[R.O. 2006 §210.250; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
A.
Every
owner of any dog or cat over six (6) months of age shall annually
register with the Police Clerk his/her name and address with the name,
sex and description of each dog or cat owned and kept within the City.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired dog or cat
or any dog or cat brought into the City to fail to register such animal
within thirty (30) days from acquisition or bringing the dog or cat
into the City. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously
registered dog or cat to fail to maintain current registration of
such dog or cat.
B.
Upon
registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate
of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without
evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner
of any dog or cat over six (6) months of age to fail to maintain effective
rabies immunization of such dog or cat.
C.
The
owner or harborer of any dog or cat shall, at the time of registering
such dog or cat, present to the Police Clerk a certificate from an
accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog or cat has been neutered
or a female dog or cat has been spayed, if the dog or cat has been
neutered or spayed.
D.
The
Violations Bureau shall collect an annual registration fee of three
dollars ($3.00) for each neutered male dog or cat and for each spayed
female dog or cat, and five dollars ($5.00) for each unneutered male
dog or cat and for each unspayed female dog or cat.
E.
Registration
fees as enumerated above may be prorated for newly acquired dogs or
for dogs owned by a person or persons moving to and establishing a
home in the City during a calendar year.
[R.O. 2006 §210.260; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
It shall be the duty of the Municipal Court Clerk or designated
agent, upon a showing of current rabies immunization and receipt of
the registration fee hereinbefore required, to keep in a book suitable
for the registration of dogs, the time of the registration, the name
of the owner or keeper, the number of the registration and the amount
paid therefor, and shall deliver to the owner or keeper of the dog
or cat a certificate in writing, stating that the person has registered
the dog or cat and the number by which the dog or cat is registered,
and shall also deliver to the owner or keeper of the dog or cat a
tag with the registration number and the registration year thereon,
which shall be, by the owner or keeper, attached to the collar to
be used on the dog or cat so registered. When any tag has become lost
during a registration period, the owner of the dog or cat may request
a duplicate tag for the remainder of the registration period. When
so requested, the Municipal Court Clerk shall, upon presentation of
the registration certificate, issue a duplicate of such tag upon payment
of a one dollar ($1.00) fee. It shall be unlawful for any person to
take off or remove the City registration tag from any dog or cat belonging
to another, or remove the strap or collar on which the same is fastened.
[R.O. 2006 §210.270; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place on any dog or cat
a tag issued for any other dog or cat or to make or use any false,
forged or counterfeited tag or imitation thereof.
[R.O. 2006 §210.280; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or cat kept within
the City to fail to display a current certificate of immunization
against rabies issued by an accredited veterinarian evidencing the
vaccination of such dog or cat within two (2) years, when requested
by the Animal Control Officer or any Law Enforcement Officer.
[R.O. 2006 §210.290; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999; Ord. No.
1480 §II, 4-15-2013]
The provisions of this Article with respect to registration
shall not apply to any dog owned by any person visiting or temporarily
remaining within the City for less than thirty (30) days, nor to Seeing
Eye dogs properly trained to assist blind persons, when such dogs
are actually being used for blind persons for the purpose of aiding
them in going from place to place. However, such dogs shall be kept
under restraint by the owner thereof at all times.
[R.O. 2006 §210.300; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999; Ord. No.
1275, 5-14-2001; Ord. No. 1480 §III, 4-15-2013; Ord. No. 1492 § III, 8-20-2015]
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of harborer of any animal to permit
such animal to run at large within the City at any time.
[R.O. 2006 §§210.180, 210.310; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999; Ord. No. 1274, 5-14-2001; Ord. No. 1275, 5-14-2001; Ord. No. 1480 §IV, 4-15-2013]
A.
Any dog found in violation of the provisions of this Article shall
be subject to impoundment by the City. Any cat running at large will
be immediately relinquished to a non-profit animal shelter if available.
B.
A record of all dogs impounded shall be kept by the City containing
the following information: color, sex, weight, height, identifying
marks, registration number (if any) and the date of impoundment.
C.
If the dog impounded has a current registration tag attached to its
collar or if the impounding officer knows the identity of the dog's
owner, the owner of such dog, as shown by the records of the Police
Clerk, shall be notified in writing as soon as possible or at least
twenty-four (24) hours before such dog is disposed of by destruction
or sale. If, at the end of one (1) week the Animal Control Officer
has been unable to locate the owner, or the owner, upon having been
located, refuses to claim or redeem said dog, then the dog may be
adopted out, euthanized or otherwise disposed of.
D.
