HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 209 03/07/1939
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ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE HELATING TO THE OWNEH-
SHIP, CONTROL AND LICENSING OF DOGS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF THUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROE.PECT, IN THE COUNTY OF COOK AND
STATE OF ILLINOIS:
Section 1. License - Fee.
Every person who owns
or keeps a dog within the limits of the Village of Mount
Prospect shall report to the Clerk of the Village of Mount
Prospect annually, within thirty (30) days after the first
day of May in each year, his or her name and address and
shall at the same time give the name, breed, color and sex
of each and every dog owned or kept by such person within
the Village and shall pay to the Village Clerk the sum of
Two Dollars (~2.00) for each and every dog so owned or so
kept and shall cause such dog or dogs to be registered for
license in the office of the Villag e CIE:rk. Dnon the payment
to the Village Clerk of the fee herein provided for, the
Vill.age Clerk shall furnish to the person paying such fee a
licen:=;e tag and number of regi stry for eaerl dog for which
such fee has been paid.
['ection 2. Collar- Tag - Registration. Every dog
kept within the Village shall be provided by its ovmer or
keeper with a good and substantial collar and he or she shall
cause to be attached thereto in a secure manner the license
tag issued by the Village Clerk for such dog for the current
year and shall at all times cause such dog to wear such
collar with said license tag attached thereto. Any dog found
within the limits of the Village not wearing a collar with
a license tag attached thereto, as herein provided, shall be
impounded and disposed of as hereinafter provided.
The Village Clerk shall keen a comnlete registry
in a book to be kept for that nurpose of all licensed dogs,
describing the name, breed, color and sex, and shall also
enter therein the name and address of the owner as given and
the numb er of th e license tag.
He shall provide each and every year such number of
metal tags as may be necessary (the shaDe to be changed each
year), having stamoed thereon the year for which the license
is naid, the letters M.P.D.T., and also the number of the tag,
and it shall be his duty to deliver one of such metal tags,
numbered to correspond with the number of the registry of the
dog, to the person who paid the license fee noon such dog.
Section 7). Fierce Dog at Larg e. - .Penal ty, Im-
pounding and Disposition thereof. If any dangerous, fierce
or vicious dog sha11. be in any street,. alley or other Dublic
nlace INithin the Village of 'vlount Prospect, or uoon the orivate
premises of any person other than the ovner or keeper of such
dog, and shall there annoy and endanger any ;Jerson, the ovmer
or keeper of such dog shall be fined not 1e':"8 than Two Dollars
($2.00) nor more than Twenty-five DoJlars ($25.00) for the
first offense on the Dart of the olimer or keeDer in ner-
mitting such dangerous, fierce or vicious dog to be kent in
such street, alley or other nublic alace, or upon such private
property and, UDon a second or subseouent conviction for a
similar offense cammi t.ted thereafter, such ovvner or keener
shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars (tIO.aO) nor more
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than One Hundred Dollars (~lOO.OO) for each offense.
Any vicious, dangerous or fierce dog runninG" at large
in any street, alley or other oublic olace within the Villar;e
of Mount Prosoect, or uoon the orivate premises of any nerson
other than the owner or keener thereof, or any dog which may in
any manner unduly disturb the ouiet of any person or neighbor-
hood within said Village, or ~htch ~ha]l bite any oerson or so
injure any oerson as to cause an abrasion of the skin, is
hereby declared to be a nuisance and such dog shall be taken
uo and irwClounded in the Y]'1annerorovided herein for i mnound ine;
dogs, but if such dog cannot be safely taken un and imnounded
such dog may be slain by any police officer of said Village.
Sect1_on 4. M1Jzzlinp;. It shall be unl awful for the
OVi'ner or keeper of any dog to:Jermi t the same to he or to run
at large UDon any street, alley or other oublic olace within
the limits of the Village of Mount Prosoect at any time unless
such dog sha]1 wear a sood anct substantial muzzle so made and
so worn as to effectively orevent such dog from biting any
nerson or animal. Any dogs found in or u~on 8.ny street, 811ey
or other oul)lic -alace vii thin such Village of ~.nount Prosnect,
not wearirt[ a good 2nd subst8ntialmuzzle as herein orovided for,
shall be imoounded ano disDosed of as hereinafter orovicted.
Section 5. Imnoundinv.
