HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1023 - 10/14/1975 - DOGS & CATSORDINANCE NO, 1023
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER XVII OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE TO PROVIDE
FOR THE IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION OF STRAY ANIMALS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois,
that the following sections of Chapter XVII of the Municipal Code be amended
to read as follows:
Section l: 17.209 Redemption of licensed dogs.) Any dog for which the
license fee for the current year has been paid, which may during such year be
impounded or taken up for being at large, and if without a collar or harness and
license tag, for which satisfactory proof shall be given to an officer of the
Police Department by affidavit of the owner thereof, or by other satisfactory
proof, that such dog was so licensed and that a collar was around its neck with
a license tag attached thereto or harness placed and kept about the body of such
dog with a license tag attached thereto as provided in this ordinance, and that
such collar or harness and tag has been lost or taken from such dog, may be
redeemed by the owner of such dog upon payment of a fee of $3.00 for the taking up
or impounding of such dog and the payment of the cost of keeping such dog while
impounded. If, at the expiration of two days from the date of impounding, such
dog shall not have been redeemed by the owner thereof, the Animal Control Warden
may dispose of such dog.
Section 2: 17.210 Redemption of unlicensed dogs) Any unlicensed dog which
shall have been impounded may be redeemed by the owner of such dog or the agent of
the owner on payment of the sum of $6.00 as a fee for taking up or impounding such
dog, plus the annual license fee provided herein, and the cost of keeping such dog
while impounded. If any such dog be not redeemed within two days after being im-
pounded, such dog may be disposed of by the Animal Control Warden.
Section 3: 17.304 Redemption or disposal of cats.) If an impounded cat is
redeemed by the owner or keeper thereof, an impounding fee of $5.00, plus the
cost of keeping such cat during its impoundment, shall be paid by such owner or
keeper, if an impounded cat is not claimed within two days, the cat may be
disposed of in a humane manner.
Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no cat
suspected of having rabies shall be released within less than 10 days
following its impounding.
Section 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
PASSED this 14th day of October , 1975.
APPROVED this 14thday of October , 1975.
VOTE: AYES: 4 NAYS: 2 ABSENT: 1
Charles J. Zettek
Village President
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Published in the Elk Grove Herald this 22nd day of October , 1975.
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