§ 5-42. Authorization for quarantine.

In the event a potential outbreak of rabies is suspected and the danger of the public safety from rabid animals is reasonably imminent, the city health officer or animal control officer is hereby authorized and it shall be his duty to issue a quarantine proclamation ordering persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog or cat to muzzle the same or confine it as herein provided for such time as may be specified in such quarantine proclamation. Under the publication of such proclamation by the health officer or animal control officer, the person keeping or harboring any dog, cat or other animal shall follow the procedure as prescribed in the definition "at large" except that any such animal under the control of an adult person on a leash or under control by voice command may do so only if the animal is effectively muzzled. All dogs, cats or other animals found at large during the time specified by the city health officer or animal control officer in a quarantine proclamation, without being properly confined or muzzled if under the control of an adult person, may be destroyed by any officer of the city if said officer is unable, with reasonable effort, to apprehend the animal for impoundment.

(Code 1962, § 5-45; Ord. of 1-10-2000)