It shall be the dutv of
all oolice officers in and for the Villa~e of Mount Prosp~ct
to take UD and cause to be i~nounded any and all dOES rllnning
at large UDon any street, alley or other
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said Village of Mount Prosoect, 1:1Rless such dog shall 'wear"R
geoo'andsuhstantial tflU711e, so made and so wornastoeffE;:c-
tiy~1y,pr,~yent".. ,sl1ch",dpg from biting any nerson or animal and "
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shall be "'f'iri in cHirl'q";.on tn the co::,t of KPeDiny ~11ch CiC:W
vlj-iJe iJl t};e DOl1Y1d at t"e rntp (IT Ylot to exceEd fifty cents
(r=nf,\' cJ riav nT' froeti.e))") tJr.('y.l'of'. Tf' c11C'b rinO' l'E not y'edeel'J1ed
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~r-1811 CAllCPC1Jcb GOO' t.o he lr-illeri ;-"1"11": rurieo.
~pr>t,':;or"", PeciPlnr)ttQJ:~_.-9.L,_L-ici:D....:c:e~L__J)__QE:. p. 1i censed
do~ moll be redeemed 1::'11 tllFc' C"T1,Fr or K:-ee:'\FT t},prpof v,ithin
three (7) nay;.' frnr' t,1---e ir'nD01Jn(lir thereof UDon thE: DC"yrnE::Dt
to tr e 'OOl1l'riK:-P enp,' cf t,1 F" ~ cunF.: fees ;;; f Dr e ;.',cri 'hFd i r t}, e '01'e-
cedinF c:ection witt ViE" exce'otion of' P'E: Jicen~'E fee. If 211Ch
dof'" ~hc~ 11 not be rr( eemE"d 1-1'/ tn e o':ner or l<:eFner tl, ereof v-i U'-
in three (7) day~, such dOF may be redeemed by any :ler~on vitr-
in five (~) Clay::' after dote of' imnOl1ndiflp 1'Don the nayr'lcnt of
the ~amp feps HC are nrovioed in Dreced-ing section of' this
OrcFnance. If ::,uch doC' ~'hF,J 1 not have bepn rp(Jeempd v\l. tnirl
five (I;) r)8V:=' arter hF~':;r'z imnOlln-'jpn rprp";n. the ~'8.lT'E
011 be
disDo~ed of i~ the same manreT' as ~rovi(Ed in thE nrfeening
sect5ol'.
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Section 8. ~!!ches!g heat. No OVTIe~ or keene~ of
any 'oi tch shall permi t the same to run at lEtrge VTi thin said
Villa.ge of Mount Prospect while Itinheatlt and 8ny bi+:.ch so
found running at large shall be taken up and impounded in any
pound of said Village and such dog shall be disposed of or the
same may be redeemed upon the paJ~ent of the same fees and in
the same manner as licensed dogs may be redeemed which have
been impounded, provided such dog has been duly licensed, but
if it has not been duly licensed it shall be disposed of or it
may be redeemed in the same manner as unlicensed dogs and upon
the payment of the same fees.
Section 9. Defini tions. The word Itdog" whenever
used in this Ordinance, except where specifically distinguished,
shall include all animals of the canine species.
The vmrd lIolivner" 0" !!keepe~H s(1'111 include -"my nerson
who shall harbor or suffer or permit any dog to ~emain on any
premises within said Village under his or her charge or co~trol.
Section 10. l.imi!ati,Q,g as tQ. Rumber of ;QQ.K.e.. No
person shall suffer Or permit more than two (2) dOfs to be or
remain in or about any o~le builJin0' or lot within said Village.
under his or her charge or control at anyone time.
Section 11. Penalty. Any person or persons who.
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shall violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply l.vi th any of
the foregoing provisions of this Ordinance, where no other
penalty is prescribed, shall, on conviction, be fined in a sum
of not less than Five Dollars ($f).OO) nor j'lore ths.n One Hunc'red
Dollars ($100.00) for each a~d every offense.
Section 12. This 0 inance shall 'oecor'le in +'1111
force
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1939 upon ~JU bli ca tion hereof as required by law and shall be
known as Ordinance N(). , oassed this ---7----- day of
~~____, A. D. 1939.
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President of the Village Board of
Mount Prospect, Illinois.
ATTEST:
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Clerk of the Vlllage Eoarp of
Mount Prospect, Illi.nois.
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