3902 - 40 Regulation & impounding of dogs running at large

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x ~ ORDINANCE N0. 3902 By Mr. Fairgrieve AN EiJ~+RGENCY ORDINANCE providing for the regulation and impound• ing of do gs running at large or disturbing the peace and quietued in the City of Lakewood, and repealing Ordinance No. 3213, adopted July 6, 1931, entitled, "An ordinance to regulate dogs owned or harbored by persons living in Lakewood and making provisions £or the impounding of such anima is and indicating the procedure when persons are bitten by such animals", and repealing Ordinance No. 1939 adopted November 6, 1922, entitled "fin Ordinance relating to dogs which have become a nuisance and regulating same", and repealing all other ordinances or parts of ordnane~ inconsistent herewit h. Vt1iEREAS, in order to provide for the immediate preservation of the public safety, property, health and welfare, and the usual daily operation of a municipal departmen, anu emergency has arisen for =C^ ' ~ the reason that immediate regulation of doffs, running at large are disturbing. the peace, is necessary, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAIhTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEV4'OOD, STATE OF Offi0: SECTION 1; No unmuzzled dog shall be permitted at any time t o be on a public highway, public street, public park or in a public - building or other public place or upon the land or premises of anyone other than the owner or harborer of such dog, except when • held securely in leash by the owner thereof or other responsible person. , SECTION 2: Vdhoever owning, keeping, or harboring a dog permits it to run at large or to enter any public highway, public street, public park, public building or upon the land or premises of any one other than the owner or harborer of such dog in violation of section 1, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than p5.00~nor more than :200.00, or imprisoned Por not more than 60 days, or both, and shall stand committed until such fine is paid or sentence served or until otherwise discharged by due process of law. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. ` SECTION 3: It shall be the duty of the police o Pficers oP the C ty of Lakewood, when any unmuzzled dog is found at large in the public highway, publio street, public building or other place in violation of Section 1 to take up and impound such dog in a city pound or veterinary hospit~: No dog shall be released from pound until the cost of taking up, impounding and keeping said dog is paid to the City or Veterinarian in charge thereof, in an amount fixed by or under the authority of the Director of Public Safety, t which in no event shall be 1 ess than X2.00. t'ny dog unredeemed after ten days from the time of being taken up and impounded may,. ` be destroyed or otherwise disposed of upon order of the Director of Riblie Safety; but iP the dog has a license number an effort shall be made to locate the owner immediately upon taking up of - such dog.- The payment oP charges for redeeming a dog from the pound shall not be construed to exempt the owner of such dog from prosecution under the provisions of erections 1 and 2 hereof. SECTION 4: RABIES: Any person, firm or corporation owning or having possession or charge of any animal known to have or sus- pected of having rabies or any animal subject to rabies and known to have bitten a human being shall immediately surrender said animal to the health officer, or any police officer of the City of Lakewood upon demand of such health officer or police officer. SECTION 5: No person being the owner, keep er, or harborer of a dog shall permit such dog to disturb the peace and quietude of