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Code of Ordinance › Chapter 14 — ANIMALS › Article II — ANIMALS

The Village Manager or other designated village official is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with licensed veterinary hospitals, boarding kennels or animal shelters to carry out the impoundment provisions of this section. The Village may also establish criteria for the release of animals impounded to owners and others claiming such animal, including fees for the first and/or subsequent impoundments of the same animal, and where applicable may require immunization certificates, neuterization or proof of licensing. All animals placed under the custody of an animal shelter shall be kept, released or disposed of according to established procedures or any applicable contract.

1. (a) Any animal found to be kept or housed, or permitted to run at large, in violation of this ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance, and may be seized by an animal control officer or employee of the village, and animals so caught shall be delivered to an animal shelter to be impounded or disposed of in accordance with applicable law.
2. (b) Any person, acting in the interest of public safety, may, at his/her own risk, place under reasonable restraint any animal running at large which shall attack, bite or cause injury to any person in his/her presence; provided that any person exercising the authority hereby conferred, shall forthwith notify a member of the Police Department, animal control officer or other authorized Village employees that he/she has so placed an animal under restraint, to the end that animal may be promptly picked up and impounded in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
3. (c) Whenever any animal running at large shall be found upon the premises of any owner or occupant of residential or business property within the Village, destroying property or committing a nuisance upon such premises, such owner or occupant, or a member of his/her family, or any duly authorized employee, may at his/her own risk, while such animal remains on the premises of such owner or occupant, place it under reasonable restraint for the purpose of having it impounded; provided that any person exercising the authority hereby conferred, shall forthwith notify a member of the Police Department, animal control officer or other authorized Village employees that he/she has so placed an animal under restraint, to the end that animal may be promptly picked up and impounded in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

Any animal control officer is authorized to kill any animal in accordance with the following subsections:

1. (a) Such officer may kill any animal which he/she sees in the act of pursuing, worrying or wounding any livestock or poultry, or attacking persons or domestic animals, and there shall be no liability, in damages or otherwise, for such killing.
2. (b) Such officer may kill any animal determined to be molesting wildlife and not lawfully hunting.
3. (c) Such officer may kill any animal when permitted by state law or any other applicable law. Secs. 14-104—14-120. - Reserved.

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