HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 971 - 12/23/1974 - IMPOUNDING STRAY ANIMALSORDINANCE NO. 971
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER XVII OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO MORE REALISTICALLY 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 1: 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 im-
pounding of such dog and the payment of the cost of keeping such dog while impounded.
If, at the expiration of seven 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 seven 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 seven 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, and approval, according to law.
ATTEST:
PASSED this 23rd day of December 1974
APPROVED this 23rd day of December 1974
VOTE: AYES 6
NAYS 0
ABSENT 0
Eleanor G. Turner
VILLAGE CLERIC
Charles J. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT