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DEC 12 '96 12:S2PI9 CIT'r' OF i-iIIC4 -A - P.6 CITY OF ANOKA CHAPTER 5-11.2 Article III. Impoundment: Ouarantine.' A city pours is hereby established tor tha purpose of enforcing this chapter. The chief of police shall be pound keeper. Section 5 -14. Impoundment. The police officers of the city shah impound any animal prohibited by Section 5.10, any animal running at large, or any animal not licensed as required by law, Section 5 -15. Release, Upon impounding any animal, reasonable effort shall be made to notify the owner and the owner may obtain the animal from the pound by payment of the impounding fee as set from time to time by resolution of the city council. If a dog or cat has not been licensed, it may be released to its owner on Condition that the owner furnish proof of obtaining a license within five (5) days after release. Failure to furnish such proof within five (5) days shall constitute a violation of this code. Section 5 -16. Disposition of Unclaimed Animals. Any animal which is not claimed witnin five (5) days impoundment may be sold or painlessly killed and disposed of at the direction of pound keeper. Section 5.17. Destruction of Animals, The pound master and all police offices of this city are authorized to kill any animal subject to impoundment that cannot be safely taken up and impounded. Section 5-19. Interferea�tice with Qf is r . It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to break open the pound or attempt to do so or to take or let out any animal from the pound or to take or attempt to take from any officer any animal taken up by him in compliance with this Article or in any manner to interfere with or hinder such officer in the discharge of his duties under this Article. e 'on 5-1'. _ t -bi: •ua ,t'i_ Whenever a domestic animal such as a dog, cat or other domestic anima! Capable of transmitting rabies, bites a person causing a puncture, laceration, abrasion or similar type wound or break in the skin or any time the saliva of such animal comes into contact with a puncture, laceration, abrasion or similar type wound or break in the skin of a person, the animal shall be placed under quarantine for a ten (10) -day period from the date of the bite or saliva exposure. An animal under quarantine may be kept on the premises of the owner under the following conditions: (a) The animal most be kept confined in a building or other suitable structure or enclosure from which the anima; cannot escapee, and which prohibits contact with other animals or persons other than immediate family members. An outside kennel or fenced yard is not 2 suitable structure or enclosure for quarantine purposes. • Amended by Ordinance 1993 -920, Section 1, effective 04.23 -93.