac(p) places any per on in fear of iediate danger or
harm, it shall be deemed to be beyond reasonable
control, except when in defense of the property,
or person of the owner.
Section 2. Dogs and Cats to be vaccinated. It shall be
unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor, or permit a dog
or cat within the City of Jefferson, Missouri, unless a certificate
® of rabies vaccination is secured from a practicing licensed
veterinarian and the do g or cat bears a tag of current rabies
( vaccination.
(a) The rabies vaccination shall be valid for a period
of one (1) year from date of vaccination.
(b) The certificate of vaccination shall be made in
triplicate, indicating the name and address of the
owner, the name, sex, color and breed of the animal,)
and the date of vaccination.
(c) The original certificate shall be delivered to the
owner at the time of the vaccination of the animal.
(d) A copy of the certificate shall be delivered to the
Public Health Director at the end of each month.
(e) The third copy of the certificate shall be maintain
i ed, in alphabetical order, by the issuing
veterinarian.
Section 3. Display of rabies vaccination tag. Each dog or
cat shall have attached, by means of a secure collar or harness, a
current, serially numbered, non-transferable rabies tag, issued by
a practicing licensed veterinarian.
(a) A replacement tag may be obtained by resenting the
certificate and payment of fifty ( .50� cents to the
original veterinarian.
(b) A replacement certificate may be obtained from the
veterinarian who issued the original, upon payment
of a one ($1 .00) dollar fee.
Section 4. Dogs , pups , cats and kittens prohibited from
running at large. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog,
pup, cat or kitten to let such animal run at large as defined.
- 2 -
(I
i
I
I
I
Section 5. Female dog and cat to be confined when. It shall
be unlawful for the owner, or the person in charge of, any female
dog or cat to fail to keep said dog or cat confined on the premises
of the owner during the period of salacity of the dog or cat.
Section 6. Vicious dog or pup. It shall be unlawful for any
person to own, keep, harbor or allow to be in or upon his premises,
any dog of a cross , dangerous , vicious or ferocious disposition,
or which habitually snaps at or bites or manifests a disposition
to bite or attack persons. Upon conviction of any person for a
® violation of this section, the Municipal Judge may, in addition to
the usual judgement, order the Public Health Director to forthwith
take up and put to death such dog or pup.
Section 7. Barking or howling dogs and pups . It shall be
unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor, any dog, which by
loud, continual or frequent barking or howling, disturbs any
neighborhood or person, or which habitually barks , threatens or
chases pedestrians , or vehicles , to the annoyance of such
pedestrian or drivers of such vehicles ; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to the City dog pound.
Section 8. Impoundment of Animals . The Public Health
Director shall, with the advice of the Health Committee, City
Council and Mayor, establish a city pound, under the supervision
and direction of the Public Health Director, for the reception and
humane care of sick, injured, diseased or impounded animals ; and
establish rules and regulations therefor.
Section 9. Redemption of impounded dog, pup, cat or kitten.
The owner of any impounded animal , or any other person, with the
authority of the owner, may redeem said animal within a period of
seventy-two (72) hours after impoundment, by paying to the Public
Health Director the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars for the first
• twenty-four (24) hours or fraction thereof for impoundment , and
the sum of five ($5.00) dollars for each additional twenty-four
(24) hour period, or fractional portion thereof, for the expense
of keeping, feeding and sheltering said animal during the term of
impoundment.
- 3 -
f
I�
a
i
(a) Any impounded dog or cat which does not bear proof
of rabies vaccination shall be released to the owner
after the signing of an affidavit that the animal
will be vaccinated for rabies by a practicingg
licensed veterinarian, within twenty-four (24) hours
after release, with proof of vaccination being
furnished to the Public Health Director.
(b) Any dog, pup, cat or kitten that is impounded and
not redeemed within seventy-two (72) hours , after
notice thereof is given to the owner, or, in the
event the owner cannot be determined, any animal
that is not redeemed within seventy-two (72) hours
after impoundment, may be euthanized by the Public
Health Director, or released to any person upon
payment of the accrued fees provided .for, and the
execution of an affidavit that all steps necessary
will be taken to comply with the provisions of this
ordinance within twenty-four (24) hours .
Section 10. Dog, pup, cat, kitten, or other animals . Bite
procedure. The owner of any animal which bites any person,
puncturing the skin thereof, whether the animal is vaccinated or
not, shall be required to place the animal in a hospital maintained
by a practicing licensed veterinarian, for a period of ten (10)
days following the evening of the day of the bite, for clinical
observation.
(a) All expenses shall be borne by the owner of the
animal.
(b) If such animal develops symptoms of rabies , it shall
be allowed to die, or, if death shall occur while
® confined, for any reason, the head of such animal
shall be removed by the veterinarian and submitted
to any qualified official laboratory.
(c) If at the end of said ten (10) day period the animal
is alive and healthy, it may be released to its
owner, provided all other conditions of this
ordinance are fulfilled.
Section 11. Suspected Rabid Animal. The owner of any animal
i hich exhibits clinical symptoms of rabies , shall be required to
lave the animal confined under the supervision of a practicing
licensed veterinarian in the City of Jefferson, Missouri, for a
period of ten (10) days for clinical observation. All expenses
under this procedure shall be borne by the owner of the animal.
