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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1964-050-O-64037 Revised 3/29/65 4/5/65 4/12/65 50-0-64 • AN ORDINANCE Amending Chapters 5 and 28 of the Code of the City of Evanston by adding thereto Section 5-16.1, Regulating Dogs in Public Places in the City of Evanston, and Amending Section 28-1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SECTION to That Chapter 5 of the Code of the City of Evanston is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 5-16.1, which section shall read as follows° "If any dog shall commit a nuisance on any street, sidewalk, alley or public place in the city, or upon any private property, other than that of the dog owner, the owner or agent of the owner having control of said dog shall immediately abate said • nuisance by cleaning the premises and removing the subject matter of the nuisance." SECTION 2< That Section 28-1 of the Code of the City of Evan - stop is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph! "The provisions of this section shall not be construed to define a violation of this Code when the owner whose dog has committed a nuisance on any street, sidewalk, alley, public place, or private property, other than that of the owner, shall immediately abate the nuisance in the manner provided in Section 5-16.1 of this Code. Nor shall the owner of any dog be guilty of a viola- tion of this section when the nuisance is committed by the dog on the owner's property, if the offensive sub- stance is removed within twenty-four hours." 038 SECTION 3: Any person who violates • the terms of this ordi- nance by failing to remove said nuisance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than eight dollars ($8.00) for the first offense, not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the second or any subsequent offenses, nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each such offense. This maximum fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00) is established notwithstanding the maximum fine provided in Section 1-4 of the Code of the City of Evanston. SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law. • INTRODUCED March 29, 1965 ADOPTtO April 12 1965 ATTEST: Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel Corporation Counsel APPROVED April 12 , 1965 /s/ John D. Emery -2-