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ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL Page 3 of8 within a two-year period: (1) Impoundment of any Animal [except (2) and (3) below]: a. First impoundment. . . $15.00 b. Second impoundment. . . 30.00 c. Third impoundment and thereafter. . . 40.00 (2) Impoundment of Livestock: Double the fees listed in (1), per head. (3) Daily care fees (excluding first day of impoundment): $5.00 per day. (b) Humane society adoption fees. For adoption of any Animal pursuant to section 8-2-55(a) (3), per head, per five-day impoundment period or fraction thereof, the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00). (c) Other fees: (1) Rabies or erysipelas vaccination fee, pursuant to section 8-2-8 (veterinarian receipt). . . $10.00 (2) Reserved. Editor's note: Formerly subsection (2) pertained to cremation request fee. Such subsection was amended by Ord. No. 6591, ~ 1, adopted Apr. 16, 2002. (3) Bite Animal, impoundment and observation, 10 days. . . $70.00 (4) Dead Animal pickups, veterinary clinics: a. Per first two (2) bags. . . 5.00 b. Each additional bag. . . 2.50 (5) Request pathological examination. . . 30.00 (d) Computation of boarding day: For fee charge computation purposes, each boarding day shall begin at 12:01 p.m. The daily fee rate shall be applicable when an Animal is kept for any portion of a day. (Code 1960, ~~ 4-30--4-32; Ord. No. 5585, ~ 2, 4-8-86; Ord. No. 5675, ~ 1,4-14-87; Ord. No. 5794, ~ 1,3-21-89; Ord. No. 5990, ~ 2,12-15-92; Ord. No. 6142, ~ 1, 3-30-95; Ord. No. 6406, ~ 1, 3-23-99; Ord. No. 6591, ~ 1,4-16-2002) Sec. 8-2-5. Nuisance animals. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own or maintain an Animal in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance. The following acts shall constitute a public nuisance: (1) Failure to restrain an Animal; Cross references: Penalty exception, ~ 1-1-5(d). (2) Damage to property caused by an Animal. (3) Maintaining a Domestic Animal or Livestock in an unsanitary environment which shall include but not be limited to the failure to remove urine and feces daily from the confinement area to minimize the breeding of flies and rodents (Ord. No. 5929, ~ 2, 10- 15-91 ); (4) Permitting an Animal to bark, whine, howl, crow, cackle or make any other noise which causes annoyance or interference with the reasonable use and enjoyment of a http://library4.municode.com/mcc/DocYiewIl18181l1l131l151l16 7/28/2006 r'"