Ordinance #257 - Animals Running At Large
An
Ordinance amending Chapter 9.03 of the Marion City Ordinances; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City of
Marion
:
That Chapter 9.03 of the Marion City Ordinances is hereby amended to read
as follows:
9.0306
Animals Running at Large Prohibited. No
owner of any dog, cat, or other animal held as a domestic pet in the City shall
permit such animal to run at large at any time. Any such animal found at large
may be impounded as hereinafter provided. Upon impounding, the owner of such
animal may at any time within three (3) working
days forty-eight (48) hours after the same shall have been impounded,
reclaim the animal by paying the City the sum of Twenty-five and No/100 Dollars
($25.00) plus kenneling costs.
In the event such animal is seized a second time, the owner shall pay the City
the sum of Fifty and No/100 Dollars ($50.00) plus kenneling costs to reclaim
such animal. If any animal so impounded shall not be reclaimed within ten
(10) working days forty-eight (48) hours and all efforts to locate
the owner have failed, or in the event the same animal is seized for a third
time, the City is authorized to destroy, sell, or otherwise dispose of such
animal. Any dog or cat which does
not display the proper tags shall be considered to be an animal running at
large.
Any owner allowing their animal to
run at large as defined in the provisions of this Section, if convicted, shall
be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
9.0307
Destruction of Dogs Animals
Running at Large. The
Chief of Police is hereby authorized to employ, whenever he deems it necessary,
a sufficient number of persons to capture and convey to the dog pound,
and care for, kill and dispose of in the manner herein provided, any dog or
dogs animal found running at large contrary to the provisions of this
section. All dogs animals
captured and conveyed to the dog pound, as established by the City, shall
be kept with humane treatment and supplied with sufficient food and water for a
period of at least ten (10) days forty-eight (48) hours, unless
sooner reclaimed by the owner or keeper thereof as herein provided in Section 9.0306
of this Title. At the expiration of forty-eight
(48) hours ten (10) days from the date of impounding such animal
dog, and providing the owner of said dog animal shall fail
or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section for the releasing of
same, the person in charge of such dog pound may destroy such animal
dog and to cause it to be removed and properly buried; provided that the
owner of the licensed animals dogs shall have forty-eight (48)
hours notice in writing, after the expiration of the first forty-eight (48)
hours ten (10) days, before the same may be killed or destroyed.
It shall be the duty of the person in charge of said dog pound,
before destroying any animal dog under the provisions of this
section, to attempt to sell said animal dog at a private sale to
any person who is willing to pay a sum sufficient to reimburse the City for all
expenses of keeping said animal dog, including the costs set forth
in Section 9.0306 of this Title and the $5.00 licensing fee herein
provided.
The Chief of Police should attempt
to notify the owner, if possible, of any animal subject to this section within
the forty-eight (48) hour ten (10) day holding period.
The Chief of Police has the discretion to delay the destruction of any
animal when he reasonably believes the interests of justice so require.
Paul Engbrecht
Mayor
ATTEST: Kari Muller
Finance Officer
FIRST
READING
:
April
4, 2005
SECOND READING & ADOPTION:
May 2, 2005
PUBLICATION:
May
11, 2005
EFFECTIVE:
May
31, 2005
