HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2016-094-O-16E-- -dive Date: January 21, 2017 7/7/2016
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 9-4-8, i°Impoundment Procedures"
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: City Code Section 9-4-8 of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended ("City Code"), is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
9-4-8. - IMPOUNDMENT PROCEDURES.
(A) Disposition Of Unredeemed Animals: Unrestrained dogs may be taken by police
or the animal control officer and impounded in an animal shelter, and confined in
a humane manner. Impounded animals must kept for not less than seven (7)
days unless reclaimed, upon a showing of proof of rabies inoculation by their
owners. If the owner can be identified by a license tag or other means, the
Animal Control Warden must immediately upon impoundment notify the owner by
telephone or mail of the impoundment of the animal. Animals not claimed by
their owners within seven (7) days become the property of the City of Evanston
and any such animal's subsequent disposition will be in accordance with the
policies and procedures set forth by the City of Evanston.
(B) Redemption Of Impounded Animals: An owner reclaiming an impounded animal
shall pay a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) plus three dollars ($3.00) for each day that
the animal has been impounded; provided, however, that where such animal is
unlicensed the fee shall be increased by the cost of the license, said amount to
include the issuance of a license.
(C) Option Of Animal Control Warden To Proceed Against Owner For Violation: In
addition to the authority granted in Subsection (A) of this Section, the Animal
Control Warden, or a police officer, shall issue to any person violating any
provisions of this Chapter a notice of ordinance violation. Such notice. shall
disclose the penalty provided by ordinance for such violation which may, at the
discretion of the violator, be paid to the City Collector within ten (10) days of the
issuance of said notice in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. In the event
that such penalty is not paid within the ten (10) day period, a complaint may be
filed in the circuit court of Cook County and upon conviction thereof the violator
shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-4-20 of this
Chapter.
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SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
passage.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its
SECTION 4: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
Introduced:_ Q\ )&M tf 1,�►, 2016
Adopted: )C��u U�1 a' , 201
Attest:
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Rddney G ene, City Clerk
2016
Approved:
Eliz th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel