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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.