1982 - Summary of City Government

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. i' � r � � � � � Procedure: Subject: Date of Issue: No.�30-016 Anxmal Complaints June 12, 1981 Effect�ve Date: June 19, Z981 Ta: Community Service Officer and All Police Personnel PURPOSE: To establish clear and cons�stent procedures for enforce- ment of Roseville Ordinances control�ing domestic animals. POLICY: Vzc�tous Animals - Animal Bites: All animaZs wha.ch have bitten any pe�son shall be impotxnded for a minimum p�riod o� ten days at the expense of the owner. In all ardinary cases, animals wi.21 be impounded at the Brighton Veterinary CZinic, 2625 Mississippi Street, New Brighton, Minnesota -• 551Z2. impounding of th� animal at the residence of the owner may be permitted onl�r if aII of the �allowing conditions exist: 1. The owner produces a valid certi�icate of a veterinarian establishing that the animal has been vaccinated �or rabies within one year preceding the bite. 2. The animal owner is an adult and takes respons- ibility for the quarantine by executing the Roseville Animal Quarantine Form and acknowledges responsibi�ity to comply w�.th its terms. 3. Either {a) the victim is a member o� the immediate iamiiy of the animal owner, or; (b} the animal is �� a female and is nursing a litter. � 1 G 4. The victim of the bite authorizes impounding by the owner by counter signing the Roseville Animal Quarantine Form. Officers responding to an animal bite call are requixed to complete a Roseville Animal Quaran�ine Form in addition to the �egular repart form. Citations are to be issued i� the animal is a dog and is unlicensed or has not been vaccinated for rabies within the precedZng two year as r�quired by Roseville Ordinanc� Section 145.040. If an animaZ has bitten a person and has not been taken i.nto custady and cannot be located, a supervisor should be iinmediateiy notified. All reasonable effort must be expended to prevent the bite v�ctim from being subjected to rabies treatment. AiTTHORITY: Roseville Ordinance Section 145.12Q and 145.040.