§ 6-90. Emergency ordinance requiring confinement or restraint of cats or dogs when rabid animal at large.  


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  • When there is sufficient reason to believe that a rabid animal is at large, the city council shall have the power to pass an emergency ordinance, which shall become effective immediately upon passage, requiring owners of all cats or dogs in the city to keep the same confined on their premises, unless leashed under restraint of the owner in such a manner that persons or animals will not be subject to the danger of being bitten thereby. Any such emergency ordinance enacted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be operative for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, unless renewed by the city council.

    (Ord. No. 3245-84)

(Ord. No. 3245-84)