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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCE 0037-1962CITY OF i~EI~A! O~CDIl~f~C~ NO. 37 ~ll~I}II~ ORDII~NCE ~0. 15 TO PRO¥IDE FOR P,~BI~ LqSP~.CI'IO~I ~D I(I)NTROL tgD l'J!lMl~'rION OD HOLDING TItiI~ FOR I,~POUNDED IX~C.c PP.C~i FIV.~ DAYS TO THR~E DA¥$o Th__e City o..~f~enai, Alaska Ordains: Section 1. That Ordinance Ho. 15, Section 18 shall be amended to read as £ollowa: "Section 18. (a) l~henever any person o~ning, pos,easing or harbor- ing any dog within the City limits shall learn that such dog has bitten any h~an be~, ~uch pcr~n shall ~aediat¢l~ ~..~ound =aid dos, in.- ,..-.-~'~o of con- fine.eat to be desi~na~c, oy the City. ~aid place o£ con£zne~ent mus~ preven~ escape and include facilities placing the dog in total isoIation from any human being or other animal. A report of the actions taken shall immediately be re- po~ted to the City Clerk ~ho shall holily all responsible officials. !~enevet responsible of Iicials o£ the City aha11 learn that any hunn~n beam8 has been bitten by any dog within the City, the identity of such dog shall be aKertainedand the person o~mins, possessing or harboring it shall immediately deliver Said dog for impounding as required herein. Any dog so impounded shall be kept continuously confined for a perto~ o£ 14 days from the day thc doi bit the human being, and the o~ner, ~ossessor~ or person harboring the said dog shall be responsible for such charges as may be required for pounding, including but not limited to a fee £or isolation of the said dog, food £or the dog and special charges required £or rabies prevention. (b) Upon learning that a dog has bitten a human being, the police shall immediately noti£y the Department o£ Health ar~t ~elfare and ir~o~m the said State ~ency o£ the place ~here the said do6 ia impounded. The City shall ~ntract with pe~ns kno~le~eable with care ~d ha~X~g o~ ~ell a~ sic~ ~s ~or inspection of the said do8 ~or the 14 days of ~o~in~ent to determine fl,ted ~ the City shall have access to the premises ~hete the ~ ts kept at all reachable ~ura, a~ may t~e possession o~ the ~g and co~inc it in ee designated ~g po~d of the City or other suitable place at the e~enae o~ the o~er. ~e o~et or per~n in possession or harbori~ such dog under observa- tion aha11 iaediately notify the Pepar~t o~ Health end ~elfate of t~State ot 31aaka ot any evidence of sic~esa or di~aae in ~he dog duti~ its period of ;o~in~ent s~ ~all prosily deliver its carcass to the appropriate agency in the event o~ the an~l*a death during the said period. Duri~ the pe;i~ of co~in~ent, t~ o~ner, persoz~ in possession or per~n harborin6 6uch ~ shall be liable for all expenses of co~inin~ such ~g in i~lation. (c) l~henever the prevalence o£ hydrophobia render~ such action necess- ary, to protect the public health and sa~ci~, the ~ayor shall issue ~ proclama- tion o~derin$ every person otming or keeping a dog to corrina him au:ely on his premises unless he ts muzzled so that he cannot bite. No person shall violate such proclamation, and any unmuzzled do8 runnin~ at large during the time fixed by the ~rocl~ation shall be killed by the police without notice to the ovmer. ORDZNA~C2 NO. 37 Section 2. la the evcr. t an), an~ma!, other than a dog, shall require con£inement for ~urpose of cbservation £or hydrophobia, or rabies, then such animal shall be treated in the a~mner specified £or handling rabid dogs. Section 3. In the event an oamer, person Ln possession or person har- bor~g a dog, or other animal Chariot be held reapons£ble for expenses [or co~finement for observation of rabies infected animal, then the City shall be authorized to assume the expenses imposed by this Ordinance. Section 4. Section No. 7, Ordinance No. 15 of Kenai, Alaska is hereby amended to read as ~GIlOWa: Section 7. NOTIC~ OF I~tI~UHDI~G - Upon taking up and ~pounding any dog as prov~ied in Section 6~ there shall be posted on the City Council ~alletin Board a notice o~ Jdapound£ng in substantially the following form: ~TI~OF ~Ii~UNDI~G IX~ Date ......... 196-- TO~IC~ IT )~YCONCERN: I have this day taken up and impounded in the pound of the City of Kenai~ at street~ a dog answering to tbs following description'S'" Sex....Color ..... Breed Approx~nate age Name of Owner . ~otice is harebygiven that unless such do~ ~s'~ia~and redeemed ou oz be~o~e .. M on the day o~ 196--, the same will be s~ or killed aG ~rovLded by ~r~in~ce'~'~ (~ol~ce O~ficer or ~OUnd-~s~et)- TI~ date of kill/ag the dog shall be thtr....~dday after posting o£ the notice~ unless that date [alia on a Sunday or holiday~ in which case It shall be the£ollowing day. Section ~, Section 11 of Ordinance lto. 15 is hereby amended to read as[ollows~ Section Il. Disposition of Unclaimed Dogs. Any dogs not claimed aG ~rov~ded in Sectban 8~ within ~ days ~fter impounding ahalJ, be sold [or not less than the amount provided in Section 8 to anyone desiring to purchase the dog. Al! auks received above the coat and tax shall be held by the Clerk £or the benefit o£ the o.~ner. If not claimed Lq sixty daye~ such £unda shall be placed in the general £unds of the ¢ityo Any dog which is not cla~med by the o~ner or sold shall be killed and buried by the pound,aster. First Read, ag 28 day o£ November, 1962. Passed 5 day of December, 1962. CITY OF Y~NAI ATTBST: By: S//,, J,amea G- D~e JAMBS G. DY.B, )iAYOR ~S/I~/. Frances Tot ~.ilsen , GES TOP~ILSEN, CITY CL~K