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A. If any animal shall bite any person or any animal within the City, the owner/guardian or person having custody or control of such animal shall upon request of any peace officer, Animal Control Officer, or other designee of the City Manager deliver such animal forthwith to said officer or City employee to be held for ten days for the purpose of determining whether or not such animal is afflicted with rabies, and the owner/guardian or person having control of such animal shall pay all the expenses of the keeping thereof during the time such animal shall be so held.

B. In lieu of impounding such animal in the City Animal Shelter, the owner/guardian or person having control of such animal, with the approval of the above-mentioned officer or City employee, shall forthwith make arrangements with a veterinarian in the City, approved by the above-mentioned officer or City employee, for the impounding of such animal for a period of ten days, and deliver said animal to said veterinarian forthwith; upon receipt of such animal, the veterinarian shall immediately notify the above-mentioned officer or City employee.

C. The City Manager or their designee may authorize home quarantine for animals which have bitten any person or any animal within the City, provided that the animal is validly vaccinated for rabies; and provided, further, that the owner/guardian of the animal has the capability and physical facilities with which to provide quarantine, that the animal has not been exposed to a bite of a high risk species, and that the animal has no apparent illness. (Ord. 6922-NS § 1, 2006: Ord. 6627-NS § 1, 2001: Ord. 6568-NS § 1, 2000: Ord. 4670-NS (part), 1973: Ord. 4372-NS § 15, 1968)