Ordinance 1954-52 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DOGS
Be It Ordained by the President and the Board of
Trustees of the Village of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illi-
nois, that:
Section 1. License. Every person who harbors or
keeps a dog of over the age of three months in the Village
shall pay an annual tax on such dog of $3.00 if it be an un-
spayed female, and $1.00 if it be a male, or a spayed female,
which tax shall be paid irAdvance on or before the first day
of June 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 Clerk 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 current year at-
taohed to such collar.
Section 3. Running at large. It shall be unlawful
to permit any dog to run at large within the Village. 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. Disturbances. Any dog, within the oor-
porate limits of the Villageiwhich shall be barking, bittng,
howling, whining, or in any other manner disturbing the quiet
of, or becoming a source of annoyance to any person, or per-
sons, whatsoever, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and
upon complaint being made to the President' of the Board of
trustees, of such disturbance, 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 possewsion of such dog, or the owner or occupant of the
premises on which such dog may be kept, and the person so noti-
fied shall, within the twenty-four hours next follow,1tg; re-
ceipt of such notice abate such nuisance.
Section S. Inoculation. It shall be unlawful to
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
Village other than in an enclosed area unless . such dog has
been inobulat.ed against rabies by a licensed veterinarian with-
in the preceding year.
Section 6. Dog bites. It shall be tle 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 a period
of two weeks following the time the dog has bitten a person;
and to have the dog examined by a physician or licensed veter-
inarian at the commencement and termination of this two week
period. If such dog during this period shall the 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 Police, 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 hereinabove provided, shall
be impounded by the Police Department. If such dog shall not
have been redeemed within five days after being impounded, it s
shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by the Board .of .
Trustees.
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 our_
rent tax , if the same is unpaid. Such fees shall be paid to
the Village Clerk,
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 $5.00
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 unlawful
for any person to molest, resist, interfere with, hinder or
prevent any officer or person in the discharge of the duties
or powers donferred 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 publication
as required by law.
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Passed this� day of )(ay, 1954.
APPROVED:
--Village President
ATTEST:
Village Clerk