HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 272 - 2/28/1963 - DOGS/AMEND CODEORDINANCE N0, ZZL
AN ORDINAICE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 17
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
RELATING TO THE LICENSIM A_NDWaAARN OF DOG3
NOW, THEREFORE, RE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1. That Article II of Chapter 17, Sections 17-201 through and
including 17.207, of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village be and are hereby
repealed.
Section 2. That Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Article II:
"Article II. Dogs.
"17.201. Owner defined. For the purposes of this ordinance "owner"
means a person having a right of property in a dog, or who keeps or harbors a
dog, or who has it in his care, or acts as its custodian, or who knowingly permits
a dog to remain on or about any premises eccupied by him.
1117.202. Annual license required. It shall be unlawful for any person
to be the owner of a dog within the Village of Elk Grove Village unless he shall
procure a license therefor. Said license shall be obtained on or before the first
day of January, or within thirty days after acquiring a dog, in each year, except
for a dog less than three months old on that day, in which case a license shall
be procured when the dog attains that age.
1117.203. Application for license. Application for dog licenses shall
be made to the Village Clerk. At the time of such application the owner shall
furnish the Village Clerk with the following information:
"1. The name and address of the owner of the dog.
112. The sex and breed of the dog.
"3. The date of the most recent rabies vaccination and the new and
address of the veterinarian licensed by the State of Illinois
who preformed the same.
117.204. Inoculation certificate. A certificate of inoculation against
rabies for each dog, issued by the County rabies inspector or by his deputy, or
by a licensed veterinarian, shall be submitted to the Village Clerk for inspection
at the time of application for license. No license shall be issued for any dog
unless such inoculation certificate bears a date within one year prior to the
date of application for license.
1117.205. Fees. Every owner of a dog within the Village of Elk Grove
Village shall pay an annual license fee of $1.00 for each male dog, $2.00 for
each spayed female dog and $3.00 for each other female dog and shall receive from
the Village Clerk a metal tag bearing the license number and the year issued,
stamped thereon. Any owner of a licensed dog whose license tag has been lost
may obtain a replacement tag by payment of a fee of 50¢ to the Village Clerk.
"17.206. Display of license tag. Every owner of a dog within the
Village of Elk Grove Village shall keep such license tag securely attached to
a collar or harness fastened around the neck or body 6f such dog at all times
when said dog is off the premises of the licensed owner. It shall be unlawful
for any person, other than the owner, his agent, or a member of the Police
Department to remove a license tag from a dog.
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"17.207. Unlicensed dogs. All unlicensed dogs within the limits of
the Village of Elk Grove Village in violation of this ordinance shall be impounded.
1117.208. Capture and impounding. ,Any dog found running at large in
the Village shall be deemed and considered to be a public nuisance. It shall
be the duty of the Animal Control Warden of the Village of Elk Grove Village to
impound any such dog. The Aninal Control Warden or his duly appointed deputy
shall immediately upon impounding of any dog, make a complete registry, entering
the breed, color and sex of such dog, and whether licensed. If known, and, if
licensed, he shall enter the name and address of the owner and the number of the
license tag; if known, and, if hearing an inoculation tag, the number of such tag
shall be recorded. When any licensed dog shall be impounded, the Animal Control
Warden or his deputy shall forthwith give notice in person, or by mail, or by
telephone to the owner of such licensed dog, informing such owner of the im-
pounding of his dog.
"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 a 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 03.00 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 fourteen 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.
"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 impounded, such dog may be disposed of by the Animal Control Warden
"17.211. Dogs on leash. (a) It shall be unlawful for a dog, except
when on a leash controlled by the owner or his or her agent, to use or be upon
any public street, sidewalk, parkway or public area within the Village of Elk
Grove Village.
"(b) It shall be unlawful for any dog, even though on leash, to be
or enter upon any public hall, restaurant, confectionery shop, coffee shop,
ice cream parlor, soft drink parlor, office, store, grocery, meat market, bakery
or any store or shop for the sale of food, except any shop for the sale of animal
pets, anywhere within the Village of Elk Grove Village, during the time that
any of said places or establishments are open for use by the public or persons
entitled to use the same.
"(c) It shall be unlawful for any dog, even though on leash, to go or
be upon any school premises, public playground, public bathing beach or public
park within the Village of Elk Grove Village, or upon a path or sidewalk extending
through or within any school premises, public playground, public bathing beach
or public park within the Village of Elk Grove Village,
"(d) No leash shall be longer than eight feet in length.
"(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs leading
blind persons.
"17.212. Damage to property. No person shall, without the consent of
the owner of the property concerned, permit any dog in his or her custody and
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and control, to enter upon the premises of another within the Village of Elk
Grove Village, or permit any dog in his or her custody or control to injure,
destroy or carry away any vegetable, plant, fruit, shrub, tree, flower -a-other
thing which 7,zy be on said premises or whidi may be planed or seeded there.