If the dog impounded has no current registration tag and the identity
of the animal's owner is unknown to the Animal Control Officer
or the impounding Law Enforcement Officer, then such impounding officer
shall, upon taking any such animal into custody and impounding the
same, make a record thereof, with a description of the animal and
the date and place taken into custody and the place of impounding,
and shall thereupon immediately post a public notice stating that
the animal, describing the same with the date and place of taking,
has been taken up, and that unless the charges of impounding the same,
together with any license fees due and unpaid, are paid within one
(1) week from the date of the notice, that the animal will be disposed
of as provided in this Code. If within one (1) week the owner does
not appear to claim the dog, then the dog may be adopted out, euthanized
or otherwise disposed of.
E.
If, at any time before the sale or destruction of any dog impounded under the provisions of this Article, the owner of an impounded dog does appear and redeem the dog, it shall be turned over to the person claiming it upon payment of any impoundment fees or penalties plus the actual costs of impoundment, and upon compliance with the registration provisions of this Article. This Subsection shall not apply to any dog alleged as being vicious under Section 205.160 or suspected of rabies under Section 205.190 of this Code.
F.
The Animal Control Officer or Law Enforcement Officer shall impound
any animal or fowl found at large or if such animal shows evidence
of neglect or abuse in the City or constituting a nuisance or otherwise
in violation of this Chapter in a suitable pound or enclosure provided
or contracted for by the City. The impounding officer shall make diligent
inquiry as to the owner of the animal and shall notify the owner thereof
of such impoundment as soon as reasonably possible.
G.
For the first offense the City shall be entitled to receive from
such owner an impoundment fee of ten dollars ($10.00) plus five dollars
($5.00) per day for the cost of feeding and maintaining the animal
while impounded. For the second offense the City shall be entitled
to receive from such owner an impoundment fee of twenty dollars ($20.00)
plus five dollars ($5.00) per day and for the third and subsequent
offenses the City shall be entitled to receive from such owner an
impoundment fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) plus five dollars ($5.00)
per day. The minimum impoundment fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).
H.
The Animal Control Officer shall each month submit a report to the
Police Chief, who shall forward a copy to the Board of Aldermen, showing
the number of animals impounded and disposed of, and the fees collected
pursuant to this Article and shall pay those fees to the Violations
Bureau for credit to the General Operating Fund.
I.
Any dog impounded may not be released without a current rabies vaccination.
J.
Impoundment hereunder shall not preclude any court from imposing
and executing any fine which might otherwise be levied under this
Article for violation of any of the provisions thereof; nor shall
impoundment be a defense in any prosecution commenced thereunder.
K.
The redemption of any dog impounded for a violation of any provision
of this Chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of
such provision by the person redeeming the dog.
L.
Unclaimed dogs can be adopted from the Willow Springs City Pound
for a fee of forty dollars ($40.00) and only after such dog has been
held for the required hours. Anyone wishing to adopt such dog will
be interviewed by the Animal Control Officer and will be required
to sign an adoption contract that recommends the dog to be spayed
or neutered within thirty (30) days of the date of said contract.
The City of Willow Springs will refund fifteen dollars ($15.00) of
the adoption fee upon receipt of proof that dog was spayed or neutered
within thirty (30) days of adoption.
[R.O. 2006 §210.320; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999; Ord. No. 1480 §V, 4-15-2013]
If any dog is not redeemed by its owner or harborer within the time allowed for redemption as specified in Section 205.300 thereof, the Animal Control Officer, any authorized Law Enforcement Officer, any authorized veterinarian or any duly authorized pound personnel may destroy such dog or sell the same for the costs of impoundment and keeping, plus any registration fee due the current year.
[R.O. 2006 §210.330; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
Any unspayed female dog or cat in the stages of estrus (heat)
shall be confined during such period of time in a house, building
or secure enclosure, and the area of enclosure shall be so constructed
that no other dog or cat or dogs may gain voluntary access to the
confined animal except for purposes of planned breeding. Any animal
that is in the state of estrus (heat) and that is not properly confined,
or any such animal that is creating a neighborhood nuisances, shall
be removed to a boarding kennel, to a veterinary hospital or to the
animal shelter. All expenses incurred as a result of the confinement
shall be paid by the owner. The owner of animals removed to the animal
shelter shall be charged at the rate established from time to time
by the animal shelter for routine confinement.
[R.O. 2006 §210.340; Ord. No. 1246, 9-7-1999]
Whenever the Mayor shall deem it necessary for the protection
and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, he/she shall issue an
order requiring all dogs or cats kept within the City to be effectively
muzzled for such length of time as may be specified in the order to
prevent them from biting or injuring persons or animals. Such order
shall be published in the official newspaper of the City for such
period of time as the Mayor may deem necessary.
[Ord. No. 1492 § IV, 8-20-2015]
A.
No person shall bring or maintain possession or control of any dog
or canine to any City sponsored or sanctioned public gathering as
defined in this Chapter upon any public property or within one hundred
(100) feet either side of the center of the street or other route
for events such as parades, or within one hundred (100) feet of the
boundary of such event, without permission from the Board of Aldermen.
