§ 8-185. Muzzling proclamation.

(a)

Upon written advice that a dog found in the city is infected with rabies or hydrophobia and that the safety and general welfare of the public is at risk, the manager may order, by proclamation:

(1)

That all dogs be muzzled when off the premises of the owner; and

(2)

That all unmuzzled dogs found off the premises of the owner be immediately impounded.

(b)

Forty-eight hours after the proclamation has been published, either by posting or printing in the official newspaper, the manager may further order that all unmuzzled dogs found off the premises of the owner shall be impounded and destroyed, except that an officer may immediately destroy such an unmuzzled dog if it cannot be impounded with reasonable effort. Any dog impounded during the first 48 hours after the publishing of any such proclamation, if claimed within ten days and if not infected with hydrophobia or rabies, shall be returned to its owner after payment of all fees described in article III, division 2 of this chapter, but after said ten days, such dog may be destroyed.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 300.07; Ord. No. 312, 12-2-1981; Ord. No. 312-A1, 8-29-1984; Ord. No. 312-A2, 8-15-1990; Ord. No. 1994-2, 3-2-1994; Ord. No. 1994-11, 1-4-1995; Ord. No. 1995-2, 5-1-1995; Ord. No. 1995-6, 8-7-1995; Ord. No. 2000-7, 7-5-2000; Ord. No. 2002-4, 6-4-2002; Ord. No. 2006-03, 4-4-2006; Ord. No. 2011-21, 12-20-2011)