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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Chapter 17, Sections 17-201 through and including 17.207, of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village be and are hereby repealed.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. -1- Ord. No. 272 "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 -2- Ord. No. 272 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, -3- Ord. N% 272 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. -4- Ord. No. 272