HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-B-1471 ORDINANCE NO. B -1Li?1
AN ORDINANCE to prevent the spread of the disease of rabies or hydrophobia; providing for
the individual quarantine of dogs suspected of being infected with said
disease; providing for the general quarantine of all dogs in the City of
Yakima during any period when said disease is considered by the City Health
Officer to be a hazard to the public health; providing for the impounding
and destruction of any dogs running at large during the period of general
quarantine; providing for the treatment or destruction of dumb animals bitten
by a rabid dog; and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions
hereof; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the City Health Officer to cause to be
quarantined any dog within the City of Yakima which he has gounds to suspect of being
infected with the disease of rabies or hydrophobia. The biting of a human being by a
dog is specifically declared to be a ground for suspecting such animal to be so infected.
Section 2. Any such individual quarantine shall be initiated by delivering
to the owner or keeper of any such dog, a written notice of such quarantine which shall
prescribe the duration of the same; provided that the period of said quarantine shall not
exceed fourteen (14) days unless it shall be determined that the existence of such disease
is present. The delivery of the notice of quarantine to an adult residing upon the
premises where such dog is kept shall be considered as delivery of the notice to the owner
or keeper. Any such dog so quarantined shall be impounded in the Yakima County Humane
Society Pound, provided that, in the discretion of such City Health Officer, said animal
maybe quarantined upon the remises of the owner or a licensed veterinarian during such
time as the provisions of the quarantine are strictly kept.
Section 3. Whenever rabies or hydrophobia is declared by the City Health
Office to be a hazard to the publid health, it shall be unlawful for any owner, keeper
or handler oa any dog to keep or harbor same within the City of Yakima, unless such dog
be securely confined at all times by leash or kept in a tight enclosure from which such
dog cannot excape. A ny dog found running at large in the City of Yakima during the said
period shall be impounded, and unless claimed and redeemed by its owner within two (2)
days after such impounding, may be humanely disposed -_;of by the proper authorities.
Section 4. During the period of any quarantine made under the provisions of
this ordinance, the .owner or keeper of any dog so quarantined shall not allow said dog
to come in contact with any . other animal or person, or permit such dog to run at large on
any street, or highway, or other property in said city, or unon the premises where
quarantined unless said premises be enclosed by a secure fence, nor shall such owner or
keeper remove or cause such dog to be removed from said premises without the consent of
the City Health Officer. These restrictions shall continue until said dog shall have
been released from quarantine. Any dog subject to these restrictions found running at
large as defined herein or which has been removed from the premises upon which quarantined,
shall be impounded and unless claimed and redeemed by its owner within two (2) days after
the expiration of quarantine period, may be humanely disposed of by the proper authorit-
ies.
Section 5. Any dumg animal known to have been bitten or otherwise exposed
to a rabid animal must be destroyed or given anti - rabies (Pasteur) treatment or confined
for a period of not ,less than six (6) months, unless such exposed animal had been
vaccinated against rabies not longer than six (6) months, but not less than thirty (30)
days, prior to exposure, in which case such animal shall remain under surveillance for
six ( 6) months. If anti- rabies (Pasteur) treatment is given to such exposed animal,
confinement and surveillance . may be reduced to three (3) months following exposure.
Section 6. Whenever rabies or hydrophobia is considered by the City Health
Officer to be a hazard to the public health, such officer shall cause to be published a
notice to that effect in the_off icial newspaper of the city for three (3) successive
days, following which for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days after the date of the
last publication of said notice the provisions of section (3) shall be applicable,
provided that such City Health Officer shall have authority when in his hudgment an •
e xtension of time is necessary to carry into effect the purposes of . this ordinance, to
renew said period, by notice given in the manner provided in this section and to further
thereafter and in the same manner continue said period until in his judgment the said
general quarantine herein provided for shall be unneces sary.
Section 7. If any section or sections of this ordinance shall be invalid,
it shall not affect the validity of the other sections of this ordinance.
Section 8. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding
three hundred ($300.00) dollars, or imprisoned in the City Jail for a period of not
exceeding ninety (90) days.
Section 9._ This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety, and an emergency is declared to exist,
and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage,
approval, and publication, as provided by law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 6th day of July, 1953.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN ( SEAL ) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is ttrue, correct copy of Ordniance
No. B-14-71 entitled "AN ORDINANCE to prevent thespread of the disease of rabies or ,
hydrophobia; providing for the individual quarantine of dogs suspected Of being infected
with said disease; providing for the general quarantine of all dogs in the City of
Yakima during any period when said disease is considered by the City Health Officer to be
a hazard to the public health; providing for the impounding and destruction of any dogs
running at large during the period of general quarantine; providing for the treatment or
destruction of dumb animals bitten by a rabid dog; and providing a penalty for the
violation of the provisions hereof; and declaring an emergency.° as passed this 6th day of
July, 1953, and that same has been published as required by law.
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