HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3167 12/15/1981 RDINANCE NO. 3167_
AN ORDINANCE TO AF~ND SECTION 20.206 ENTITLED
"!MPOUNDFJENT PROCEDURES" OF ARTICLE II, CHAPTER
20 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Section 20.206 entitled "Impoundment Procedures
of Article II, Chapter 20 of the Village Code of Mount Prospect,
Illinois (1981) is hereby amended to read as follows:
In all cases of impoundment other than those item-
ized in Section 20.205 when the Animal Control
Officer, Health Officer, or any police officer of
the Village takes possession of an animal for the
purposes of impounding same, such officer shall
hold such impounded animal in an Animal Control
Center for seven (7) days, during which time
reasonable means shall be used to facilitate a
return to its rightful owners.
1. The owner of any animal impounded in any Animal
Control Center may, at any time during visitino
hours at the Animal Control Center, and before the
sale or other disposal thereof as provided in this
Section, redeem such animal by paying the fees and/or
charges required by this Article and, in the case of
an unlicensed animal, by additionally complying with
the license requirements of this Article.
2. The seven (7) day holding period shall not apply
to animals relinquished by their owners to the Health
Officer under owner signature authorizing the Health
Officer to make immediate disposition of the animal
at his discretion, nor shall any required holding
period apply to animals received for impounding in
obviously critical physical condition for which
i~ediate death by lethal injection shall be deemed
proper for humane reasons by an authorized veterinarian.
3. Animals of unknown ownership shall be held for a
minimum of seven (7) days, or for such other length
of time as the Director of Health may deem necessary
to permit location of and redemption by rightful
owners, except that wild animals which are noxious
by their very nature such as wild rats and undomesti-
cated rodents may be killed painlessly at once
following an examination for zoonotic diseases.
4. Any animal remaining unredeemed after the pre-
scribed holding period shall at once become the
property of the Village.
For purposes of impounding, the Director of Health
shall utilize an Animal Control Center or the
facilities of any hm~ane society properly equipped
and willing to impound animals, or, if the animal
shall be of a species that may be better or more
safely impounded elsewhere, the Director of Health
may designate an alternate facility that is equipped
and willing to accept the animal.
. The Animal Control Center, humane society or
other authorized receiving agency shall exercise
due caution for the welfare and temporary safe-
keeping of any animal in conformance with policies
to be prescribed by the Department of Health.
2. Impounded animals shall be humanely treated
and fed; the pound shall be under the charge of
the Chief of Police, who shall be responsible for
the care and custody of the same. Unredeemed
animals shall be disposed of as provided by the
President and Board of Trustees.
C. Prior to the release of any impounded animal:
1. The owner of any impounded animal which has
bitten any other animal or person, or which was
otherwise impounded pursuant to the terms of this
Chapter, shall pay the cost for housing the animal
as well as redemption fees pursuant to the follow-
ing schedule:
a. Dog or cat impounded as unlicensed stray,
fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus mandatory licensing
within (10)days.
b. Dog or cat impounded as licensed stray,
ten dollars ($10.00).
c. Horse impounded as stray, twenty dollars
($20.00).
d. Any species of animal other than dog, cat
or horse, ten ($10.00) plus mandator~ application
for permit to own if Species is covered by any
other protective law.
2. In the event the rightful owner of a dog or
cat cannot be found, any person desiring to adopt
such a dog or cat at the end of such seven (7) day
impoundment period shall pay the cost of housing
the animal.
3. Vaccination certificate and licenses for any
animal so redeemed or adopted shall be presented
to the Health Officer.
Should no redemption or adoption be made of any
impounded animal, it shall be the duty of the
Health Officer to cause any such unclaimed animal
to be killed painlessly o~ the eight day." ...... ~f?~
SECTION 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in
accordance with law.
PASSED
AYES:
this 15th day of December
Arthur, Farley, Floros, Miller, Wattenberg
· 1981.
NAYES: None
ABSENT: Murauskis
APPROVED
this 15th day of
PUBLISHED
this 15th d~y of
in pamphlet form.
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK
December
December
· 1981.
· 1981
V~LLA~E PRE'SI DENT