Chapter 7.03 ANIMAL CONTROL
Section 7.03.100 Regulation of keeping dangerous animals.
1. Every person, firm or corporation owning, keeping, sheltering or harboring
a dangerous animal shall
report such fact to the Siouxland District Health Department and to the poundmaster, together with the
following information:
a. The species name of each such animal;
b. The number of such animals of each such species kept
on the premises;
c. A physical description of each such animal, including
any pet name to which it might respond;
d. The location of such animal or animals within the
city, including the location of the cage or place of
confinement upon or in said premises wherein said animal or animals are kept;
e. In the case of poisonous dangerous animals, the location
of the nearest source of anti-venom for that
species.
2. Every person, firm or corporation keeping, sheltering or
harboring a dangerous animal shall
at all times keep such animals securely confined within a cage or other enclosure.
3. No person, firm or corporation owning, keeping, harboring
or sheltering a dangerous animal
shall permit or allow such animal to enter upon or traverse any public property, park property,
public right-of-way, or the property of another, except when such animal is being transported
while caged or confined.
4. In the event that a dangerous animal is found at large and
unattended upon public property,
park property, public right-of-way, or the property of someone other than its owner, such animal
may, in the discretion of the city manager or his designee, or the chief of police, be destroyed if
it
cannot be confined or captured, thereby creating a hazard to life or property. The city, its officers
and employees shall be under no duty to attempt the confinement or capture of a dangerous
animal found at large, nor shall it have the duty to notify the owner of such animal prior to its
destruction. (Ord. 2007-0100, 82/T-1235)