Section 12. Exposed to rabies. The owner of any animal which
as been exposed to rabies shall have such animal destroyed or
LLccept one of the following alternatives:
- 4 -
f
(a) Strict isolation in an animal hospital for six (6)
months.
(b) If no previous vaccination has been given within a
period of three (3) years with LEP (flury strain)
vaccine, or within one (1) year using vaccine of
nervous tissue origin, administer post-exposure
treatment and confine in a kennel for three (3)
months. Post-exposure treatment may consist of
administration of anti--rabies serum (0 .5ml. /kg.b .w.)
followed by one (1) to three (3) doses chicken
embryo vaccine within seven (7) days, or fourteen
(14) injections of nervous tissue vaccine.
(c) If the animal has been vaccinated previously within
one (1) year with nerve tissue or kelev strain
vaccine, or within three (3) years with flury
strain vaccine, the animal shall be re-vaccinated
or restrained by a leash or confined at home for
thirty (30) days .
Section 13. Quarantine. Whenever the Mayor shall deem it
necessary, because of the prevalence of rabies among the animal
population of the City, County or State, strict quarantine may be
placed on all animals in the City. Upon such proclamation by the
Mayor, all animals shall be confined on the owner's premises . Any
animal otherwise shall be impounded or destroyed by the Public
Health Director of the City of Jefferson, Missouri.
Section 14. Right of Entry. The Public Health Director sha
have the right of entry to any property or premises within the f
® City, for the purpose of determining if the provisions of this
ordinance are being complied with, and for the further purpose of
examining and impounding any animal exposed to or exhibiting
clinical symptoms of rabies .
Section 15. Poisoning Animal Prohibited. It shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to feed or place so as to
constitute a direct or obvious hazard to man or animal, or shall
offer or tempt any animal with liquid, or meat, of any food product
which shall (a) cause prostration, convulsion, pain or suffering
as a prelude to death, (b) death, or (c) to be proven to be toxic
or lethal in the amount present to any man or domestic animal by
competent medical or veterinary authority.
- 5 -
i
f
I
i
Section 16. Refusal to deliver Animals to the Public Health
Director. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to deliver
to the Public Health Director his animal or animals , when request el
to do so under the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 17. Removing Animals from Custody of the Public
Health Director. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons i
to remove from custody of the Public Health Director, by force, i
deceit, or otherwise, any animal which has been trapped, captured,
or impounded by the Public Health Director.
Section 18. Keeping of all structures , pens , coops or yards.
It shall be unlawful to keep any animal or fowl in any structure,
pen, coop or yard that is not maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times, devoid of all rodents and vermin, and free
from offensive, disagreeable or obnoxious smell or odor, to injury,
annoyance or inconvenience, or any inhabitant of the neighborhood.
Section 19. Keeping of Livestock or fowl within the City.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animal or fowl in
an outdoor enclosure or pasture, the exterior boundary of which is
within one hundred (100) feet of the dwelling house of another,
without the written permission of the owner or occupant of such
® dwelling house.
Section 20. Area for Livestock. No person shall keep more
than one (1) animal in an outdoor enclosure or pasture, unless
such enclosure or pasture shall have an area of one-half (k) acre
for each animal; provided, that this area requirement shall not
apply to the keeping of a suckling offspring of such animal.
The provision of this section shall not apply to
any lawfully operated stockyard, slaughterhouse, university or
college, or veterinary hospital.
Section 21. Loading, transporting, etc. , livestock. It
shall be unlawful for any person to unload or transfer livestock I
from one vehicle to another in any public place, street or
thoroughfare, or on any private premises , or for any person to
a
park or stand any vehicle on any street or thoroughfare, or on anyl
unenclosed private premises within the City of Jefferson, for
- 6 -
r
r I
I
longer than one (1) hour. Provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall prohibit loading, unloading or transferring live-
stock at any established and maintained stockyards , slaughter-
houses, stable barnes , or in any enclosed building.
Section 22. Dead Animals . It shall be unlawful for the owner
to permit any animal or fowl to create a nuisance or health hazard
by remaining undisposed of in excess of twenty-four (24) hours .
Section 23. Undomesticated Animals . It shall be unlawful
for any person to keep undomesticated animals within the City
Limits of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, without approval of the
Public Health Director.
Section 24. Animals not to be exhibited in an indecent
manner. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the breedinE
of livestock within the City of Jefferson, Missouri, unless the
same to be in an enclosed shed or stable and entirely out of public,
view or hearing.
Section 25. Inhumane treatment to Animals . It shall be
unlawful for the owner, or person in charge of, to permit any
i animal to remain without sufficient food, water or shelter.
Section 26. Animals or fowls running at large. It shall be
unlawful for any owner, or person in charge, to allow any animal
or fowl to run at large, or to be tied, staked or pastured in, on
or along any street, thoroughfare, right-of-way, or other place in
the City of Jefferson, Missouri.
Section 27. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the terms of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred ($500.00)
dollars , or imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days , or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 28. Repeal Clause. Ordinance Number 8813 of the
City of Jefferson, Missouri, be and the same is hereby repealed.
_ 7 _
Section 29. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from
and after its passage and approval.
Passed,....... Approve_
Ci ent o h Council Ma
Attest
City Clerk.