19821123 1982-41ORDINANCE NO. 1982-41
AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW SECTION 4-20 TO
ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA.
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, finding that an emergency exists, hereby
enacts an emergency ordinance pursuant to the authority granted
by Section 29-213.21 of the 1950 Code of Virginia, as amended,
to be numbered 4-20, and to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 4-20. Emergency measures.
(a) It is hereby determined that there is
sufficient reason to believe that a rabid animal or
animals are at large in the city, and that an
emergency exists requiring immediate measures to
prevent the spread of the disease of rabies.
(b) The owners of all dogs in the city shall
keep the same confined on their premises unless such
dogs are leashed under restaint of the owner in such
a manner that persons or animals will not be subject
to the danger of being bitten thereby. The
provisions of subsection (b) shall be operative for a
period not to exceed thirty (30) days unless renewed
by the city council.
(c) It shall be unlawful to permit the running
at large, within the city, of dogs which have not
been inoculated or vaccinated against rabies.
(d) Dogs showing act ive signs of r abi es o r
suspected of having rabies shall be surrendered to
one of the persons charged with the enforcement of
this article for impoundment or observation as under
section 4-15, for such time as may be necessary to
determine a diagnosis. If confinement is impossible
or impracticable, such dog shall be destroyed.
(e) Every person having knowledge of the
existence of an animal apparently afflicted with
rabies shal 1 report immediately to the health
department the existence of such animal, the place
where seen, the owner's name, if known, and the
symptoms suggesting rabies.
(f) Every person who shall be in violation of
this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided
in section 1-6(a)(4).
(g) This section shal 1 pass only upon
two-thirds affirmative vote of the members of the
city council present.
This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its
execution by the Mayor.
Adopted: November 23,
ATTEST:
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