5944 AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 46 - CONTROL OF ANIMALS, FOWL AND DOGS

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� ' : • � Chapte r 46 � ' Page 3 . (e) Direct, effecti��e, phy�ica� contral means mechanical ex- ercise of authority oveY a dog or other animal by the person in contxol of the ani.mal, by means of a leash, cord, rope, strap or ahain which shall be fastened to the collar or harness of the aaimal and of sufficien� strength to control the dog or animal. (f} Registration Certificate - a document or writing furnish- ed by the City Clerk of the City of Decatur upon proper registra- tio:� and upon payment of the registration fee herein imposed. (g) Registration Tac� - a tag, disk, plate of suitable and chxr- abin material furnishecl by the City Clerk. (h) Vicious, dangerous or fierce - an animal �ich has once bitten a pexson, or an animal which displays by barkzng, or snarl- ing, or growling, or sn.�pping at a person, or rushing as or upon, or chasing a person, or by other ovext action, displays an inclina- tion ta do harm to, or to grighten a pe�son, and includes an animal which attacks or worries or mutilates, or wounds, or kil.ls a dog, or a cat, or a domestic animal. (i) AcLministrator - means a veterinarian licensed by the State of Illinois and appointed by the Macon County Board pursuant to the Sta�te ot Illinois "Animal Control Act" as amended. II. No owner sha11 permit ar suffer a dog to run at large dvitt�-� Running At in th� City a� any time. Large Fb r- biclden 12. Any dag f�und runn�ng at Iargo at any timQ within the City Impounding sha�.l be taken up and impounded as hereinafter provided, 13. No person shall own arithin the Ci�y a dog which has not Rabies Ino- been annually innooulated against rabies. cul�ticn - Dogs 14. No person shall within the City own a cat which has not Rabies Ino- ` been annually innoculat�d agaa.n�t rabies. cuiation - Cats � 15. No person shall u�.thin the City own a viciaus or dangex- Vicinus Dog ous ox fierce animal. Exempt from this Sect ion axe po7.ice owned Foxbidden dogs.