HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1743 - Rabid Animals or Animal Control (Repealed by Ord 1772)City of Tukwila
Washington
Ordinance No. / 7/3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE 1453,
CODIFIED AS CHAPTER 7.04 OF THE TUKWILA
MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING A NEW SECTION 7.04.256
REGULATING THE QUARANTINE OF AN ANIMAL
SUSPECTED TO BE CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING RABIES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council finds that the provisions of Chapter 7.04 of the
Tukwila Municipal Code should be consistent with the provisions of Title 11 of the King
County Code and the state statutes relating to orders of quarantine in order to promote
effective and uniform animal control enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council finds that this ordinance is in the interests of
the public health, safety and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Rabies Control. Chapter 7.04 of the Tukwila Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
7.04.256 Rabies Control.
(a) Quarantine order. Whenever the director of the Seattle -King County Department
of Public Health, hereinafter referred to as the director, has cause to suspect that an animal
capable of transmitting rabies is infected with such disease, he shall order a period of
quarantine of not less than ten days. The director shall notify in writing the owner or keeper
of the infected animal of such quarantine order. The infected animal shall be quarantined by
the animal control section, division of general services, hereinafter referred to as the animal
control authority, in its shelter or upon the premises of the owner or licensed veterinarian
where conditions of quarantine are strictly kept. The place of quarantine shall be at the
discretion of the director unless the animal had been exposed to rabies by contact, in which
case section 7.04.256(d) shall apply. Delivery of a copy of said quarantine order to some
person of suitable age and discretion residing upon the premises where such animal is found
shall be notice of said quarantine. Good cause for such order of quarantine shall include, but
is not limited to, evidence that such animal has bitten, or that there is reasonable certainty
that such animal has bitten, a human being. During the period of quarantine, the officers,
agents and employees of the animal control authority, and other police officers, are
authorized to enter any premises for the purpose of apprehending any such animal and
impounding same, except where kept upon the premises of the owner or licensed
veterinarian as above provided.
(b) Notice of rabies hazard - quarantine period. Whenever the director determines
that rabies is currently a hazard to the public health, by reason of the fact that a case of rabies
has been diagnosed in any canine or feline animal, he shall cause a notice of such hazard to
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area for three successive days,
which determination and notice shall declare the quarantine period and area. The
quarantine period shall be thirty days after the last publication of notice; and it is a
misdemeanor and is unlawful for any owner, or person entitled to custody of such animal to
keep or harbor any animal capable of transmitting rabies unless securely confined by a leash
or tight enclosure from which it cannot escape. Any animal capable of transmitting rabies
found running at large during such period shall be impounded and humanely destroyed by
order of the director or his agent. If apprehension and impounding by safe means is not
possible, such animal may be destroyed summarily by said agent. Said director may extend
any such quarantine period if deemed necessary by like additional determinations and
notices.
(c) Violation of quarantine. It is a misdemeanor and is unlawful for any owner or
person charged with the custody of any animal subject to a quarantine defined in Sections
7.04.256(a) and 7.04.256(b) to permit any such animal to come in contact with any other
animal or person or to run at large or to be removed from any quarantine premises without
the consent of the director of Public Health.
(d) Destruction of infected animals. Any animal bitten by an animal found to be
rabid by appropriate laboratory tests shall be destroyed by order of the director of Public
Health.
(e) Vaccination order. Whenever the director of Public Health by order published in
a newspaper of general circulation in the area for three successive days determines that
conditions exist as indicated in Section 7.04.256(b) in a specified area wherein it is necessary
for the protection of the public health that animals capable of transmitting rabies be
vaccinated within thirty days with antirabies vaccine, he shall order that all such animals
four months old or over shall be so vaccinated or humanely destroyed at the option of the
owner or keeper, and it is a misdemeanor and is unlawful for any owner, or person charged
with the custody of such animal, to fail or refuse to procure said vaccination within said
time.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality or another
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in
the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after
passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCJI OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this 24, � day of tee J ,1995.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: (9 - a 2. - i S
PASSED BY THE CITY COJTNCIL: 6 - 2.4, - S-'
PUBLISHED: 6 T� 6 ) i
EFFECTIVE DA E: ', 95
ORDINANCE NO.: //7 V
W. Rants, Mayor
CITY OF TUKWILA
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. /7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING ORDINANCE 1453, CODIFIED
AS CHAPTER 7.04 OF THE TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE,
ADDING A NEW SECTION 7.04.256 REGULATING THE
QUARANTINE OF AN ANIMAL SUSPECTED TO BE CAPABLE
OF TRANSMITTING RABIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
On 2- lei 9 the City Council of the City of Tukwila passed Ordinance
g Chapter Municipal 7 2 2-to mendin Cha ter 7.04 of the Tukwila Munici al Code to be consistent with
the provisions of Title 11 of the King County Code and the state statutes relating to orders of
quarantine in order to promote effective and uniform animal control enforcement; providing
for severability and establishing an effective date.
The full text of this ordinance will be mailed without charge to anyone who submits a
written request to the City Clerk of the City of Tukwila for a copy of the text.
APPROVED by the City Council at its meeting of 26, /9 9S
E. Cantu, City Clerk
Published Seattle Times: 67j,13/9