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Section 1 -109. KEEPING OF CATS IS LIMITED. No family or family member shall keep, harbor or have custody of four or more cats exceeding six months of age in the family dwelling unit or on the family premises without obtaining a private kennel license. Provided, however, the said family or family member may obtain a private kennel license for the purpose of providing a period of time, not to exceed three years, in which to find a place where the cats can be legally, safely, and humanely harbored. Section 1 -110. NUISANCE PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep an animal in any unsanitary place or condition, or in a manner which results in noisome odors, or in any way which constitutes a nuisance or a disturbance by reason of barking, howling, fighting, or other noise, or to maintain or permit a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any person or property. Section 1 -111. RUNNING AT LARGE PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any owner to allow its animal to run at large. Section 1 -112. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. The City Council may provide for a City Animal Pound, either within or outside the corporate limits and may provide for an Animal Control Officer to enforce this ordinance. Section 1 -113. ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES. The Animal Control Officer may capture and impound any animal running at large, and any unlicensed dog. Section 1 -114. QUARANTINE. Any animal, including wild animals that have bitten a person shall immediately be impounded for at least 10 days and kept apart from other animals, under the supervision of a veterinarian, until it is determined whether such animal had or has a disease which might have been transmitted by such bite. Such impounding may be done by the owner, and need not be at the pound designated by the City, but if it is not at the designated pound, the owner shall notify the police department immediately and shall furnish proof in writing that such animal is being so impounded. Upon the expiration of 10 days, if it is determined that the animal does not have a disease which might have been transmitted by such bite, it may be released, and the police department shall be notified immediately prior to such release by the owner of the animal. If the animal is impounded at the designated pound, it may be reclaimed as hereinafter provided. Any animal which has been bitten by a rabid animal shall be killed or impounded and kept in the same manner for a period of six months; provided that if the animal which has been bitten by a rabid animal has been vaccinated at least three weeks before such bite and within one year of such bite and if it is again immediately vaccinated, then such animal shall be confined or impounded for a period of 40 days before it is released. The owner of an animal which has been bitten by a rabid animal shall notify the police department immediately prior to the release of any such animal. Section 1 -115. DANGEROUS ANIMALS. If an animal is diseased, vicious, dangerous, rabid or exposed to rabies and such animal cannot be impounded after a reasonable effort or cannot be impounded without serious risk to any person or persons, or if the animal has made more than one attack on a person or persons, such animal may be immediately killed by or under the direction of a police officer.