01/09/2001 Ordinances 8651
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ORDINANCE NO. 8651
An ordinance to amend Chapter 5 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 5-37 pertaining to dangerous animals; to amend Section 5-38 pertaining to animal noise;
to repeal Sections 5-37 and 5-38 as now existing, and any ordinance or parts of ordinances III
conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 5-37 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~5-37. Dangerous Animals; Restraint; Impoundment; Confiscation
(A) No owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous animal shall fail to keep such animal securely
muzzled and restrained by a leash or chain whenever off the owner's property.
(B) Any dangerous animal in violation of g5-36 or g5-37 of the Grand Island City Code may be
impounded by humane society officers pending the owner paying the costs of confinement, licensing and
vaccination, if applicable, and demonstrating the ability of complying with said sections thereafter.
(C) In the event an animal previously declared dangerous has been cited for running at large on two
separate occasions subsequent to service of written notice on the animal's owner pursuant to g5-47 of this code, such
animal shall be declared a vicious animal and ownership of such animal shall be relinquished to the Humane Society
in accordance with g5-47(C).
(D) Disposition of any dangerous animal impounded for violation of g5-36 or g5-37 shall be governed by
g5-44.
SECTION 2. Section 5-38 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
95-38. Animal Noise
No owner shall allow conditions to exist on said owner's property whereby the owner's animal or animals
annoy or disturb any neighborhood or any person by loud, continuous, or frequent barking, howling, yelping, or
crowmg.
SECTION 3. Sections 5-37 and 5-38 as now existing, and any ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved as to Form ... (' .-m::'
January 10. 2001 A C"rt,: Xtt;:ey
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ORDINANCE NO. 8651 (Cant.)
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after
its passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: January 9,2001.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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Approved as to Form " C-flL.
January 10, 2001 '" City A'to:ey