O-58-5308
ORDINANCE 0 -58 -53
An Ordinance Regulating and Licensing Dogs within the Village
of Deerfield, and Repealing Article 11, Chapter 17, of the Munic-
ipal Code of Deerfield -1946, as Amended.
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of Deer-
field, Counties of Lake and Cook. State of
Illinois:
SECTION I. DEFINITIONS: As used
in this ordinance, unless the context other-
wise indicates:
(a) "Bite" shall include an abrasion of the
skin.
(b) "Dog" shall include any canine.
(c) "License year" shall mean the calendar
year.
(d) "Owner" shall include any person, firm,
partnership, trustee, association, or cor-
poration owning, keeping, harboring or
otherwise maintaining a dog.
(e) "Person" shall include any person, firm,
partnership, trustee, association, or cor-
poration.
(f) "Running at large" shall refer to a dog
off the premises of its owner, and not
under the immediate eye and control
of the owner or person acting for the
owner.
(g) "Village" shall mean the Village of
Deerfield, Lake and Cook County, Illi-
nois.
SECTION II. DUTY TO REGISTER
AND LICENSE: Every owner who keeps,
harbors, or otherwise maintains a dog more
than six (6) months of age in the Village
shall register and procure a license for the
same not later than the first .day of March
in each license year. Any dog purchased
or otherwise acquired after the first day
of January in any license year shall also be
registered and licensed as provided herein
not later than fifteen (15) days after the
same is purchased or otherwise acquired,
and any dog less than six (6) months of
age shall also be registered and licensed
as provided herein not later than fifteen
(15) days after the same becomes six (6)
months of age.
SECTION III. REGISTRATION AND
LICENSE: The application for registration
and license shall be made to the Village
Collector and shall state the name, address,
and telephone number of the owner, the
breed, color, sex, name, and date of in-
oculation against rabies of the dog to be
registered. The Village Collector shall note
this information in a dog register book at
the time of registration.
Upon payment of the license fee required
herein and upon presentation of a certifi-
cate of a licensed Veterinarian that the dog
to be registered and licensed has been in-
oculated against rabies in accordance with
the provisions of the ordinance, the Village
Collector shall register the dog in the dog
register book and shall issue a license cer-
tificate and metal license tag for each dog
registered. Upon payment of the license
fee required herein, any dog less than six
(6) months of age may be registered and
licensed for purposes of identification with-
out a certificate of inoculation against ra-
bies; provided that a certificate of inocula-
tion against rabies shall be filed with the
Village Collector not later than fifteen (15)
days after said dog becomes six (6) months
of age.
The shape of the tag shall be changed
every license year and each tag shall have
stamped thereon the license year for which
it was issued and a number corresponding
with the number of the license certificate.
In case a license tag is lost or destroyed, a
duplicate will be issued by the Village Col-
lector upon payment of one dollar ($1.00).
No license issued hereunder shall be trans-
ferable; provided, however, that whenever
an owner to whom a license has been issued
hereunder ceases to keep, harbor, or other-
wise maintain the dog for which such li-
cense was issued, such owner may transfer
such license to another dog, kept, harbored,
or otherwise maintained by him upon appli-
cation to the Village Collector and payment
of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) plus the ad-
ditional license fee, if any, due to a dif-
ference of sex of the dog as provided in
Section IV.
SECTION IV. ANNUAL LICENSE FEE:
The license fee shall be Three Dollars
($3.00) for each male or spayed female
dog, and Five Dollars ($5.00) for each un-
spayed female dog for each license year or
fraction thereof; provided, however, that
where a dog is purchased or otherwise ac-
quired or becomes six (6) months of age
after the last day of June in a license year,
the license fee shall be reduced 50% for
that license year.
SECTION V. INOCULATION AGAINST
RABIES: It shall be the duty of every own-
er who keeps, harbors, or otherwise main-
tains a dog more than six (6) months of
age in the Village, to have the same in-
oculated against rabies by a licensed Vet-
erinarian during each 12 -month period pre-
ceding the date such dog is required to be
registered. The type and brand of the anti -
rabic vaccine used and the method of in-
oculation shall be approved by the De-
partment of Agriculture of the State of
Illinois and the United States Department
of Agriculture. Any dog which is not in-
oculated against rabies as required herein
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and such dog may be apprehended and im-
pounded upon the order of the Chief of
Police. .
SECTION VI. COLLAR AND TAG:
Every owner shall provide each dog, more
than six (6) months of age kept, harbored,
or otherwise maintained by him in the
Village, with a sturdy collar to which the
aforesaid license tag shall be securely fast-
ened and it shall be the owner's duty' to
make certain that the collar and tag are
worn at all times by the dog when off the
owner's premises.
SECTION VII. UNAUTHORIZED RE-
MOVAL OF TAG: It shall be unlawful for
any person other than a Police Officer,
Animal Warden, or other person charged
with the .enforcement of this ordinance to
remove a license tag from any dog without
the owner's, or his agent's consent.
