1965-016a
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AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING ANIMALS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COUNTIES OF COOK AND LAKE, ILLINOIS, that:
ORDINANCE NO. 0-58-6 is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE I General Provisions
Section 1. Cruelty.) No person shall cruelly treat any animal
in the village in any way. Any person who inhumanely beats, under-
feeds, overloads, or abandons any animal shall be deemed guilty of a
violation of this section.
Section 2. Dangerous animals.) It shall be unlawful to permit
any dangerous, vicious or unrulyanimal of any kind to run at large
within the village.
Section 3. Noises) It shall be unlawful to harbor or keep
any animal which disturbs the peace by loud noises at any time of the
day or night and the same is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
Section 4. Keeping animals.) It shall be unlawful for any
person to keep any mule, cattle, sheep, pig or fowl of any kind
(except cats, dogs and birds) "in the Village or to allow or permit
suph animals or fowl at large in the Village
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" Section 5. Killing dangerous animals.) The members of the
police department or -, are hereby
authorized to kill any dangerous animals of any kind when it is
necessary for the protection of any person or property.
Section 6. Dead Animals or Fowl.) No person shall place or
deposit or cause to be placed or deposited at any place in the
Village the remains of any dead animal or fowl.
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Section 7. Diseased animals.) No domestic animal afflicted
with a contagious disease or infectious disease shall be allowed
to run at large, or to be exposed in any public place whereby the
health of man or beast may be affected; nor shall such diseased
animal be shipped or removed from the premises of the owner thereof,
except under supervision of the health officer.
It is hereby made the duty of the chief of police to secure
such disposition of any diseased animal and such treatment of
affected premises as to prevent the communication and spread of
contagion or infection, except in cases where the state veterinarian
is -.empowered to act.
Section 8. Housing.) No person shall cause or allow any place
where any animal is or may be kept to become unclean, or unwhole-
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ARTICLE II - DOGS
Section 1. Register and license required.) Any person who
keeps, harbors or otherwise maintains a dog more than six months of
age on January 1st in the village shall register and procure an animal
license for the same not later than the first day of march in each year.
Any dog over six months of age purchased or otherwise acquired after..
the first day of January in any year shall also be registered and
licensed as provided herein not later than fifteen days after the
same is purchased or otherwise acquired, and any dog less than six
months of age shall also be registered and licensed as provided herein
not later than fifteen days after the same becomes six months of age.
Provided that any dog becoming six months of age after July lst or
being six months of age and acquired after July lst a one -half year
license fee shall be charged.
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Section 2. Application - license.) The application for
registration and license shall be made to the village clerk and
shall state the name, address and telephone number of the owner,
the breed, color, sex, name and date of inoculation against rabies
of the dog to be registered. The village clerk shall cause this
information to be entered in a dog register book at the time of
registration.
Section 3. License tag.) Upon payment of the license fee
required herein and upon presentation of certificate of licensed
veterinarian that the dog to be registered and licensed has been
inoculated against rabies the village clerk shall issue a license
certificate and metal license tag for each dog registered.
Each tag-shall have stamped thereon the 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 clerk upon payment of fifty cents.
Section 4. Annual license fee.) The license shall be three
dollars for each dog, for each year or fraction thereof; provided,
however, that when a dog is purchased or otherwise acquired or
becomes six months of age after the last day of June in a license
year, the license fee shall be reduced fifty percent for that license
year.
Section 5. Inoculation against rabies.) It shall be the duty
of every owner who keeps, harbors or otherwise maintains a dog
more than six months of age in the village to have the same inoculated
against rabies by a licensed veterinarian during each twelve month
period preceding the date such dog is required to be registered.
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The type and brand of the anti -rabic vaccine used and the method
of inoculation shall be approved by the Department of Agriculture
of the State and the United States Department of Agriculture. Any
dog which is not inoculated against rabies as required herein is
hereby declared to be a public nuisance and such dog may be
apprehended and impounded upon the order of the chief of police.
Section 6. Collar and tag.) livery owner shall provide each
dog, more than six 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 fastened 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 7. Unauthorized removal 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 article to remove a
license tag from any dog without the owner's or his agent's consent.
Section 8. Running at large.) It shall be unlawful to permit
to run at large any dog on the streets, parks or public ways of the
village, or in any church, school, public hall or building, office,
store or market, restaurant or other place where food is served during
the time the said place is open for business. If any dog shall be
found upon the private premises 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. The provisions of
this section shall not apply to dogs leading blind persons, onto
dogs exhibited at dog or pet shows, or dog training schools.
Section 9. Nuisances.) Any dog which runs at large is hereby
declared to be a public`:nuisance and such dog shall be apprehended
and impounded if found running at large by any police officer, animal
warden or other person charged with the enforcement of this article.
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Section 10. Dangerous dogs.) Any dog of fierce,
dangerous or vicious propensities shall be confined by the owner
on the owner's premises at all times in such a manner that it
cannot reach persons who may have occasion to lawfully enter upon
said premises.
Section 11. Dog bites.) It shall be the duty of the owner of
any dog to prevent such dog from -biting or attacking any person
in the village, and if a person is bitten by a dog he shall report
the incident to the police department immediately.
