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ORDINANCE NO. 1575 .
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1194, ORDINANCE
<br />NO. 1240, AND ORDINANCE NO. 1378, PRE5CRIBING FROCEDURES
<br />AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS, REPEALING
<br />ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THFREWITH, AMENDING SAID ORDI-
<br />NANCES BY DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES A DOG RUNNING AT
<br />LARGE A NUISANCE AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF FIVE (5)
<br />DAYS TO THE OWNER, AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF
<br />ANY DOG WHICH CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE,
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />PA RIS:
<br />Tha.t Ordinance No. 1194, Ordinance No. 1240, and Ordinance No.
<br />1378, be amended as follows:
<br />(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall permit any dog or dogs
<br />to run at large, whether inoculated and the annual license fee tags are
<br />exhibited upon the collar of said dog or dogs, or not, when said dog is
<br />damaging the property of others, disturbing the peace and welfare of
<br />others, or if such dog is known to be of a vicious nature and/or disposi-
<br />tion.
<br />(b) That all dogs guilty of either or all of the above behaviors are
<br />hereby declared a public nuisance and detrimental to the health, welfare,
<br />and property of the citizens of the Gity of Paris, in flie area where such
<br />dog is permitted to run at large.
<br />(c) That the owner, keeper or custodian of all dogs who are in vio-
<br />lation of Sections (a) and (b) above, shall be notified by the Chief of
<br />Police, in writing, of the actions of said dog, and they shall be given five
<br />(5) days in which to correct the same, or in which to make arrangements
<br />to keep said dog seeurely confined.
<br />(d) That in the event said owner, keeper or custodian of any such
<br />dog fails and refuses to opmply with said notice, then said dog, whether
<br />vaccinated or the license fee ha.s been paid thereon or not, may be im-
<br />pounded. That when any such dog is impounded, notice of same shall be
<br />published by posting one notice at the Dog Pound and one notice on the
<br />bulletin board in the City Hall, in the City of Pa.ris, and if said dog is
<br />not redeemed by paying the impounding fee of $1. 00 within forty-eight
<br />(48) hours, then said dog may be destroyed.
<br />(e) That any owner, keeper or custodian of any dog violating any
<br />of the above provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
<br />upon conviction therefor ahall be fined in any sum not exceeding Gne
<br />Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and each day that the dog is permitted to run
<br />at large in violation of this ordinance sha.ll constitute a separate offense.
<br />(f) That every person, firm or corporation, who shall be the
<br />owner, keeper or custodian of a dog, or dogs, who ha.ve bitten any per-
<br />son, when notified by the City Health Officer, shall seeurely confine said
<br />dog for a period of fourteen (14) days from the date of notice of the
<br />Health Officer, for the purpose of observation to determine whether or
<br />not said dog is infested with rabies.
<br />(g) That any owner, keeper or custodian of any dog, or dogs, who
<br />shall fail bw refuse to keep such dog, or dogs, which have bitten any per-
<br />son, securely confined, ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
<br />upon conviction therefor, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two
<br />Hundred ($200. 00) Dollars, and each day tha.t the dog is permitted to run
<br />at large in violation of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
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