SECTION VIII. RUNNING AT LARGE:
If any dog shall be found on the streets.
parks, or public ways of the Village, or in
any church, school, public hall or building,
office, store or market during the time the
said place is open for business, or if any
dog shall be found upon the private prem-
ises of any other person than the owner or
keeper of such dog, the owner or keeper
of such dog shall be deemed guilty of a
violation of this section. Any dog which
runs at large is hereby declared to be a
public nuisance and such dog shall be
apprehended and impounded if found run-
ning at large by and Police Officer, Animal
Warden, or other person charged with the
enforcement of this ordinance. The owner
of any dog found to be running at large
shall be liable under Section XIII hereof,
for any violation of said section.
Any owner found guilty of violating the
provisions of this section shall be fined
not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the
first offense, and not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dol-
lars ($200.00) for any subsequent offense.
SECTION IX. CONFINEMENT OF
DANGEROUS DOGS: Any dog of fierce,
dangerous, or vicious propensities shall be
confined by the owner on the owner's prem-
ises at all times in such a manner that it
cannot reach persons who may have occa-
sion to lawfully enter upon said premises.
SECTION X. BITING AND ATTACK-
ING DOGS: It shall be the duty of the
owner of any dog to prevent such dog from
biting or attacking any nerson in the Vil-
lage, and if a person is bitten by a dog he
shall report the incident to the Police De-
partment immediately. Any ,dog, which
may unprovokedly bite or attack any per-
son in the Village is hereby declared to be
a public nuisance and such dog may be
apprehended by a Police Officer, Animal
Warden, or other person charged with the
enforcement of this ordinance. If , such dog
is impounded, the owner shall have no right
to redeem the dog if it has unprovokedly
attacked or bitten any person or persons in
the Village on two or more separate occa-
sions within any twenty -four (24) month
period unless he shall remove such dog from
the Village immediately upon redemption
and shall not thereafter keep, harbor, or
otherwise maintain such dog in the Village
at any time. No dog bite or attack shall
be considered unprovoked if the dog which
bites or attacks is unleashed or not con-
fined on the owner's premises at the time.
SECTION XL QUARANTINE OF BIT-
ING DOGS: If an owner has notice that
his dog has bitten any person, it shall be
unlawful for such owner to kill such dog,
or to sell or give such dog away, or to
permit or allow such dog to be taken be-
yond the limits of the Village except to a
licensed Veterinary Hospital, but it'• shall
be the duty of such owner to imuediately
report the incident to the Police Department
and to immediately place such dog in; a li-
censed Veterinary Hospital where such dog
shall be quarantined for a period ot`at
least fourteen (14) days or, upon the, re_
quest of any Police Officer, Animal War.-
den, or other person charged with the.eri-
forcement of this ordinance, to deliver such
dog to them for such placement. The own-
er shall immediately furnish the Police De
partment with the name and location of said
hospital and a certificate of a licensed Vet -'
erinarian stating whether or not such dog
shows symptoms of rabies. At the expira-
tion of the quarantine period, and prior to
the release of such dog, the owner shall
furnish the Police Department with another
certificate of a licensed veterinarian stating
that such dog does not have rabies. All
costs of maintaining such dog in a Vet-
erinary Hospital shall be the obligation and
responsibility of the owner and shall be
paid by said owner.
In all cases where any dog has bitten a
person and is slain or dies within fourteen
(14) days from the time of the bite, it shall
be the duty of the person slaying such dog
and the owner of such dop to notify the
Police Department and to immediately de-
liver the head of such dog intact to said
Department, or cause the same to be done.
SECTION XII. DISTURBING QUIET
AND DAMAGING PROPERTY: It shall
be unlawful for an owner to keep, harbor,
or otherwise maintain a dog in the Village
which shall disturb the quiet of any per-
son or neighborhood, or which shall attack .
any person, or which shall cause danger or
fear to any person or neighborhood.
SECTION XIII. SANITATION: It shall
be unlawful for the owner or person in
control of any dog to permit such animal
to urinate or deposit dung on any public
street, alley, parkway, or other public place
or on any premises other than those of
the owner or person in control of such dog.
SECTION XIV. FEMALE DOG IN
HEAT: The owner of any female dog in
heat shall not keep, harbor, or otherwise
maintain such dog in the Village unless the
same is confined in a kennel or Veterinary
Hospital or in an enclosed building on the
owner's property- during the entire period
such dog is in heat. Any female dog in
heat which is not confined is hereby de-
clared to be a public nuisance and may be
apprehended and impounded upon the or-
der of the Chief of Police.
SECTION XV. RABIES: Any dog suf-
fering from rabies is hereby declared to be
a public nuisance and such dog may be
slain by any Police Officer, Animal War-
den, or such other person charged with the
enforcement of this ordinance, if the same
cannot be safely apprehended, and impound-
ed. It shall be the duty of any person keep-
ing, harboring, or otherwise maintaining any
such dog to place it immediately in a Vet-
erinary Hospital, or upon demand, to sur-
render such dog to any Police Officer, An-
imal Warden, or other person charged with
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