Any dog which unprovokedly bitesor attacksany person 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 article.
If an owner has notice that his dog has bitten any person, it shall
be unlawful for such owner to kill such dog, or sell or give such dog
away, or to permit or allow such dog to be taken beyond the limits of
the village except to a licensed veterinary hospital, but it shall be
the duty of such owner to immediately report the incident to the police
department and to immediately place such dog in a licensed veterinary
hospital where such dog shall be quarantined for a period of at least
ten days, or upon the request of any police officer, animal warden or
other person charged with the enforcement of this article, to deliver
such dog to them for such placement. The owner shall immediately
furnish the police department with the name and location of said
hospital and a certificate of a licensed veterinarian stating whether
or not such dog shows symptoms of rabies. At the expiration of the
quarantine period, and prior to the release of such dog, the owner
shall furnish the police department with another certificate of a
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licensed veterinarian stating that such dog does not have rabies. All
costs of maintaining such dog in a veterinary 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 ten days from the time of the bite, it shall be.the
duty of the person slaying such dog and the owner of such dog to
notify the police department and to immediately deliver the head
of such dog intact to said department, or cause the same to be done.
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and impounded. It shall be the duty of any person keeping, harboring
or otherwise maintaining any such dog to place it immediately in
a veterinary hospital, or upon demand, to surrender such dog to
any police officer, animal warden or other person charged with the
enforcement of this article.
It shall be the duty of every person who discovers that any dog
is suffering with rabies or that any dog or other animal has been
bitten by a dog or other animal suffering with rabies to report such
fact immediately to the chief of police. Such report shall give
the name, if known, and the place of residence of the person keeping,
harboring, or otherwise maintaining any such dog or other animal, the
place where the same can be found, and the license number of any dog,
if known. Any such dog or other animal shall be immediately confined
in a veterinary hospital, or taken up and impounded and securely kept
until it can be determined whether any such dog or other animal is
suffering with rabies.
Section 16. Muzzles.) Whenever the village president, by
proclamation;,, shall declare that.danger from rabies is great, it shall
be unlawful to permit or allow any dog upon the public street, alley,
or sidewalk or other place unless such dog is securely muzzled.
Section 17. impounding dogs.) The person in charge, upon
receiving any dog, shall make a complete registry entering the breed,
color and sex of such dog, and whether licensed. If licensed, he shall
enter the name, address and telephone number of the owner and the
number of the license tag. Licensed dogs shall be separated from
unlicensed dogs. Not later than twenty -four hours after the impounding
of any dog, the owner shall be notified by mail sent to his address
listed on the dog register book, or if the owner of the dog is unknown,
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notice' -shall be posted at the village pound and at the village hall
describing the dog and the time and place of taking.
Section 18. Redemption from pound.) The owner of any
licensed dog so impounded, or the person claiming to be the owner of
any unlicensed dog, may redeem such dog in accordance with the pro -
visions of this article upon payment of the license fee, if unpaid,
and an impounding charge of two dollars for each day or fraction
thereof, that such dog is impounded. All fees and charges shall be
paid to the village clerk and upon presentation of a proper receipt
from said village clerk, the person in charge of the village pound
shall release such dog in accordance with the provisions of this
article. Any dog which has been apprehended by the animal warden,
any police officer or any person or corporation charged with the
enforcement of this article :shall be deemed to have been impounded
if, in the opinion of such warden, police officer or person or
corporation charged with the enforcement of this article, confinement
in a temporary place of safe keeping is necessary.
Section 19. Disposition of unclaimed dogs.) It shall be the
duty of the person in charge of the village pound to keep all dogs
impounded in accordance with the provisions of this article. If any
impounded dog is not redeemed at the expiration of the sixth day after
the day notice was mailed or posted or provided herein, such dog may
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, without further notice; provided,
however, that if any dog has been destroyed or otherwise disposed of,
any person may redeem such dog in accordance with the provisions of
this article after the time for redemption by the owner has passed.
Section 20. Unlawful treatment of dogs.) It shall be unlawful
for any person to maliciously shoot, poison, kill, injure, abuse or
ill -treat any dog. Any person who kills or injures a dog while driving
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a vehicle shall stop at the scene of the accident and render such
assistance as practicable and shall immediately report the incident
to the plice department.
Section 21. Hindering enforcement.) It shall be unlawful
to hinder or molest any police officer, animal warden or person
or corporation engaged in the enforcement of this article, who shall
have the right to enter upon private property in the pursuit and
search for dogs._
Section 22. Exceptions.) The provisions of this article
relating to licenses shall not apply to dogs receiving treatment or
temporary care in veterinary hospital, boarding kennels or pet shops.
Section 23. Enforcement.) Thei -thief of police and such other
persons as may be designated by him are hereby authorized and directed
to enforce this article.
Section 24. Appointment of animal warden. The village board
may, from time to time, and upon such terms and conditions as it
deems proper, contract with any qualified person or corporation, and
may, pursuant to said contract, appoint such person, firm or
corporation, animal warden and he shall be ex- officio poundmaster of
and for the village.
Section 25. Penalty.) Any person convicted of any violation
of the provisions of this article, when no other penalty is provided,
shall be fined not less than r dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars for each offense.
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