"17.213. Female dog in heat. ,The owner of any female dog in heat shall
keep the same confined or on leash at all times and shall not permit such dog to
be at large in the streets, parks or other public places in the Village of Elk
Grove Village, or on any premises other than those of the owner.
"17.214. Dangerous dogs. A dangerous dog is hereby defined to be a dog
which shall cause annoyance or reasonable fear of bodily injury to any person by
attacking or threatening to attack such person. Any such dog is he_-ieby declared
a nuisance. The owner of any dangerous dog shall keep the same confined in a secure
enclosure or on leash controlled by the owner or his or her agent at all times and
shall not permit such dog to be at large within the Village f Elk Grove Village.
1117.215. Biting dogs. A biting dog is hereby defined to be a dog which
has bitten, scratched or otherwise injured any person so as to cause abrasion to
the skin of such person.
"17.216. Rabies. Every veterinarian or other person discovering or
suspecting any dog to be suffering with rabies shall forthwith report such fact
to the Health Department of the Village of Elk Grove Village, giving the name and
address of the owner of such dog and the license number thereof, if known. If
such dog, after examination by the Health Department is verily suspected to be
suffering with said disease, the dog shall be immediately impounded, at the option
and expense of the owner, in charge of a veterinarian licensed by the the State
of Illinois, whose establishment is located in Cook County for a period of not
less than fourteen days for observation. If such dog should die during the in-
terval of observation, the intact brain shall forthwith be delivered to the lab-
oratory of the State Department of Public Health.
"Any dog which shall have been bitten by another dog having or sus-
pected of having rabies shall be immediately impounded for observation, as
provided by statute.
"It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog, when notified that such
dog has bitten or scratched any person or has otherwise injured any person as to
cause an abrasion of the skin, to sell or give away such c'.og or to permit or allow
such dog to be taken beyond the limits of Cook County, but it shall be the duty
of such owner, upon receiving ;notice of the character aforesaid, to immediately
place such dog in a duly licensed veterinary hospital located in Cook County where
such dog shall be confined for a period of at least ten days, for observation,
or to deliver such dog to any police officer for such placement. In case such
dog is delivered to a veterinary hospital, notice of the name and location of such
hospital shall be immediately furnished to the Village of Elk Grove Village Health
Department by the owner of such dog, and upon receipt of such dog, the veterinary
hospital shall submit to the Village of Elk Grove Village Health Department or
to the Cook County Rabies Control Division, a certificate stating • that such dog
either shows no symptoms of rabies or does show symptoms of rabies. If, at the
expiration of ten days of c....firement in such veterinary hospital, the same vet-
erinary hospital shall submit to the Village of Elk Grove Village Health Depart-
ment or the Cook County Ribies Control Division a second certificate stating that
the dog does not have rabies, the said d ; may then be released by the Village
of Elk Grove Village Health Department o:• the Cook County Rabies Control Division.
"17.217. Duty to surrender. The owner or custodian of any dog suffering
from or suspected to be suffering from rabies as provided in Section 17.216 shall
surrender possession of such dog to any police officer of the Village of Elk Grove
Village, on demand.
"17.218. Rabies quarantine. Whenever the number of dangerous dogs or
dogs suffering from rabies, rtlning at large in the Village of Elk Grove Village,
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shall be such as to endanger the public health, public safety or general welfare,
the Village of Elk Grove Village shall apply to the Illinois Department of Agri-
culture for a quarantine. A proclamation of the Village President containing such
declaration shall be published at least once in some newspaper of general circu-
lation in the Village of Elk Grove Village. After the first publication of such
proclamation by the Village President, it shall be unlawful for the owner or custo-
dian of any dog to permit such dog to be at large contrary to the terms of such
proclamation.
"17.219. Animal Control Warden. The Chief of Police of Elk Grove Village
shall be ex -officio Animal Control Warden for the Village of Elk Grove Village.
Provision shall be made for the appointment of such deputy or deputies as may be
necessary. The cost of keeping impounded dogs shall be determined from time to
time by the Village President.
"17.220. The intention of the Village Board is hereby expressed that
the provisions of this ordinance are severable and that the invalidity of any
section hereof or of any portion of any section hereof shall not affect any other
section or portion of section of this ordinance.
"17.221. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any pro-
vision of this article shall be fined not less than 0.00 nor more than $200 for
each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues."
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this 28th day of February, 1963
AP"ROVED this 28th day of February, 1963.
s/ James R. Gibson
President
Attest:
s/ Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Published this 7th day of March, 1963, in the Elk Grove Herald.
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