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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 1