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M <br />DATE' 12/1 9/83 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL, ACTION <br />AGENDA SECTION: JORIGINATIN,G DEPT, CSI' <br />Reports & RecommendataLons Administration <br />ITEM NO. ITEM DESCRIPTION' Amended Procedure on Handling Animal Bites MGR <br />1 <br />D/ RECO 7 MM"I <br />In ij'une, 19811,, a, priociedure was developed and implemented for handlJLng <br />an,im,al bite inciiidents,.i It ptovided for the 'impoundment of all animals <br />which had bitten a persion for ten days at the expense of the owner, <br />It also permitted impoundment at the owner's residence if all of the followJ-nt <br />MMMWW� <br />al <br />four coniditions, were met,. <br />Also,, at the tJLme of develloping the poliLcy, the question of legal liability <br />exposure to the City was not determIned. <br />Since the polilcy wia i <br />s 'implemented,, there have been, two to three bite incidents <br />in,vol,vi,n,gi a nonfami,ly person, where the owner of the animal requested the <br />City to allow him/her to 'impound the animal on, their own preTnises, and with <br />the permiss-lon of the, Person bitten. According to the procedure, this could <br />not be allowed& <br />