6.04.190 Rabies--Quarantine.
A. Any animal that bites or exposes a person or another animal to the possibility of contracting rabies shall be impounded and quarantined for a period of ten days. The owner or caretaker of the animal shall be liable for the cost of impoundment and quarantine.
1. If the animal has a current rabies vaccination, the animal control officer may allow the animal to be quarantined at the residence of the owner or caretaker. Any animal so quarantined shall be contained solely on the property of the owner or caretaker and shall have no contact with other animals.
B. The animal shall be examined immediately after it has bitten anyone and again at the end of the ten-day period. If at the end of the ten days, an animal control officer is convinced that the animal is free from rabies, the animal shall be released from quarantine.
C. If the animal dies in the meanwhile, the animal control officer, the animal shelter manager or a duly appointed agent shall notify proper public health officials and shall follow the requirements of state law. The owner of the animal shall be financially liable for the cost of any examinations or investigations that may result.
D. Anyone with knowledge that an animal has bitten a person or has exposed the person to the possibility of contracting rabies shall immediately notify the animal control officer. (Ord. 07-12 (part), 2007)