(1) Biting Animals: Any dog or other animal that bites a person or animal shall be quarantined for ten days. If a code enforcement officer or police officer determines that the risk of the biting animal being infected with rabies is possible but not probable, the quarantine may be on the premises of the keeper. An animal quarantined on the premises of the keeper shall be securely confined in an enclosure which is at least fenced on all sides and from which the animal cannot escape, and which is not accessible to the public.

If a code enforcement officer or police officer determines that it is probable that the biting animal is infected with rabies a code enforcement officer or a police officer may require the keeper to surrender the animal for the quarantine period to the animal shelter or place the animal in a veterinary hospital. The keeper shall pay all costs incurred during a period of quarantine.

(2) Animals susceptible to rabies: Any animal for which probable cause exists to cause a code enforcement officer or a police officer to believe that it may be rabid or susceptible to being rabid may be quarantined by a code enforcement officer or a police officer under the terms and conditions for biting animals set forth in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Removal of quarantined animals from keeper's premises. An animal quarantined on the keeper's premises under the provisions of either subsections (1) or (2) of this section may be taken from the keeper's premises if it is under control by greater restraint than being “at heal”.

(4) Removal of quarantined animals from the City. Any dog or other animal quarantined after biting or for being susceptible to rabies under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, may be transported from the city during a period of quarantine if it has been vaccinated and a certificate to that effect certifying that such vaccination was in effect at the time the quarantine was imposed is shown to the code enforcement officer. (Ord. 00-25 §10, 2000; Ord. 87-7 §2, 1987).