HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-55 - Amendments to Chapter 5 of the Municipal CodeORDINANCE NO • 7 { '--' ~
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AN ORDINANCE AME LTG FOWLS, REO~ SITE CCITYINOFPORIVERSIDEF
i CHAPTER 5, ANIMALS
MISSOURI.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Code Section 5.5 shall be amended to read as
follows:
"S.5 IMPOUNDMENT OF ANIMALS
a.
All abandoned animals shall be impounded by the A.C.O.
or City Police Department. Impounded animals shall be
confined in the animal shelter for a period of seven
(7) days or, in the case of licensed dogs for a period
of fourteen (14) days. The period shall commence on
the date of impoundment except for animals impounded
under Section 5.4, in which case the period eriod
commence upon the expiration of the observation p
therein provided. After impounding any animal the
A.C.O. shall promptly notify the owner of the
impoundment if the owner can be ascertained and
located after reasonable investigation. However, no
liability shall attach to the A.C.O., the City, nor to
any officer or employee of the city for failure to
notify such owner. The A.C.O. shall release an
impounded animal to its owner upon production of
satisfactory proof of ownership and payment of all
fees prescribed in this chapter if the owner seeks the
release of the animal within the impoundment period.
Any impounded animal remaininuponc paymentatof hallnfees
the impoundment period may, erson who shall
and charges due, be released to any p
provide satisfactory proof of an intention to provide
the animal with humane and proper care; provided, no
unspayed female dog shall be released to asuclicensed
without written certification by
veterinarian Chat the veterinarian has been paid in
full for the spaying of the dog and will perform the
operation within the earlier of thirty l34) days or
such dog's first fertile period. Animals which have
destroyed inasome human elmannertby he AWCgOs shall be
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b. An animal shall be impounded for not less than seven
(7) nor more than fourteen (14) days as required by
Section 5.5(a) except as follows: When an animal
arzives at the animal shelter in so sick or injured a
condition that in the judgment of the animal control
officer or a licensed veterinarian, human compassion
requires that the suffering be promptly ended. In
such instances said time period shall not apply, and
the animal will be humanely destroyed to prevent
needless suffering."
Section 2. A new SeCtiori 5.4 (e) shall be enacted, which
shall read as follows:
"5.4 (e). Any guard dog (for the purposes of this chapter
herein defined as a dog not owned by the governmental unit
which the dog is used to guard public or private property)
used in the city, by virtue of such use, is hereby declared
tv be subject to the license requirements of t ais licensed
must be vaccinated against rabies by
veterinarian; must, if brought into the city the m official
the State of Missouri, be accompa the Code of State
health certificate required by
Regulations at 1 CSR Section 30^2.01(8), which certificate
shall be exhibited upon request of any city animal control
or police officer; must be controllable by its keeper: the
must not be used in a manner which, as determined by
animal control officer, endangers individuals not on the
premises guarded. Any person operating a guard dog service
in the city shall register such bus emiseslto bee guarded
control officer and shall list all p
with the animal control officer before such service
begins."
Section 3. Section 5.7 shall be amended to read as follows:
"5.7 CARE OF ANIMALS
(a) The owner of any animal shall provide the animal with
humane shelter from heat, cold, rain, wind, snow and
the elements, and shall provide the animal with
adequate food and water necessary to maintain the
animal's good health and comfort. All animals shall
be given the opportunity for vigorous daily exercise
and shall be provided with anyDOnehousesy andtkennels
care to prevent any suffering. g
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(b) Every pen, run, cage or other yard establishment
wherein any animal is kept shall be maintained so that
no offensive, disagreeable or noxious s annoyanceodor
shall arise therefrom to the injury,
inconvenience of any neighbor.
(c) A11 manure accumulations in any pen, run, cage or
yard establishment wherein an animal is kept shall be
removed or disposed of in such a manner as to prevent
the breeding of flies.
It shall be unlawful for the person in control of a
dog to allow the dog to deposit manure on public
property or on the private property of another person.
The owner or keeper of every animal, when such animal
is off the property controlled by the owner or keeper,
shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta
deposited by such animal on public walks, streets,
recreation areas or private property, and it shall be
a violation of this chapter for such owner or keeper
to fail to remove or provide for the removal of such
excreta before taking an animal from the immediate
area Where such eXCretion Occurred.'
Section 4. 7.'he City Clerk is hereby directed to make the
requisite changes to the Code Book,.
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PASSED THIS ~~(~ DAY OF ~~'' ~ ~~_~_°~- 1992.
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CITY CLERK - iJ --77!! /,~,
APPROVED THIS ~~~~ DAY OF ~~%'L,C~-~j _____- 1592.
MAYOR