Ordinance 1958-34 1
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DOGS
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the United
City of the Village of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois,
that:
Section 1. License. Every person who harbors
or keeps a dog of over the age of three months in the City
shall pay an annual tax on such dog of $3.00 if it be an
unspayed female, and $1.00 if it be a male, or a spayed
female, which tax shall be paid in advance on or before the
first day of January of each year.
The Clerk shall keep a record of all dog taxes
paid and shall furnish to each person paying such tax a
metal tag, having stamped thereon numbers indicating the
year for which the tax is paid. A duplicate to replace a
lost or destroyed tag may be issued by the Clerk upon the
payment of twenty-five cents.
The tax required by this ordinance shall be paid
to the City Collector and shall be by him turned over to
the Treasurer.
Section 2, Tags. It shall be unlawful to permit
any dog to be on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other
public place unless such dog has a collar firmly attached
around his neck, with a license tax for the currect year
attached to such collar.
Section 3. Running at large. It shall be unlawful
to permit any dog to run at large within the City. Any
dog found upon any public street, sidewalk, alley or any un-
enclosed place, shall be deemed running at large unless such
dog is firmly held on a leash, or is in an enclosed vehicle.
Section 4. Dist;rbances. , Any dog, within the cor-
porate limits of the City which shall be barking, biting,
howling, whining, or in any other manner disturbing the quiet
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of, or becoming a source of annoyance to any person, or
persons, whatsoever, is hereby declared to be a nuisance,
and upon complaint being made to the Mayor of such disturb-
ance, he shall upon being satisfied of the truth of such
complaint, direct the Chief of Police or any other such
official, to notify the owner or person having the possess-
ion of such dog, or the owner or occupant of the premises
on which such dog may be kept, and the person so notified
shall, within the twenty-four hours next following the re-
ceipt of such notice abate such nuisance.
Section 5, Inoculation. It shall be unlawful to
permit any dog which is not on a leash, under control, or
muzzled to be in any public street, parkway, sidewalk, park,
in any store or place of public gathering or in any place
in the City other than in an enclosed area unless such dog
has been inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinar-
ian within the preceding year.
Section 6. Dog Bites. It shall be the duty of the
owner or person having custody of any dog which bites any
human being to keep such dog locked up in an enclosure for
• period of two weeks following the time the dog has bitten
• person; and to have the dog examined by a physician or
licensed veterinarian at the commencement and termination
of this two week period. If such dog during this period
shall die or shall show definite signs of illness, it shall
be the duty of such owner or person having custody of the
dog to turn the dog over to the health officer or Chief of
Polide, so that it can be determined whether or not the dog
had rabies.
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Section 7,, Impounding. Any dog found upon any
public street or highway running at large, or any dog for
which the annual tax has not been paid as herelnabove pro-
vided, shall be impounded by the Police ,Department. If
such dog shall not have been redeemed within five days after
being impounded, it shall be disposed of in the manner pre
scribed by the City Council.
Any dog impounded may be redeemed by the owner upon
payment of a fee of fifty cents . a day, for each day the dog
has been impounded, plus a release fee of $3.00 and the cur
rent tax, if the same is unpaid. Such fees shall be paid
to the City Collector. '
section 8, Definition. The term "dog" as used in .
this ordinance includes any canine three months or more of
age.
Section 9. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation
violating this ordinance shall be fined not less than $5.0,0
nor more than $100.00 for each offense, and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on
which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 10, Resisting Officer. It.shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to molest, resist, interfere with, hinder
or prevent any officer or person in the discharge of the
duties or powers conferred upon them by this ordinance.
Section 11. Any ordinance in conflict herewith_is
repealed.
Section 12. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and public-
ation as required by law.
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Signed :and approved this �_ y
A, D., 1958.
Mayor
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Passed this 13 day of Aetebe A.D., 195b•
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