HomeMy Public PortalAbout107 Ordinance Regulating the Keeping of Dogs, Restraining Their Running at Large, and Authorizing Their Impounding and Sale or Summary Destruction, and to Establish PoundsVILLAGE OF MEDINA
VILLAGE OF MEDINA
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AN MINAS= REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS. RESTRAINING
THEIR RUNNING AT LARGEs AND AUTHORIZING THEIR IMPOUNDING
AND SAYS ON SUMMARY DESTRUCTION. AO TO ESTABLISH POUNDS
The village Council of the Village of *dins 4rdaiasi
,,. Wfinittpns. As used in this ordinance t
moans any person. fire or corporation owning, harboring or
�PLme means off that premises of the owner and not under the
control of the owner or his agent.
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Any_dog in �hi�xlage shall wear affixed to its
collar or ass an tification tag of metal bearing the name
and address of the owns** or the identifying
ying telephone number or
Rabies vacoenation iden,ificaticn nembor.
"Mtraah rIrbos4d when in 404.
No owner shall permit a dog of known vicious propensity to be at largo.
No owner shall permit a dog to be at large that persists in following
children to bus stops or schools.
No owner shall permit a dog to be at large that injures private Property.
No owner shall permit a dog to be at large that persists in chasing
care, tracks„ motorcycles or bicycles.
ern thrtneeiPa. a dos discovered sit lard within
V without the ide�f► identification tag required in Section 2
hereof.
the l s found
designated
--� coCouncils�i� up and impound any dog
at large in violation of Sections S or 3 hereof or an �
_Iog as described in Section 4 horse. the horse
officer
notify the owner of the dog that the dog her been impounded
provided identification is p�oasi le.
Any d-o- aiay deemme.d from them pound by the owner within the
period of 5 days, by the payment to tho clerk of an
lug tie of g54, ,, together, with rum at $2.00 per day for
each day skid dog was as the cost of feeding.
R og _ kd re • d for an t not less than
the t provided in Sectio+nlYto anyone desiring to purchase flee -
dog. Thor money shall be paid to the Clerk and placid is the amoral
frind of the Village. Any d which is not claimed by the owner. or
,cold, shall be painlessly killed and may be disposed of is a sanitary
manner by th• pound faster Our au impounding period of 5 days.
fiegtylts=oseivia
oram unauised person to break open the
MIMICS MO. 107 Continued. Page z.
pound, or attempt to do so, or to take or let out any dogs there
from. or take or attempt to takfreeway authorised person any
dog up .by complies**with this ordinance or in any
manner to interfere with or hinder any such authorised person in the
diacharge at his duties under this ordinance.
RN les3 it may establish a pound for tho confinement of doss
within Or without the Village limits, and may designate a pound
master and prescribe his duties.
Any dog suspeccted���esanpf _be t� ep on the remises of the
ownerrsor elsewhere, and be may
in a veterinaryphospital for a
of at least 10 days at the mousse of the Tillage if the
dog does not have rabiesotherwise at the expellee of the owner;
and oany deft that has bitten any Person may be taken up on the Premise
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of the owner, or elsewhere and be confined in a veterinary hospital
for a period of at least 10 days at the expense of the owner and
snob dog may be released at the end of the 10 day period if owner;
and free from symptoms of rabies, and by the payment of costs by the
owner. If the owner of such a dog ..applies in writing. he may.
under certain eircumstanves where proper facilities are available.
obtain permission from the Police Chief to ippound snob a dog at
home. It shall be the responsibility of all rsons or any person,
bitten by a dos, wherein such bite requires the serviees of a
physician, to report such incident to the tillage Police Department.
dog which is diseased, vicious. dangerous, rabid or exposed to
to n such dog cannot be taken up and d without serious
risk person or persons attemptingto up the dog, such
dog � be killed upon the written permission of two pillage Officers,
one of whom snail be a member of the Tillage Police Department.
begnitiangiltiletiattermine th
at a rabies outbreak has
occurred amo the domestic or wild animals within the limits of the
of Me o rabies
.vaccination ofthe Council faall, dby ogssalntion, require the
pes'+� gronY°
oorporatiiontoabandon
any dos within the Village Baits vt i1],ase of !galena.
shall
a l beadeem o� tm ordinanoe b person, firm or corporation
One Hundredem�d s 1e by a tine of not more than
Dollars a i or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for not more than ninety (90 dales.
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official adoption and publication*
Adopted this 4th day of april,1961.
Attests
effect from
r the date of its