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ORDINANCE NO. 109
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 9 OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO;
REQUIRING THE LICENSING OF DOGS, PRESCRIBING LICENSE
FEE, PROHIBITING DOGS FROM RUNNING AT LARGE, DEFINING
A KENNEL, AND REQUIRING KENNEL LICENSES, PROVIDING FOR
THE IMPOUNDING OF DOGS, PROVIDING FEES FOR THE OBTAIN-
ING OF DOGS IMPOUNDED, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF A POUNDMASTER, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, to-wit:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 9 of the village of
Chubbuck, Idaho, passed and approved on the 17th day of July,
1951, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person
to own, harbor, keep or possess a dog over the age of four
(4) months within the City without first procurring license
therefor as provided herein.
Section 3. All dog licenses shall be issued on
a calendar year basis and the fees therefor shall be as follows:
For each male or spade female dog, $3.00 per year or
fraction thereof. For each unspade female dog, $5.00 per year
or fraction thereof. For each dog over two, licensed to the
owners of any single premises, an additional $10.00 per dog per
year or any fraction thereof, provided, however, that when any
dog shall be temporarily in the city of Chubbuck, Idaho, for
a period of less than 30 days the owner thereof shall be entitled
to obtain a temporary license at no cost.
Section 4. Every dog shall at all times wear a
substantial, durable collar, to which shall be securely attached
the required license tag.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful for the owner of
any dog to allow or permit the same, whether licensed or not,
to be or remain upon the streets or alleys of the City of
Chubbuck or in any public place of the City of Chubbuck or upon
any other premises without the consent of the person in possessio~
of such other premises unless:
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(a) Such dog be in the charge of a person and
controlled by a leash not exceeding l~r feet in length, or
(b) Said dog be confined in a motor vehicle.
Section 6. Upon learning that any dog is running
at large or that any dog is a dog of a vicious nature or has
been found to be a Public nuisance as set forth in this Section,
the Police Department of the City will notify the owner or
keeper of such dog in writing or in person that such dog has beer.
found to be running at large, vicious, or has been found to be
a public nuisance and if such owner or keeper of such dog
thereafter refuses or fails to prevent such dog from howling or
barking during the hours between sunset and sunrise, or refuses
or fails to prevent such dog from destroying property of others,
or refuses or fails to prevent such dog from running at large,
then such owner shall be deemed guilty of a misdeamor, and
said dog, if declared and found, to be a public nuisance, may
be killed by any officer of the City entrusted with the
enforcement of this Chapter.
Section' 7. A commercial kennel shall~ be defined
as any lot or premises or portion thereof on which 3 or more
dogs, cats, and other household animals are maintained,
harbored, possessed, boarded, bred or cared for in return for
compensation, or kept for sale.
No commercial kennel shall be allowed, within the'
city without a permit. An application for said permit shall
be made to the city planning and. zoning commission. The
planning and zoning commission shall conduct such investigation
and/or hearing as it deems necessary, and shall thereafter
forward the application to the city council with its recommendat~ol
If the city council shall determine that the issuance of such l~
permit is not in the interest of the community and is detrimenta~
to the surrounding property it shall upon payment of such licens~
fees as shall be established, by the council issue the permit.
Section 8. The Animal Control Officer of the
City of Chubbuck or any other person designated or employed.
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by the City shall impound, any and all dogs found running at
large in the streets, alleys, or other public places or other
places as defined in Section 5 above, whether such dog running
at large is owned or harbored, by a person residing within the
City of Chubbuck or elsewhereo The Animal Control Officer or
other person so designated by the Mayor may seize, impound and
destroy in a humane manner any and all dogs wihtout licenses as
required by Section 4. When a dog wearing a collar bearing a cu~-
rent license tag is taken up, the poundmaster shall notify the
owner or representative of the owner is such can be found.; the
owner or representative may~pon payment to the City of the sum
of $5.00 pound fee plus $2.00 per day for each day which the
dog has been impounded return said dog. If the owner or
representative of the owner of the dog taken up and impounded under
the provisions of this Section shall fail to pay said fees withi~
3 days after such notice has been given, the poundmaster may
dispose of the dog.
Section 9. The poundmaster shall have authority to
order the owner of any dog showing symptoms of rabies, or of
any dog which has bitten any person or persons, so as to cause
an abrasion of the skin, to subject such dog to the city pound
for quarantine for a period of not to exceed 15 days, and if
such dog shall be determined free of rabies the same shall be
~etu~ned to owner upon payment of one-half (½) the required fee
for keeping dogs impounded. No other fee shall be ~harged.
If such fee is not paid the dog shall be subject to disposal
as provided in Section 4.
Provided, however, that in lieu of submitting such
dog to the city pound, the owner may, at his expense, admit
such dog to a veterinarian for examination.
Any dog afflicted with rabies shall be disposed of im-
mediately; either by the owner or by the poundmaster.
Section 10. The poundmaster designated and
employed by the city may impound any and all dogs found run-
ning at large in the streets, alleys or other public places or
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other premises as defined and prohibited, by Section 6, whether
such dog so running at large is owned or harbored by a person
within the limits of the City of Chubbuck or elsewhere; the
poundmaster designated, and employed by the city may impound
any and all dogs without collars bearing licenses as required
by Section 4; provided., that when a dog is wearing a collar bear-
ing a license tag of the preceding year is taken up, the poundma~t
shall notify the owner or representative of the owner, if such
owner or representative can be found. The owner or representatiQe
of the owner of any dog which may be taken up and impounded
under the provisions of this Section, may recover possession of
such dog upon payment to the city of the license fee and upon
payment to the city of the fees and costs in this chapter
provided. If the owner or representative of the owner of any
dog taken up and. impounded under the provisions of this section
shall fail to pay the license fee on such dog, and the costs
and fees provided by this chapter, within three (3) days after
such notice has been given, the poundmaster may dispose~ of
such dog; First, by delivering the same to any person who will
pay the license and the costs and. fees herein provided; Second,
by destroying such dog in a humane way.
Sectionll. The Mayor may appoint a poundmaster
and give him the authority of a Police Officer under the
supervision of the Chief of Police, to be responsible for the
enforcement of all dog regulations as well as other stray animal~
All fees shall be turned over to the City Treasurer.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder or moles~
any person who may be engaged in seizing or killing of any dog
within the city limits, when such person is authorized to do
same.
Section 12. The violation of any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be considered a misdemeanor.
Section 13, An emergency is hereby declared, to
exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
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immediately upon its passage and approval and publication as
provided by law.
APPROVED BY THEn,~'~vr~.~,~ OF eIIE ~,,]'.Ti OF C!!UBBUCK~ IDAHO,
d~y of June, l¢)'77
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